Map Location!

Date Found:
Saturday, April 9, 1977

Location Found:
Haven Hotel (now The Haven condominiums) 235 6th ST NW, Winter Haven, FL

Investigating Agency:
Winter Haven Police Department

Telephone:        
(863) 291-5858
  

Read The Ledger story on John Kennedy

Synopsis:

In the early morning hours of Saturday, April 9, 1977, John Kennedy, a 74 year old night custodian, was brutally stabbed to death inside of the Haven Hotel, located at 235 Sixth Street NW, Winter Haven, Florida. 

Evidence suggests that Kennedy was killed after discovering someone breaking into the hotel's cash drawer.