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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Motive still a puzzle

Some cite licenses inmurder-for-hire plot

BY ADAM LINHARDT Citizen Staff
alinhardt@keysnews.com

A murder-for-hire mystery that has engulfed the quiet Middle Keys town of Marathon for the past three months has been short on clues and heavy on speculation from City Hall to local coffee shops and taverns.

The tale began unfolding on Dec. 21, when Dennis Zecca, co-owner and manager of Marathon Marina & Boatyard, was arrested as he left work by FBI agents, who say he...

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Motive not a mystery.

Submitted on Fri, 02/22/2013 - 10:03am by Mac

Everyone involved knows the motive. What people don't know is who paid for the "job".

But sources close to the investigation report that feds have narrowed it down to three. One has been eliminated as a "person of interest." Two remain. You might be surprised who those two are. Stay tuned.

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How does the Citizen still report

Submitted on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 1:29am by Get Real

that Bruce is in hiding in another country when they run an article the same day about an argument involving Bruce in Marathon in January?

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Has the potential...

Submitted on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 8:37am by Nickname

... to be bigger than the Bum Farto/Manny James saga. It just seems very unlikely that the local head honcho of a criminal enterprise would stick his neck out to try to get a bigtime realtor killed just because said realtor doesn't like drug smuggling. But then again, maybe Mr. Zecca just doesn't like realtors. Stay tuned.