{"id":32359,"date":"2014-08-15T19:09:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T23:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=32359"},"modified":"2014-08-15T19:09:14","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T23:09:14","slug":"one-year-later-family-still-searching-for-answers-in-young-mans-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2014\/08\/one-year-later-family-still-searching-for-answers-in-young-mans-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"One Year Later, Family Still Searching For Answers In Young Man\u2019s Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kyle Byrtus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One year ago today, the lifeless body of 25 year old Kyle Byrtus was found in a field on Meadow Drive in Lehigh Acres.\u00a0 And despite the time that\u2019s passed, the person or persons responsible for his murder have yet to face justice, and Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is hoping someone in the know will do the right thing and come forward with information.<\/p>\n

Byrtus was a graduate of\u00a0Fort Myers\u00a0High School, where he was captain of the track team.\u00a0 His academic and athletic abilities earned him a college scholarship and after graduation, he seemed destined for great success.\u00a0 But an unfortunate twist of fate led Byrtus in the wrong direction, and in a very short amount of time, he found himself involved with drug addiction.\u00a0 His family and friends convinced Byrtus to seek treatment, which he did, however he continued to fall backwards each time.<\/p>\n

Although his body was found in Lehigh Acres, detectives say he was known to frequent the Pine Manor area.\u00a0 Shortly after his murder, posters were distributed throughout the community, in hopes that someone would come forward with information about his murder, or what may have led up to it.\u00a0 However, that pivotal knowledge has yet to be shared.<\/p>\n

\u201cKyle Byrtus had the makings of a highly successful young man,\u201d said Trish Routte, Crime Stoppers Coordinator. \u201cHe made a few bad choices, and was struggling to find his way back to a healthy place, but someone stole that opportunity from him.\u00a0 Kyle\u2019s family and friends are still struggling with the loss, and are having a hard time knowing that whoever is responsible for his death is still out there \u2013 especially today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyone with information on the murder if Kyle Byrtus is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS (8477).\u00a0 All callers will remain anonymous and will be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.\u00a0 Tips may also be made online atwww.swflcrimestoppers.org<\/a>\u00a0or by texting a tip to CRIMES (274637) Keyword: REWARD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One year ago today, the lifeless body of 25 year old Kyle Byrtus was found in a field on Meadow Drive in Lehigh Acres.\u00a0 And despite the time that\u2019s passed,… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}