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Paul Douglas Crum

Paul Douglas Crum

Discovery Date: Oct 11, 1976

On October 11, 1976, 50-year-old Paul Douglas Crum was fatally shot while driving his 1974 white and green Ford pick-up truck on US Highway 98, south at Banana Creek in Lakeland. He had just left the service station that he owned. A money bag was missing from his vehicle. 

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.