HOLMES BEACH – On the 45th anniversary of the unsolved Kingfish Boat Ramp murders, Bradenton resident Alan Cross released his self-published non-fiction book, “Tales from the Island: The Kingfish Boat Ramp Murders.”
Released on Aug. 1, Cross’s book is available locally at Ginny’s and Jane E’s Café in Anna Maria, The Beach Shop in Cortez, Three Island Monkeys in Longboat Key and online at Amazon.com.
Cross’s book examines the Aug. 1, 1980, murders of Tampa physician Dr. Juan Dumois, 47, his sons Eric, 13, and Mark, 9, and the shooting of his brother-in-law Raymond Barrows, who was visiting from Miami, survived being shot and later provided an eyewitness account of what happened. Not related to the Dumois family, retired Air Force Col. Robert Matzke encountered the shooter minutes later at the nearby Foodway supermarket – where Publix is now located – where he was shot and killed before the shooter escaped in a car driven by an accomplice.
The shootings…