FL FL - Kelly Rothwell, 35, Indian Rocks Beach, 12 March 2011

Kelly Rothwell would have graduated from the police academy four weeks after she went missing. At the ceremony, instructors and fellow cadets fondly remembered her.

For the last several years, Kelly's friends and family have had to deal with their devastating loss while waiting for justice. Friends, family and detectives vow to never give up until David Perry is behind bars for the murder of Kelly Rothwell.

"We are not done. This is not over," said Det. Plourde.

http://crimewatchdaily.com/2016/11/...nder-suspicion-after-girlfriend-goes-missing/
 
i liked in this area at the time of the disappearance and the coverage was sinful to me. Meaning not enough. Very sad
 
http://www.stargazette.com/story/ne...nce-faces-unrelated-felony-charges/680537001/

An Elmira man who was a person of interest in the disappearance of a Florida woman has been indicted on multiple felony counts in an unrelated case in Steuben County.

Perry was considered a suspect by the Pinellas County, Florida Sheriff's Office in the 2011 disappearance of Kelly Rothwell, who had been dating Perry.

Perry returned to Elmira after Rothwell's disappearance and did not cooperate with the investigation.

In 2013, Perry was convicted in Broome County Court on grand larceny and insurance fraud charges related to his former employment at the Elmira Correctional Facility. He was released on parole in September 2015.
 
Cases like these are so frustrating when it is clearly obvious what happened and who did it.
 
Oh boy this guy is a piece of work...

A former Elmira man once investigated in connection with the disappearance of his former girlfriend has been sentenced to jail time in Steuben County in an unrelated case.

County Judge Patrick McAllister this week sentenced David Perry, 54, to a year in the Steuben County Jail following his conviction on a misdemeanor count of second-degree criminal trespass.

McAllister found Perry guilty following a bench trial.

The charge stems from an incident in 2017 in which a Painted Post woman told authorities Perry moved in with her under a false identity.

The woman told police she had been dating Perry, who called himself David Jones and claimed to be a retired Department of Homeland Security employee.

The two were in a relationship for about two months before the woman learned his true identity and called police, who removed Perry from the home at the woman's insistence.

Perry was originally indicted on multiple charges, including 37 counts of second-degree burglary, in connection with the case....

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Suspect in disappearance of Florida woman gets year in jail in Steuben County case
 
May 9 2020
Cold cases to hot sand: Pinellas homicide detective’s work not just a day at the beach
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Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Detective Christopher Lyons walks past Caddy's restaurant which opened on Friday. Lyons expects younger beachgoers to come out to the popular spot in Treasure Island. Lyons is usually a cold case detective, but now he's helping enforce public health rules on Pinellas' beaches. [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times]
by Kathryn Varn
Published 2 hours ago

''TREASURE ISLAND — Walking along one of the country’s most beautiful beaches, Detective Chris Lyons can’t stop thinking about unsolved homicides''.
Lyons approaches a man in a Caddy’s shirt and asks him about the reopening plan — a lot of beachgoers had been asking. Then he pivots.

“You ever hear about that girl from Indian Rocks Beach who went missing years ago?” he asks.

Her name is Kelly Rothwell, and her case haunts the 21-year law enforcement officer like no other.

Rothwell, 35, was last seen March 12, 2011. That night, the police cadet told a friend she was going to break up with her live-in boyfriend, David Perry. Then, she was supposed to meet up with friends from the police academy at Caddy’s. She never showed.

Her boyfriend moved to New York the night she disappeared. Her car was found two miles from their home. She has long been presumed dead, and Perry remains the only suspect.

The Caddy’s employee, Tom Danhousen, says he hasn’t heard of the case. Still, Lyons figures, he probably talks to a lot of locals. He pulls out a business card, jots Rothwell’s name on the back and tells Danhousen to call him if he hears anything.''
 
MAR 13, 2023

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Still missing, it's been 12 years.

 
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