JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The long-standing cold case murder of 16-year-old Fred Laster received some answers Thursday.
The state attorney announced that a Duval County grand jury formally indicted Ronnie Hyde with first-degree murder.
Hyde was arrested in March of 2017, after Laster’s body was found dismembered in a dumpster in 1994.
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Hyde is also charged with 25 counts of possession of child porn.
The assistant state attorney, Alan Mizrahi, is prosecuting this case.