Deputy John Murray, Sheriff James Holt, and Deputy J.T. Kelley with a12-foot, 500 pound alligator, killed after a 14 year old Palm City boy drowned in a canal on 10 Sept 1978. The alligator attacked the boy either before or after the drowning.
Published in the Stuart News (13 Mar 1975) with the caption: "Martin County Sheriff James Holt, left, extends a handshake and check to Deputy John Murphy. The check represents a $75 reward to Murphy from Florida Citrus Mutual for police work leading to the arrest and conviction of two men who broke into a house at citrus grove near Indiantown. This is the second time in the last year that Murphy has received rewards from Florida Citrus Mutual.
