Ricky Kimball, 65, was found dead on July 2, 2020, in a wooded area on East Bella Vista Street in Lakeland, Florida, after failing to return from a break during his overnight shift at a Circle K on June 30, 2020. His cause of death was later determined to be strangulation.

Investigators eventually linked Kimball’s killing to the disappearance and subsequent murder of 22-year-old Takeria Adderly, who was reported missing the same day and whose body was found July 29, 2020. After a nine-month probe, detectives identified 22-year-old Ladevon Cottingham as a suspect in both murders. Police say surveillance footage showed him approaching Kimball at the Circle K, his DNA was found in Adderly’s vehicle, and he was arrested in August 2020 and charged with first-degree murder among other offenses.

If anyone knew Ricky’s routines around that time or saw activity near East Bella Vista Street or the Circle K the night of June 30, please come forward with information.