Barney M. Rycyk

Death by Force

Barney Michael Rycyk, a 56-year-old white male, was brutally murdered on November 14, 1973, during a robbery at the Durands Motel in Union Park, Florida. Rycyk, who had recently relocated from Pennsylvania and invested his life savings into the motel business with his brother Stanley, was attacked by two intruders. The assailants, identified as 36-year-old Thomas Mattingly and Cecil Henry Floyd, bludgeoned Rycyk 66 times with a claw hammer, resulting in his death. After the attack, they stole $2 ...Read More