Jack Parker was a lifelong Fort Myers resident who was 72 when his body was discovered in a drainage canal behind the Walmart Plaza on the morning of March 26, 1989. He was unhoused and appeared to move around the Fort Myers area.

Deputies found Jack in the canal with a tire stuck around his waist. Detectives noted drag marks into the water and signs of a struggle. An autopsy the next day listed drowning as the official cause of death and also recorded a blow to the head and multiple stab wounds; investigators concluded he may have been rendered unconscious before entering the water. He was officially identified two days after the body was found.

The murder remains unsolved and is now a cold case; Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $3,000 reward for information. Does anyone have information about Jack, his movements around Fort Myers, or that March 1989 night?