>> FROM THE LOCAL STATION NEWSFOURJAX. ♪
NEWSFOURJAX. ♪ >> MILESTONE. TOMORROW MARKS 6
MONTHS SINCE SOMEONE MURDERED
A FATHER OF 4 IN JACKSONVILLE
BEACH IN FRONT OF HIS TODDLER
DAUGHTER JARED WRITING WITH US
IS LIVING WITHOUT HIM IS
UNIMAGINABLE.
>> SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE WE’RE
JUST A SPECTACLE PEOPLE DON’T
REALIZE THAT THIS IS OUR
REALITY EVERY SINGLE DAY. WAKE
UP EVERY DAY AND YOU’RE STILL
NOT HERE. HIS CAR IS NOT
PULLING IN THE DRIVEWAY THAT
THIS IS REAL. MYSELF FOR
CHILDREN IN AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT
OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE ALL
SUFFERING EVERY SINGLE DAY
BECAUSE OF THIS. THIS IS REAL.
>> THERE’S NOW A $55,000
REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING
TO AN ARREST NEWS FOR JAX
REPORTER VIC MICOLUCCI SAT
DOWN WITH BRIGHT AGAINS WINTER
TODAY.
>> AND SPOKE WITH
INVESTIGATORS AS WELL ABOUT
WHERE THIS CASE STANDS.
>> THE MEMORIES OF JARED DRIVE
AGAIN ARE BITTERSWEET. HIS
WIFE, KIRSTEN, SHARING VIDEOS
AND PICTURES OF THE HAPPIER
TIMES. HE TRULY CARED ABOUT
THOSE IN HIS LIFE.
>> HE TRULY CARED ABOUT BEING
A GOOD HUMAN AND HE TRIED
EVERY SINGLE DAY TO BE HIS
BEST.
>> FEBRUARY 16TH, THAT DREAM
TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE. JARED
HAD JUST DROPPED HIS 2 OLDER
CHILDREN OFF AT THEIR MOTHER’S
HOME IN JACKSONVILLE BEACH.
>> HIS 2 AND A HALF YEAR OLD
DAUGHTER BAXLEY WAS IN THE
BACKSEAT WHEN DETECTIVES SAY
HE STOPPED ON A DARK STRETCH
BECAUSE OF THIS TIRE IN THE
ROAD, SOMEONE AMBUSHED HIM,
SHOOTING HIM AGAIN AND AGAIN.
>> DID YOU THINK WE’D BE HERE
TODAY? 6 MONTHS LATER, NO
ARREST.
>> THERE ARE DAYS WHERE I DO’S
HELP WHERE I’M JUST FRUSTRATED
AND ANGRY. I DON’T WANT TO
TALK TO ANYBODY. BUT THE
MAJORITY OF THE TIME I FEEL
LIKE JUSTICE IS COMING, JUST
BE PATIENT.
>> THIS WEEKEND MISSED
MILESTONES JARRETT’S FAMILY
CELEBRATING BACKS LEAST 3RD
BIRTHDAY AND BABY LONDON’S
FIRST.
>> BAXLEY ASKING WHY HER DAD
DIED.
>> LONDON LEARNING TO WALK.
SHE’LL NEVER KNOW HER FATHER.
WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING?
>> I KNOW THAT IF WE ARE. HERE
AND I WASN’T EVEN BE FIGHTING
FOR ME. ALSO, THE KIDS I WANT
ALL FOR THE KIDS TO KNOW WHY
THEY DON’T HAVE A DAD. I WANT
THEM THAT FOR THEM SO BADLY
BECAUSE HE WAS THE BEST DAD.
THE CASE HAS TAKEN TWISTS AND
TURNS. IT’S GOTTEN NATIONAL,
EVEN INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION
>> MANY OUTLETS HAVE BROUGHT
UP JARED BRIGHT AGAINST
PREVIOUS MARRIAGE. AND THERE’S
BEEN SPECULATION SURROUNDING
HIS EX-WIFE. HOWEVER, WE WANT
TO POINT OUT, INVESTIGATORS
SAY THE CASE IS STILL WIDE
OPEN SHE HAS ALSO PUBLICLY
SAID SHE WAS NOT INVOLVED. ARE
THERE ANY SUSPECTS? ARE THERE
ANY?
>> PEOPLE OF INTEREST? SO I
CAN’T COMMENT ON SUSPECTS OR
PEOPLE OF WHAT I CAN TELL YOU
IS THAT, YOU KNOW, DUE TO
HUNDREDS OF THAT WE’VE
RECEIVED FROM CITIZENS COMING
IN, THE DETECTIVES HAVE TO
FOLLOW UP ON EACH AND EVERY
TIP THAT COMES IN.
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THIS
OLDER MODEL FORD F ONE 50 WAS
INVOLVED IN THE MURDER.
>> THEY’RE ASKING THE PUBLIC
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT IT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO
ARE CONCERNED.
>> THAT THIS CASE IS GOING
COLD, UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN A
HEINOUS CRIME LIKE THIS
HAPPENS, IT TAKES A LOT TO
WORK. THE INVESTIGATION.
>> THEN IT DOES FOR THE ACTUAL
CRIME THAT WAS COMMITTED.
GERRANS WIDOW IS TRYING TO BE
PATIENT TELLING US SHE PRAYS
FOR THE POLICE WORKING THE
CASE EVERY DAY WITH FAITH.
THEY GET WHAT THEY NEED TO
SOLVE THE CASE. UNTIL THEN,
HIS MEMORIES WILL LIVE ON
THROUGH HIS CHILDREN.
>> WE HAVE FAMILY IN THE AREA.
USING FRIENDS. IT’S EXTREMELY
GENEROUS AND KIND NEIGHBORS
AND STRANGERS LIKE THIS
SUPPORT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.
SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE
THAT’S BEEN SUPPORTING AND
LOVING US.
>> ACTS OF KINDNESS THAT KEEP
THIS GRIEVING FAMILY GOING.
I’M VIC MICOLUCCI CHANNEL 4,
THE LOCAL STATION.
>> ONCE AGAIN, THERE’S A
REWARD UP TO $55,000 FOR
INFORMATION LEADING TO AN
ARREST. ANYONE WITH
INFORMATION YOU’RE ASKED TO
CALL CRIME STOPPERS 1, 8, 6,
6, 8, 4, 5, TIPS. TIPSTERS CAN
REMAIN ANONYMOUS TO SUBMIT A
TIP TO THE ATF CALL 1, 8, 8, 8
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