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Polk County Sheriff’s Phone# 863-298-6200
If in an emergency Dial 911
Between 10:00 and 10:30 p.m. on March 22, 1971, 64-year-old Gaston Lulle Geer, owner of the Lucerne Park Grocery located on Lucerne Park Rd. (SR 544) in Winter Haven, was found dead inside the business. He had been struck several times on the head with his own handgun and was stabbed multiple times. Investigation revealed that $30 was missing from the cash register.
Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit at (863) 298-6379, or send an email to coldcase@polksheriff.org.