George Schwender

George Schwender

Status: HOMICIDE

City: Jacksonville

State: Florida

County: Duval County

Date of birth: August 23, 1927

Date of death: June 17, 1970

Age: 42

Gender: Male

Race: Caucasian/White

Cause of death: Gun Firearm

Anniversary month: June

LEA: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Jacksonville, Florida

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November 16, 2020 | By Kayla Chouinard This story is part of a collaborative project between Project: Cold Case and a University of North Florida Journalism class. The student credited above wrote this story as a class project. George Schwender was the type of father who worked hard to support his six children in every aspect of life, whether it was working a full-time job or coaching his kids’ softball teams. He would often encourage and broaden their imagination from a very young age. “He was very much a person who was interested in his children. He helped my brothers with their Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts,” Adrienne Sachse said of her father. “He was very much into doing things with his kids.” George would often take his children to search for fossils, fish at the beach, and splash in the ocean. That quality time meant everything to him and his kids. The gentle, loving father was kind to everyone. When it came to athletics, he didn’t play... Read More



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