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- Mr. Charles William Himes, 49, 1770 Jolly Ave., Apopka, died Tuesday. Born in Frederick Md., he moved to Apopka from Frederick in 1973. He was a painter and a Protestant. He was a Korean War veteran. Survivors: wife, Katherine; son, Charles W. Himes Jr., Apopka; daughters, Miss Kathy L. Himes, Apopka, Miss Kandis S. Himes, Orlando; Miss Bonnie J. Himes and Miss Cheryl D. Himes, Apopka; sister, Mrs. Frances Rippeon, Middletown, Md.; three grandchildren. Bray Funeral Home, Apopka.
The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida. Friday, 7 December 1979.
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- LKH note:
Although the articles below give a different home address for Charles Himes, the murder victim, than Charles William Himes obituary lists, it seems highly likely that they are the same man. It seems highly unlikely that there would be two different men with the same name, both 49 years old, both from Apopka, and both dying on the same day.
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Police identify murder victims
Zellwood – Two Apopka men have been identified as the victims of an execution-style double murder.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said James Dodson, 55, and Charles Himes, 49, were robbed and shot and killed early Tuesday at a tavern in this isolated town in rural Central Florida. One man was the bartender at Lola’s Tavern and the other a customer, police said.
The bullet-riddled bodies were stuffed into a tiny men’s room.
The bodies were “practically on top of each other,” said paramedic Skip Wathen of the Zellwood Fire Department. “It looked like an execution.
Boca Raton News, Boca Raton, Florida. Thursday, 6 December 1979.
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Murder victims identified as Apopka men
Two men killed during a hold up at a rural Zellwood bar Tuesday afternoon have been identified by Orange County deputy sheriffs as James E. Dodson, 55, 5126 Martingale Lane, owner of Lola’s Tavern, and a customer at the bar, Charles Himes, 49, 240 Grossenbacher St., both of Apopka.
The two were in the isolated tavern near the intersection of Kelly Park and Plymouth Sorrento roads sometime after 4 p.m. Tuesday when they were shot to death, deputies said. Himes was found shot once in the head and Dodson shot in the head and chest.
A passerby found the men, one dead the other dying, in the bar’s bathroom. Himes was pronounced dead on the scene, and Dodson died at Florida Hospital/Apopka about 15 minutes after he was admitted.
A Zellwood Fire Department paramedic said it appeared the two men had been marched into the cramped men’s room and shot.
Sheriff’s detectives Wednesday said robbery was the only apparent motive for the killings, but did not know how much money was taken.
No arrests had been made by late Wednesday.
A statewide bulletin for two men driving a white pickup truck remained posted Wednesday. A woman told deputies she saw the truck leave the tavern parking lot near the time of the shootings.
The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida. Thursday, 6 December 1979.
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