Special Reports: Cold Case: Carl DeLong Jr.

Newspaper articles:

Newspapers from the 1950s covered stories of raids on the gay bars.

• Sep. 27, 1955: Five Tampa Taverns Hit by Judge
• Oct. 30, 1956: St. Pete Man In Critical Condition After Beating Here
• Jan. 29, 1957: Teenagers Who Preyed On Perverts Sentenced
• July 13, 1957: 13 Nabbed In Crackdown On Morals Offenders Here
• Aug. 02, 1957: Knotty Pine Bar Raided; 16 Quizzed
• Dec. 04, 1957: Youths Accused Of Robbing Pair They Met At Knotty Pine
• Aug. 16, 1960: Greyson Hits State For Not Lifting Liquor Licenses Of Meccas For Homosexuals
• Nov. 02, 1964: Detectives Arrest 5 At 2 Bars

Photos/Audio/Video Clips:

Audio from the victim's sister and an overview of gay life in Tampa in the 1950s, photos of the persons of interest who were questioned.

• Alice DeLong Steele
• Life for gays in the 1950s
• Prof. David K. Johnson
• Life of Carl Erwin DeLong Jr.
• Scene in the 1950s
• People questioned in DeLong's Murder

Related Links:

Here are some links related to the cold case, gay life and books.

• Carl DeLong Jr. Case File
• Gay Life In Tampa
• The Lavender Scare
• About the author of The Lavender Scare
• Interview with the author of The Lavender Scare
• Asylum where DeLong was admitted
• Tampa Police Department
• Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office

The cold case team at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has started investigating unsolved murders. There are 165 unsolved murders in the county and most still have physical evidence that has been stored in a warehouse for decades.
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• Hillsborough County Sheriff Unsolved Homicides
• Tampa Police Unsolved Homicides