ST. PETE, Fla. — A household stays hopeful somebody can be held accountable of their daughter’s demise.
Leslie McAllister prays somebody comes ahead with new information.
“Taylor was a beautiful person, a beautiful soul, a wonderful mom, a wonderful daughter, just gone way too soon and way too unexpectedly,” stated Leslie McAllister.
Detectives dominated Taylor McAllister’s demise a murder. Investigators stated she was strangled to demise, and her physique was dumped in an alley on 63rd Avenue South in St. Petersburg. It occurred on December 22, 2016.
Three folks had been charged with failure to report her demise, however nobody confronted homicide costs.
Project: Cold Case is that includes Taylor’s case in a deck of cards. The group is utilizing a deck of cards to characteristic unsolved homicides from throughout Florida. Each card has the sufferer’s title on it in addition to information concerning the unsolved murder.
“It gives you a little more hope, and maybe that one person will see that card and just say hey, I know this about this case, and that might be just the one tip that we need,” stated Leslie McAllister.
Ryan Backmann is the founder of Project: Cold Case. He stated the cards could be positioned in jails from throughout the state. He can also be working to position them in companies with frequent prospects.
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“We didn’t come up with this; Crime Stoppers and state police around the country have created these cards in the past and used them in prisons to try and generate new leads and tips,” stated Backmann.
Backmann began the group in 2015 after his father was shot and killed. His dad labored in building and would take aspect jobs on the weekend. His father was cleansing out an workplace constructing on a Saturday morning when he was shot and killed in 2009.
“He was in there by himself vacuuming up drywall dust when somebody walked in and shot him and took his wallet. He lived long enough to call 911 and gave a very brief description of the man who had just shot him,” stated Ryan Backmann.
Backmann stated his father’s case rapidly turned chilly and nonetheless stays unsolved. He switched careers and made it his mission to assist households who misplaced a beloved one.
“We’re not going to solve all 52 cases just because of a deck of cards as much as we hope we do. The reality is we’re showing these families that somebody cares, and we’re getting their loved one’s story back out there,” stated Backmann.
Taylor’s mom stated she is grateful to Project: Cold Case.
“It’s just going to take somebody to come forward with information and what we ask and pray for is one of those individuals knows what happened, and all it’s going to take is just one person to come forward,” stated McAllister.
“Project: Cold Case is a wonderful group of people that help all kinds of parents, grandparents, siblings that are looking for help to find some justice for their loved ones,” she added.
St. Pete Police stated Taylor McAllister’s case stays an energetic and open investigation, however detectives have exhausted all suggestions and are accepting any new information.