The family members of Robert Cates, a man accused of killing his friend in Orlando in 1992, came forward to law enforcement to help solve the Orange County cold case, investigators announced during a news conference held Wednesday – exactly 30 years to the date of the crime.
In 2020, a family member of Cates contacted OCSO about the cold case. "The family really cared about this case, even if they were the suspect's family because Mr. Stagner was very, very good to the Cates family. He would give them money at the time when they needed it or a place to stay," Detective Kevin Wilson told reporters.
"They were in fear of Mr. Cates their whole lives because he was very abusive to them and they were in fear of him," Wilson said. In April 2022, Cates, who was in a hospital in North Carolina, allegedly told a nurse he had killed someone in Florida in 1992.
Detectives said there was enough evidence at that point to be able to interview Cates again and charge him with Stagner's murder.
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