Oba Chandler
On June 4, 1989 a fisherman discovered a body floating in the water in the Tampa Bay. After the authorities arrived they found two more bodies within two miles of each other. The bodies had been found with their hands and feet bound. There was a rope around each neck and the other end was connected to a concrete block. Autopsies would show that the victims had been alive when they were thrown into the water, likely from a boat. They would be identified as thirty-six year old Joan Rogers, her seventeen year old daughter, Michelle and her fourteen year old daughter Christie. The mother and her two daughters lived in Ohio but had gone on vacation to Florida to escape some drama that had been going on in their lives lately. That drama led to suspicions but in the end authorities discovered it was a chance encounter with a stranger that had led to their deaths. On May 26, 1989 Joan and her daughters left their home in Ohio. Husband and father, Hal stayed home to work at the...