Family speaks after cold-case sentencing of Gary Glowacz, who murdered Melissa Ellison in 1987

The family of Melissa Ellison, a Jacksonville woman killed in her Westside home in 1987 during an apparent home robbery, says they’re trying to move forward now that there is finally closure in a murder that remained a cold case for decades.

Gary Glowacz, 70, pled guilty and was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Thursday.

Glowacz was arrested a few months ago after he called the Clay County Sheriff’s Office with information about Ellison’s death…

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