A local murder case that remained unsolved for almost 44 years was finally closed on Thursday. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office recently identified the suspect linked to the murder of Carol Ann Barrett, whose body was dumped in Jacksonville back in 1980.
Action News Jax spoke with the group helping the Barrett family push to solve this case.
The suspect is 65-year-old Billy Mansfield, Jr., who would have been 24 at the time of Carol’s murder and is linked to several other killings.
On Sunday, Mar. 23, 1980, 18-year-old Carol Ann Barrett was visiting Daytona Beach while on spring break from Zanesville, Ohio with a group of high school friends. At approximately 2:00 a.m., Carol was abducted by an unknown assailant from the Treasure Island Motel in Daytona Beach Shores.
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On Monday, Mar. 24, 1980, Carol’s lifeless body was discovered by a passerby in a ditch line along I-95 near Pecan Park Road in Jacksonville, Florida. However, investigators with JSO never identified a suspect.