I want to look at him and tell him, do you remember me?”įowler said she had hope an arrest would be made. “When he said remains I literally went to my knees,” Fowler said. Police said Curtis’ remains were found in a garbage bag in an empty lot near Elm Street. The report also mentioned a witness who saw House confront Curtis at some point. Read: Murder gone cold: Neary 40-years later, JSO is still searching for answers in broad-day shooting But most of what’s said in a report has been redacted. At some point a source inside the Duval County Jail told investigators something House said and they eventually questioned him about Curtis’ death. His arrest report said Curtis lived on a boat behind houses home. House was already in jail on unrelated charges when they connected him to Curtis’ murder. “Difficult isn’t even the word because along with that comes the pain and the rage and the hatred.” “I knew who was behind it, but had no proof,” Fowler said.

Once she filed the report she let detectives take over. “The only thing I could do outside was holler yes!”įowler said she confronted House a year ago to find out what happened, but said he changed the subject. Read: Missing woman located and reunited with family, JSO reports

Police said Curtis was beaten and buried by House.įowler said it’s a call she’s been waiting for.

On Wednesday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s office announced the arrest of Reginald House for murder. “I knew any little thing could mess this up and we may never find him,” Fowler said. Her son-in-law Philip Curtis went missing last November - she filed a report after not hearing from him and hearing from people that he may have been killed.

“We just wanted Philip, that’s all we wanted.”

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