After 56 years, the 1968 killing of a milkman who was a WWII veteran has been solved

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After 56 years, the 1968 killing of a milkman who was a WWII veteran has been solved
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Ross Grayam, an Army veteran and a milkman, was shot and killed in Florida in 1968. After 56 years, his son shared his reaction to the identification of one of his father's killers.

The Indian River County Sheriff’s Office in Florida says it has finally solved its oldest cold case — the murder of a milkman exactly 56 years later. 'We now can close the case and thank you, sheriff,” said Larry Grayam , the son of Ross Grayam . Ross Grayam was an Army veteran who delivered milk in Indian River County and was last seen in his milk truck with two other men before being found dead in 1968 with gunshot wounds in Gifford, which is in the Vero Beach area.

The sheriff said Williams provided an alibi to detectives in 2006, but when the Indian River County Sheriff's Office created the cold case unit two years ago, the team did more interviews and eventually spoke with Williams' family members and his former wife. 'Thomas Williams died in 2016 and these folks said, ‘I would have never said anything to you before as long as he was alive.

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