A former cold case involving a murder and drug trafficking was resolved Tuesday with the prison sentence of the accused, the State Attorney’s Office said in a Tuesday press release.
Rodney Terrell Davis, 41, of Cape Coral, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for second-degree murder with a firearm for a 2004 Fort Myers slaying and 15 years in prison for conspiracy to traffic 10 grams or more of phenethylamines, conspiracy to traffic 400 grams or more of phenethylamines, and trafficking 400 grams or more of phenethylamines.
According to court records, the murder case relating to the 2004 death was filed Oct. 15. Fort Myers police identified the victim as Corey Devon Smith, 21.
Davis was arrested in 2022 as the result of a NETFORCE task force investigation, which focuses on narcotics offenses. Officials said Davis had been caught arranging narcotics trafficking deals from the Lee County Jail, where he was being held on other charges.
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