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Jabez Spann
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Was this 14 year old murdered because he witnessed another murder?
Jabez Spann, aged 14, disappeared on September 4, 2017, in Sarasota, Florida, after attending a candlelight vigil for a neighborhood man who was killed days earlier. It is believed that Jabez witnessed the murder of Travis Combs, a 31-year-old man who was killed in a botched robbery. Jabez's disappearance remained a mystery until February 16, 2019, when his skeletal remains were found by a worker along a fence in a rural area of Manatee County.
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Jabez Spann, aged 14, disappeared on September 4, 2017, in Sarasota, Florida, after attending a candlelight vigil for a neighborhood man who was killed days earlier. It is believed that Jabez witnessed the murder of Travis Combs, a 31-year-old man who was killed in a botched robbery. Jabez's disappearance remained a mystery until February 16, 2019, when his skeletal remains were found by a worker along a fence in a rural area of Manatee County.
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Jabez Spann
September 20, 2022
Male
African-American / Black
Palmetto
FL
2019-02-16
2017-09-04
2002-12-13
14
Jabez
Spann
11/07/2025
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It's so deeply unsettling to think about what young Jabez might have experienced on that fateful day... ...Read More
04/08/2024
04/08/2024
I haven't been able to stop thinking about Jabez Spann's case and how a young teenager’s life was ... ...Read More
04/27/2023
04/27/2023
