Patricia Ann Minnis

On April 3, 1990, the decomposed body of 57-year-old Patricia Ann Minnis was found by a prison work crew along U.S. 41 East near Everglades City, in the Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida. The discovery was made under heavy brush, approximately 22 miles south of the road. Patricia Minnis’ body was in a state of advanced decomposition, and an autopsy revealed that she had died from blunt force trauma to the head. It was estimated that she had been dead for about three weeks prior to being d ...