The number of years since an unidentified driver shot and killed former prostitute Donnie Marie Sheffield in Tampa's Robles Park……………………….. 23
The amount of the bond set for Albert Leon Dooley following TPD's arrest of the Tampa resident on second-degree murder charges in the death of Donnie Marie Sheffield…………………………… $250,000
The number of months Tampa Police Department's Cold Case Homicide Squad has been investigating unsolved murders and sex crimes………………………… 9
Number of detectives in the newly-formed squad……………………………………………………………………………………….. 2
The number of arrests made by the homicide squad to date…………………………………………………………… 3
The approximate number of open homicide cases of Tampa detectives…………………………………………… 300
Number of murders in Tampa between 1983 and 2005……………………………………………………………………… 987
Number of murders in Tampa last year………………. 20
Number of murders in St. Petersburg last year………………………………………………………………………………………….. 30
Statistics compiled from the Tampa and St. Petersburg police departments.
This article appears in Nov 22-28, 2006.
