Cecil Pat McMinn, 31, was murdered on October 13, 1995, after leaving his Jacksonville home to work the overnight shift at the Kings Road Post Office. He never arrived at work. The next morning he was found shot twice in the chest inside his red Ford truck near The Ramona Pavilion, close to the Ramona Flea Market; a worker who first approached the vehicle thought someone might be sleeping inside. McMinn’s wallet, containing cash from a recent loan, was missing, leading investigators to consider robbery as a possible motive, though other valuables such as his watch were left behind.

His wife Diane was briefly a focus of the investigation and submitted to a lie-detector test. Detectives have reviewed the file multiple times and used newer forensic techniques including DNA and fingerprint analysis but the case remains unsolved. Diane and their children, Jason and Kristen, continue to seek answers and have worked with Project Cold Case to keep the case alive. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office or Crime Stoppers.