Three decades since infamous Cracker Barrel murders in East Naples

Saturday, Nov. 15, will mark 30 years since one of Collier County’s most heinous murders in modern history. The following is from a Nov. 14, 2015, article in the Naples Daily News entitled “Cracker Barrel murders 20 years ago haunt families” by Jessica Lipscomb.

On a Wednesday morning, Nov. 15, 1995, three employees worked before dawn to open up the Cracker Barrel restaurant off Collier Boulevard.

Eighteen-year-old Jason Wiggins had stayed overnight to clean up. Manager Dorothy Siddle, 38, arrived around 4:30 a.m., and 27-year-old cook Vicki Smith showed up about 10 minutes later. But before the restaurant could open that morning, all three were dead…

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