John J. Greer is a former Florida deputy. He has been identified as a suspect in the 1979 cold case death of Adele Easterly.
John J. Greer Details
Greer Identified As Adele Easterly Suspect. “Greer reported finding Easterly dead in the Farm Store in Punta Gorda, 25 miles outside of Fort Myers, in the early morning hours of Nov. 5, 1979. A medical examiner discovered that Easterly was shot twice with a 12-gauge shotgun — once in the head and once in the back. Suspicions poured in over Deputy Greer throughout the years given earlier investigations and other “strange behavior,” but no substantial evidence backed up the suspicions, the sheriff’s office explained.” [8 News]
Report: Greer Admitted Murder. “Their suspicions were finally confirmed, Detective Gandy said, when investigators confronted Mr. Greer in April 2023 as he lay in a bed in an extended-care facility in Kingsport, Tenn. Unable to feed himself and barely able to speak, Mr. Greer managed to tell investigators that he had shot Ms. Easterly at the Farm Store in Punta Gorda, Fla., more than 40 years earlier, Detective Gandy said.” [NY Times]
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