Brian Hemmert, a 60-year-old resident of Alva, Florida, was last heard from about June 20, 2023; his family reported him missing on August 28, 2023. Lee County Sheriff’s Office investigators searched the Hemmert home on Yellow Wood Drive after tracing Brian’s phone to the property. Detectives found Brian’s phone in the bedroom of his 31-year-old son, Jake Hemmert, and observed blood in the master bedroom.

A search warrant and a later thorough search of the residence on September 7, 2023, produced Brian’s body inside a large chest freezer that had been duct-taped shut and concealed beneath supplies. The freezer had been delivered to the house on June 22, around the time Brian’s credit card and phone activity changed. Autopsy results confirmed Brian died from gunshot wounds; his death was ruled a homicide.

Jake was arrested on an outstanding Arizona warrant and later charged in Lee County with second-degree murder, credit card fraud, and grand theft in connection with his father’s disappearance; investigators say about $23,000 was charged on Brian’s card starting near the time he went missing. Jake allegedly admitted to shooting Brian in bed at Brian’s request and described cleaning and concealing evidence; fingerprints from the freezer matched Jake. Who has additional information about Brian’s movements in June 2023 or about the River Hall neighborhood that could help clarify what happened?