Crime & Safety
Public's Help Needed To Solve Pinellas Murder: Update
The two women accompanied the murder victim and suspect to two gentlemen's clubs in Pinellas County.
CLEARWATER, FL -- Pinellas County Sheriff’s detectives are seeking the public's help in identifying two women who were in the company of murder victim 22-year-old Jesse De. Cairo and murder suspect 22-year-old Dale Washington on Thursday night, Jan. 25, and early Friday morning, Jan. 26.
According to detectives, the two women accompanied Cairo and Washington to two gentlemen's clubs in Pinellas County including the Oz Gentleman's Club at 13577 U.S. 19 N., Clearwater.
Deputies responded to a call of gun fire at 1788 Suffolk Drive, Clearwater, at 4:11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 26. Cairo shared the home with his mother.
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There, they discovered Cairo shot in the chest at the end of his driveway.
He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening wounds and later died.
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On Sunday, Jan. 28, Washington was arrested in Orlando and charged with second-degree murder in Cairo’s death.
According to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, Cairo was a known marijuana dealer. He and Washington, joined by the two unknown women, left Oz at about 2:15 a.m. and went to another gentlemen's club. They then left the second club at about 3:30 a.m. and went to Cairo's home in Washington's car.
There, the two men apparently got into an argument, and the two women left on foot, said Gualtieri. After the women left, Gualtieri said Washington shot Cairo with a 40-caliber semi-automatic gun owned by Cairo. Washington's car was seen fleeing the scene just after neighbors heard the gunfire.
When he was arrested at an Orlando residence, detectives discovered a "significant" quantity of marijuana and Cairo's gun in Washington's possession.
Anyone with information that might help identify the two women is asked to contact Detective John Suess of the Pinellas Sheriff’s Robbery/Homicide Unit at (727) 582-6153 or jsuessiv@pcsonet.com.
To remain anonymous and be eligible for a reward, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS or www.crimestoppersofpinellas.org.
"It's imperative that we find these two women," Gualtieri said.
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