Hi, Park enthusiasts. I'm your host, D'Lia Diambra. And the story I have for you today is a crime that still needs to be solved. This October marks the 35-year anniversary, and for many of you listening, it might be your first and only time you're hearing about this case.

There was very little original source material still out there when I dove into researching

it, which can sometimes make covering stories like this challenging.

But thankfully, I was able to interview former and current law enforcement investigators

as well as one of the victim's daughters.

And it was through those conversations that a lot of new information came to light.

There's also something else you should know going into this episode, and that's the crime scene, Don Pedro Island, Florida, which is home to

Don Pedro Island State Park, literally butts up next to some property my husband and I bought a few years

ago. So to say this crime happened in my backyard is an understatement,

but it was 30 years before we came into the picture, so there's that. But in many ways, I feel I was

destined to research and investigate the murders of Harry Billy Scott and John Stanley Smith.

They were brutally gunned down in a popular fishing coat that I've personally boated and

fished in, and to this day, the identity of their killer or killers remains a mystery.

But law enforcement is convinced that could easily change.

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I'm Around 9 o'clock in the morning, on Tuesday, October 9th, 1990, a worker inside Don Pedro Island State Park in Florida was going about their morning duties when they heard what sounded like gunshots.

Now, to give you a better sense of where the state park is, it's sort of split between the

mainland of Cape Hays, Florida, and the barrier island of Don Pedro Island, which can only be

accessed by ferry, kayak, or private boat. On one side of the island is the Gulf of Mexico, and on the other side is

what's known as the intercoastal waterway. According to my interviews with law enforcement,

the worker who heard the gunshots was on the barrier island portion of the park, so surrounded

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