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Five years later, family still mired in grief, questions
By TIMES STAFF
Published April 19, 2007
ST. PETERSBURG Patricia Hodges, a 64-year-old grandmother, was murdered five years ago in her apartment. She was stabbed with a knife. There was no sign of forced entry. On Wednesday, her family gathered at her grave in Sunnyside Cemetery and asked anyone with information to come forward. Her family is now offering a $20,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. Previously, the reward was $5,000. "We are asking you - we are begging you - to still help," said Shawn Gertsch, 39, one of Hodges' five children. Police Maj. Michael Puetz said detectives had looked at a number of suspects, but that the leads had dwindled over the years. The killing may have stemmed from an attempted sexual assault, police said. Anyone with information about the 2002 murder of Patricia Hodges is asked to call the St. Petersburg Police Department at (727) 893-7164.
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