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pre-jumperpool 1981 - 1986
last update:
12.24.09

pre-pool archive: 1957-1962 • 1963-1966 • 1967-1973 • 1974-1976
1977-1980 • 1981-19861987-19921993-1997the current list

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10.30.86: save
Thomas R. Wilsie, 38, male
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05.09.86: random skyway death • Ocala Star-Banner
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08.11.85: jumper • The Ledger
Dene Prachnick, 32, female, lived
tbo.com, Leaped from main span and was rescued 10 hours later. Left suicide note in car on bridge.
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07.26.85: possible jumper
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07.08.85: jumper
Jose Ramirez, 57, male, died
07.10.85, Orlando Sentinel, BODY IN BAY WAS THAT OF ST. PETERSBURG DOCTOR, Police have been looking for [Jose Ramirez]'s son Luis, 29, since May 20, when a warrant was issued charging him with the misdemeanor of failing to report a death. (detailed story leading up to this jump found here and continued here.)
tbo.com, Left Oldsmobile on bridge, jumped. Body recovered next day.
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03.28.85: possible jumper
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09.09.83: jumper
William Cornelius, 30, male, died
tbo.com, Car found abandoned on bridge. Body found same day.
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08.16.83: jumper
Robert Ceglar, 22, male, lived
tbo.com, Former mental patient said he wanted to experience parachute jumping.
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07.25.83: jumper • St. Petersburg Times
Robert Ted Ray, 34, male, died


tbo.com, Stopped truck on center span, jumped. Body found two days later.
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05.03.83: jumper • St. Petersburg Times
Lorna James, 29, female, died

tbo.com, Stopped car on center span, turned on flashers, jumped. Died in hospital three days later.
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12.08.81: suicide shooter St. Petersburg Times
William Roth Johnson, 32, died
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11.22.81: jumper • Ocala Star-Banner
Eugene French, 25, male, lived
tbo.com, Tried to pull down trooper trying to rescue him.
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09.17.81: jumper
Glenn Veilleux, 26, male, died
tbo.com, Parked truck on bridge, jumped off. Body recovered next day. Suicide note left in truck.
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07.17.81: involuntary jumper • St. Petersburg Times
Michael Plezia, 24, male, forced to jump at gun point.


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