Cecil Branch

Death by Force

On September 20, 1986, the **45-year-old male victim Cecil Branch** was discovered face-down on the floor of his Miami-Dade-County home. He had been bound and gagged with strips torn from bed-sheets, stabbed at least 25 times, and one ear had been severed. Investigators quickly lifted a latent fingerprint from the doorframe—later matched to former NFL defensive end **Robert Rozier**, then a member of the Nation of Yahweh religious sect.

Earlier the same day, the **45-year-old male v ...Read More

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