Robert Keith Gilmore, 51, was found dead on January 26, 2021, in Panama City Beach, Florida. Gilmore, from Lindale, Georgia, had been working on renovating a home on Delmar Drive with a relative, Robert Shawn Fowler. A passerby discovered Gilmore unresponsive on the porch that night and deputies later found both men deceased from gunshot wounds; Fowler was inside the house and Gilmore had a rip in the back pocket of his pants.

Investigators say the men encountered 19-year-old transient Ruez Hicks, who had broken into the home armed with a pistol intending to burglarize it. Hicks reportedly shot both victims and took Gilmore’s wallet, which was later used at a local business and helped identify the suspect.

Did anyone in Panama City Beach or Lindale know Gilmore or have information about the men’s work at the Delmar Drive property?