WPBN: A former deputy from Florida has finally confessed to the murder of a store clerk in 1979 while he was on his deathbed in Tennessee, bringing an investigation that had been ongoing for decades to a successful conclusion.
An interview that took place in 2023 with cold case detectives revealed that John J. Greer, who passed away in March 2024 at the age of 77, had confessed to the murder of Adele Marie Easterly, who was 25 years old.
On November 5th, 1979, Easterly’s body was discovered at the Farm Store in Punta Gorda, where he had been shot to death. Greer, who was working as a deputy for the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office at the time, revealed that he had found the deceased individuals…