In Broad Daylight

On Tuesday, June 10, 1997, 30-year-old Carla Ann Larson left her job in Orlando, Florida for lunch. When she never returned, her co-workers and family were distraught. Happily married and a new mother, Carla Ann had no reason to leave her life behind.

Join us at the quiet end for In Broad Daylight. Investigators were initially suspicious of her husband James Larson’s emotionless reaction. Then they were shocked to learn that Jim’s sister had been killed by a serial killer in 1990. But after a search uncovered Carla’s beaten and strangled body, witnesses reported seeing an unknown man driving her SUV after her disappearance. When the crime was featured on America’s Most Wanted, a tip led to the estranged wife of a career criminal. And what she had to say led detectives to their primary suspect.

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Sources

Beyond Criminal Headlines: Michelle Wright on the murder of Carla Larson, Nicole Bennett, 1/13/2023, https://www.wsbradio.com/on-demand/beyond-criminal-headlines-michelle-wright-murder-carla-larson/QXSYJLTX45CPZPSNNKACYEASCE/

Double-crossed by death, Twila Decker, Tampa Bay Times, 9/28/2005

Evidence of Murder by Samuel Roen

Living With a Grief That Will Never Die, After the Murders of 2 Loved Ones, New York Times, Rick Bragg, 3/22/1999

STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, vs. JOHN STEVEN HUGGINS, Appellee, Supreme Court of Florida, 6/7/2001