The Florida Department of Law Enforcement this week is renewing its plea to the public for information in one of the state's oldest active homicide investigations: the 1974 murder of 24-year-old James Norris.

Norris’s murder is also the oldest homicide case in Dixie County.

"Over the years that we’ve investigated Mr. Norris’ murder; we’ve gotten a lot of the pieces of the puzzle," said FDLE Special Agent Supervisor Mike Kennedy. "Someone could be holding a piece of the puzzle that they may not realize fits into the big picture."

Investigators are focusing on people who were familiar with specific areas of Florida in 1974, as well as those with ties to other parts of the country. They believe persons living in the Miami, Panama City and Steinhatchee areas and Citrus County may have criti

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