FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 30, 2007

State Attorney Steve Meadows announces the plea and sentencing, in Jackson County Circuit Court, of Ricky Enyart, on a charge of second-degree murder.

Enyart, WM, DOB: 8-15-1967, was arrested in late 2005, after a 20-year investigation, and charged with the shooting murder of Richard Lewis Kelly, on June 17, 1985. Enyart, 17 at the time of the killing, had lived with Kelly and his wife.

The case was solved by the Jackson County joint cold case unit. Despite loss of evidence and the deaths of witnesses over the years; investigators kept working until the evidence was strong enough to make an arrest.

Enyart was sentenced to 20 years prison, consecutive to a sentence he is currently serving. The previous sentence is set to expire in 2020.

Photo available on DOC website:

http://www.dc.state.fl.us/ActiveInmates/detail.asp?Bookmark=1&From=list&SessionID=1059186775