Terry Crew, 26, was found dead on December 22, 1977, when two hunters discovered his skeletal remains in Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida. Investigators determined he had been shot in the back of the head while seated in his van; the advanced decomposition indicated he had been dead for a significant period before discovery. Crew was described as a wheeler-dealer and had reportedly collected winnings from a bet at the Tampa dog track eleven days before his body was found.

Crew’s killing occurred amid a wave of unsolved Tampa Bay area homicides between 1971 and 1978, a series that included fourteen female and two male victims and at times was linked to a suspected Gulf Killer. Methods varied across those cases, and while arrests and convictions were later obtained in some separate murders, no arrests or identified suspects have been publicly tied to Crew’s death. The motive and identity of his killer remain unknown.

Did anyone who knew Terry or who was in the Tampa Bay area in December 1977 see him or his van shortly before he disappeared?