On May 16th, Florida police investigating a report of a foul smell coming from a van that had apparently been abandoned in a motel parking lot found a severed body part laying nearby. The van was registered to 56-year old Stephen J. Perry, a comic book writer best known for having penned several episodes of both Thundercats and Silverhawks, two popular cartoons of the 1980s. Police found Perry's home ransacked, but did not find Perry, nor his two roommates, 45-year old Jimmy Davis and 49-year old Roxanne Davis. Neighbors said Perry had last been seen the week before.
Police located the Davises in Dade City last Friday and both were arrested on unrelated charges. Police now say they are "people of interest" in the missing writer's case, but neither has been charged. Jimmy Davis is under arrest on drug charges and his wife was arrested for violating probation. Police found additional evidence related to Perry's disappearance in a nearby dumpster but, like the identity of the body part found outside the van, have given no details.
Stephen Perry received help from the Hero Initiative, as he had become financially unstable after being diagnosed with bladder cancer. Doctors had told him in April that his cancer was terminal and he had only two years to live. Perry, who has not yet been declared officially dead, is survived by his five-year old son.
© C Harris Lynn, 2010
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Police are recommending a first-degree murder charge for Perry's former roommate, after learning he purchased two bottles of bleach shortly after one of Perry's limbs was found in a dumpster.
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