The Brief
- It has been exactly 24 years since 74-year-old Jean Ault was found murdered in a St. Petersburg park; her killer has never been identified.
- Investigators believe Ault, a neighborhood watch member and avid camper, may have interrupted a burglary in progress before being abducted in her own van.
- With a new $10,000 reward on the table and recent DNA testing underway, detectives are pleading for the one piece of information that could bridge the gap in this decades-old cold case.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – On March 23, 2002, the peaceful waters of Coquina Key Park became a crime scene.
The body of Jean Ault, a retired state employee and beloved aunt, was discovered among the mangroves.
She had been bound and beaten. …