DIXIE COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) – The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is appealing to the public for information related to the 1974 homicide of 24-year-old James Norris, one of the oldest active homicide investigations in Florida.
Authorities believe Norris’s murder, which remains unsolved nearly 50 years later, may have connections to individuals living in Miami, as well as other locations across the state.
Norris, who was traveling under the alias Richard Gunning, arrived in Miami on Oct. 4, 1974, with a substantial amount of cash to purchase Colombian-grade marijuana, FDLE said in a news release…