Our card this week is Donna Martin, the 8 of Hearts from Florida. Donna Martin was stabbed and killed in her own home in south Florida back in 1999. And police believed that the man who may have killed her was the very same man who had turned Boca Raton into a hunting ground. But police have been unable to pin Donna’s murder on him. That suspect even went to prison for other crimes, but now he’s a free man. And police believe solving Donna’s murder could help save other women in Florida. If you were attacked in the Boca Raton, Delray Beach, or Deerfield Beach areas in the 1980s or 1990s, and you think you may have been a victim of David Miller, you can call Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County with tips at 1-800-458-8477 or reach out to Sgt. William Springer at [email protected] are also interested in speaking with anyone who believes they may have had something stolen by David Miller that could have been recovered in the search of his property or who may have seen Miller around Donna’s apartment complex the evening of her murder.View source material and photos for this episode at: thedeckpodcast.com/donna-martin Let us deal you in… follow The Deck on social media.Instagram: @thedeckpodcast | @audiochuckTwitter: @thedeckpodcast_ | @audiochuckFacebook: /TheDeckPodcast | /audiochuckllcTo support Season of Justice and learn more, please visit seasonofjustice.org.The Deck is hosted by Ashley Flowers. Instagram: @ashleyflowersTikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkieTwitter: @Ash_FlowersFacebook: /AshleyFlowers.AFText Ashley at 317-733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!
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Our card this week is Donna Martin, the Eight of Hearts from Florida. Donna Martin was stabbed and killed in her own home in South Florida back in 1999. And police believed that the man who may have killed her was the very same man who had turned Boca Raton into a hunting ground. But police have been unable to pin Donna's murder on him.
That suspect even went to prison for other crimes, but now he's a free man. And police believe solving Donna's murder could help save other women in Florida. I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is The Deck. When Donna Martin hadn't shown up for work by lunchtime on Tuesday, January 12th, 1999, her colleagues at ADT Security Services were pretty worried.
She had relocated to join the company in Boca Raton, Florida, less than two years before. And they knew her well enough to know that it wasn't like her to go AWOL. So one of her co-workers volunteered to stop by Donna's apartment and check on her. It was 11.45 a.m.
when she made it to Donna's apartment and from the very first moment she saw the front door slightly ajar, she knew that whatever kept Donna from work wasn't good. She pushed the door open to reveal a quiet living room. Too quiet. She made her way toward the kitchen and reached for the light switch to better see, but when the bright light washed over the kitchen, she saw a horrifying sight.
Donna was on the floor next to the fridge, covered in blood, and still wearing the green suit she'd worn to work the day before. Frantic, the colleague called for help, but when paramedics arrived, they quickly realized there was no hope of reviving Donna. Retired Detective John Van Houten, who everyone on the squad calls Hootie, was the lead detective on Donna's case for many years.
I mean, even starting from day one. He told our reporters that when he first entered Donna's apartment, it was clear that she'd been stabbed. And he was pretty sure he knew with what. And that theory came from the fact that a knife in her kitchen was missing.
The knife was taken from a butcher block, which was on top of the refrigerator. And I don't remember if we found the knife, Bill.
We never found the murder weapon.
No. That second voice you heard was Sergeant William Springer, who also worked on his case for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. You'll hear both men talking back and forth quite a bit throughout this episode.
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