By Associated Press - Sunday, February 5, 2017

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The murder of Joseph Warner has been the focus of major attention twice: first, when the 44-year-old father of five and 22-year Air Force veteran was killed in 1982 and later, when it was featured on America’s Most Wanted.

The Tampa Bay Times reports (https://bit.ly/2l16TUG) the St. Petersburg Police Department is hoping for another burst of attention that might finally lead to an arrest.

Warner, who was employed by Brinks, was shot outside a department store at a mall by two men dressed as elevator repairmen in a heist that Assistant Police Chief Jim Previtera called “what can only be described as a made-for-TV-plot.”



Now Brinks is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. Through new DNA technology, the department’s obtained information that could bring answers.

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Information from: Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Fla.), https://www.tampabay.com.

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