Lee Anthony Bugay, 27, was found beaten to death on February 21, 1991, on the beach in the Courtney Campbell Mangroves near Tampa, Florida. Investigators determined he suffered fatal head injuries likely inflicted with a tire iron or a pipe. He had been reported missing the previous morning and his vehicle was recovered at a nearby boat ramp. Plaster casts were taken of footprints and tire tracks at the scene in an effort to identify the perpetrator.

The investigation focused on Edwin Bernard Kaprat III after he used Bugay’s credit card to buy gas. Kaprat fled to New Jersey and turned himself in on March 9, 1991. Authorities said they did not have enough evidence to pursue the murder charge, though Kaprat was later convicted in August 1991 of using Bugay’s credit card and sentenced to house arrest; he was jailed for violating those terms and released May 7, 1993. Bugay’s killing remains unsolved as of these events.

Did anyone in the Tampa area have contact with Bugay in February 1991 or recall seeing his car near the Courtney Campbell Mangroves?