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Clarence Eric Dawson
January 05, 2021

STATUS: OPEN
 
MISSING PERSONS CASE TURNS TO A MURDER INVESTIGATION
 
The 43-year-old real estate developer, Clarence Eric Dawson, disappeared the evening of September 9, 1988, after he left his home in south Fort Myers to show a potential investor a lot he owned off Corkscrew Road in Estero, where he planned to build a Christian residential community called Familyland. Two months after Dawson disappeared, hunters found Dawson’s body in a shallow grave covered in concrete. Dawson had been shot in the back of the head. His death was ruled a homicide. The investigation continues.
 
If you have any information about this homicide, please call SWFL Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS (8477). All callers will remain anonymous and will be eligible for a cash reward of up to $3,000. Tips may also be made online at southwestfloridacrimestoppers.com or by submitting a tip on the P3 Tips mobile app.
 
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This is a Lee County Sheriff's Office homicide case.
 
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