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Katie Jeffries May 7, 2022
www.firstcoastnews.com
''JACKSONVILLE, Fla — This September will mark 30 years since a young mother was murdered in her Jacksonville home. The murderer left Renee McBreen’s three-year-old son locked inside the home with his mother’s body for hours.
The cruelty of her case is hard to fathom, but it's one cold case detectives at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office are taking another look at, and what they've found is promising.''
''It was Sept. 20, 1992.
McBreen was celebrating her son, Caleb, turning three with a birthday party, followed by a trip to the Dunkin' Donuts near their home on Crescent Street in Murray Hill. Family told police in 1992 that McBreen and Caleb left the Dunkin' at 9:30 p.m. and were heading back home.
Around 10 a.m. on the morning of Sept. 21, 1992, Caleb answered the house phone when his father called from Colorado. He was crying and said that 'Mommy won't wake up.'''
''Neighbors told the Florida Times Union in 1992 they’d heard arguing earlier that night and the day before. One neighbor told police she saw a man with possibly a beard at the house, but that didn’t give officers much of a suspect description.''
''Det. Reeves says officers ruled out McBreen’s husband, Caleb’s father, Bill McBreen. Though married, the couple was separated, with Bill in the Navy stationed in Colorado. ''
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Dan Scanlan
''Caleb McBreen was only 3 when his father heard four horrible words from him after making a long-distance phone call home on Sept. 21, 1992.
"I can't wake Mommy," the child said, then hung up on his father, out of town on a U.S. Navy training program in Colorado.
The alarmed father called Jacksonville police, who responded to the home on Crescent Street to find the 3-year-old boy unharmed but 22-year-old Renee McBreen beaten to death, police said. She was two months pregnant.
Almost 30 years later, despite updated investigations as late as 10 years ago, no killer has been found.''
''Homicide cold case detective Ray Reeves is giving this investigation a fresh look after a lifelong family friend of the dead woman called police urging to revive their work. Teaming up with a Florida Department of Law Enforcement researcher, Reeves said DNA technology that didn't exist in 1992 is being used to dive deeper into old evidence.''
"There's some items that had been tested previously, but we are at a new place in technology so that could be retested," Reeves said. "
''Renee McBreen was a dance club waitress and had thrown her 3-year-old son a birthday party the night before at their Murray Hill home. The attack occurred sometime between 10 p.m. that night and late the next morning when Caleb answered his father's phone call and found her on the sofa, Reeves said. The child also may have witnessed something but doesn't remember, he said.''
UNSOLVED: Young mother murdered after her son’s birthday party. Decades later, the search for answers continues
The cruelty of her case is hard to fathom, but it's one cold case detectives at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office are taking another look at.
www.firstcoastnews.com
The cruelty of her case is hard to fathom, but it's one cold case detectives at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office are taking another look at, and what they've found is promising.''
''It was Sept. 20, 1992.
McBreen was celebrating her son, Caleb, turning three with a birthday party, followed by a trip to the Dunkin' Donuts near their home on Crescent Street in Murray Hill. Family told police in 1992 that McBreen and Caleb left the Dunkin' at 9:30 p.m. and were heading back home.
Around 10 a.m. on the morning of Sept. 21, 1992, Caleb answered the house phone when his father called from Colorado. He was crying and said that 'Mommy won't wake up.'''
''Neighbors told the Florida Times Union in 1992 they’d heard arguing earlier that night and the day before. One neighbor told police she saw a man with possibly a beard at the house, but that didn’t give officers much of a suspect description.''
''Det. Reeves says officers ruled out McBreen’s husband, Caleb’s father, Bill McBreen. Though married, the couple was separated, with Bill in the Navy stationed in Colorado. ''
Cold case: 22-year-old mom beaten to death
2022
'I can't wake Mommy': Investigators revive 1992 cold case death of pregnant Jacksonville waitress
The 1992 death of a pregnant 22-year-old dance club waitress, found by her 3-year-old son, is being investigated again by Jacksonville police.
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''Caleb McBreen was only 3 when his father heard four horrible words from him after making a long-distance phone call home on Sept. 21, 1992.
"I can't wake Mommy," the child said, then hung up on his father, out of town on a U.S. Navy training program in Colorado.
The alarmed father called Jacksonville police, who responded to the home on Crescent Street to find the 3-year-old boy unharmed but 22-year-old Renee McBreen beaten to death, police said. She was two months pregnant.
Almost 30 years later, despite updated investigations as late as 10 years ago, no killer has been found.''
''Homicide cold case detective Ray Reeves is giving this investigation a fresh look after a lifelong family friend of the dead woman called police urging to revive their work. Teaming up with a Florida Department of Law Enforcement researcher, Reeves said DNA technology that didn't exist in 1992 is being used to dive deeper into old evidence.''
"There's some items that had been tested previously, but we are at a new place in technology so that could be retested," Reeves said. "
''Renee McBreen was a dance club waitress and had thrown her 3-year-old son a birthday party the night before at their Murray Hill home. The attack occurred sometime between 10 p.m. that night and late the next morning when Caleb answered his father's phone call and found her on the sofa, Reeves said. The child also may have witnessed something but doesn't remember, he said.''
