man found shot dead in car behind FL motorcycle shop; listed occupation on MySpace as "street pharmacist"
Hoodini
By Ryan Mills contact
Thursday, April 12, 2007
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2007/apr/12/body_north_naples_man_found_behind_motorcycle_shop/?breaking_news
A garbage collector working behind a Fort Myers Harley-Davidson store
early Thursday morning found the body of a 23-year-old North Naples
man in the driver’s seat of his luxury car, Fort Myers police reported.
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Matthew Haller
The body of Matthew Haller, 15513 Monterosso Lane, was discovered by
the garbage collector around 3:43 a.m., authorities said. Haller had
been shot and was found in his blue 1985 Mercedes. The Mercedes was
taken from the scene at 2160 Colonial Blvd., to a Florida Department
of Law Enforcement facility for processing, police said.
Investigators are attempting to piece together a timeline of what may
have occurred overnight and determine why Haller was behind the store
in the first place, said Fort Myers police spokeswoman Maureen Buice.
"We’re waiting for forensic evidence from the Florida Department of
Law Enforcement, and we’re waiting on autopsy results from the medical
examiner’s office," Buice said.
Buice did not know when the autopsy would be performed.
"We have a lot of information to gather and a lot of information to
piece together," Buice said. "That’s what we are doing."
Haller was in Fort Myers visiting friends, said his father, Timothy
Haller.
"He was a wonderful young man," Timothy Haller said. "He didn’t
deserve this."
Neighbors on Monterosso Lane awoke around 6 a.m. Thursday to a woman’s
scream and police cars in the Hallers’ driveway, said Michael Lissack,
president of the Monterosso at Mediterra Homeowners Association.
"The Hallers are wonderful people who do not need this kind of tragedy
visited upon them," Lissack said. "The entire Monterosso and Mediterra
communities are feeling their loss."
Lissack said Matthew Haller was living in the community but was
frequently not home.
"He was a resident in the community, but he was not particularly
visible," Lissack said. "He was here, but we didn’t see a lot of him."
Haller was arrested in Lee County on Nov. 2, 2006, and charged with
possession of cocaine, a felony, and refusing to submit to a DUI test,
a misdemeanor.
On his MySpace page, Haller listed his occupation as "street
pharmacist." He also wrote that he likes "waking up some mornings
wondering if I might be arrested for what I don’t remember doing last
night."
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FragileWarrior
> Investigators are attempting to piece together a timeline of what may
> have occurred overnight and determine why Haller was behind the store
> in the first place, said Fort Myers police spokeswoman Maureen Buice.
Oh, gee, let me try: 23 year old. Mercedes. Motorcycle shop. Dead of
night.
Um... let me think... let me think... let me think...
DRUGS?
PirateJohn
wrote:
Well ... that Mercedes is over 20 years old. NADA online doesn't go
back that far, but just in the theoretical a 1988 190E is only worth
an average of about $2,500.
And honestly I don't associate motorcycle repair shops with drug usage
unless they are associated with some of the 1% bike "clubs" and those
are few and far between.
On the other hand that comment about his profession on MySpace could
be a bit suspicious.
Let's put it this way. If he did business with some of the motorcycle
repair places that I have done business with he was just as likely to
have died from starvation, old age, or from a stroke while waiting for
parts.
Hoodini
>> Oh, gee, let me try: 23 year old. Mercedes. Motorcycle shop. Dead of
>> night.
>> Um... let me think... let me think... let me think...
>> DRUGS?
> Let's put it this way. If he did business with some of the motorcycle
> repair places that I have done business with he was just as likely to
> have died from starvation, old age, or from a stroke while waiting for
> parts.
More likely irreparable liver damage.