‘They’ve got the evidence’: Father confident arrest will be made in Coast Guard member’s murder

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Father assured apprehension volition beryllium made successful Coast Guard member’s murder

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Pat Schollaert says helium wants the Jacksonville assemblage to cognize however loving his girl was and that she cared for truthful galore others.

Caroline Schollaert served successful the U.S. Coast Guard for 8 years. She was assigned to the HITRON portion successful Jacksonville -- a specialized chopper squadron dedicated to cause interdictions.

Last Tuesday, Caroline Schollaert was changeable and killed portion confronting a car burglar successful Riverside, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. Police are inactive moving to way down her slayer and a combined $20,000 reward is being offered for accusation starring to an arrest.

Pat Schollaert said helium received a telephone from his daughter’s fiancé connected Aug. 3 and learned what happened. He said the household instantly started driving down from wherever they unrecorded adjacent Richmond, Virginia.

“Within minutes we had conscionable thrown a fewer things into the container and we were connected the way,” Pat Schollaert said. “Within conscionable astir an hour-and-a-half, we had astir gotten to the authorities line, we had gotten the telephone that she had conscionable passed.”

Pat Schollaert remembers his girl arsenic idiosyncratic who ever brought smiles to the radical she worked with.

“A grin that was infectious, but the existent quality was inside,” helium said.

Throughout the past week, JSO has been searching for a antheral captured connected a surveillance camera.

A GoFundMe has been created, and arsenic of Monday nighttime much than 300 radical had donated adjacent to $18,000 to assistance bolster the reward for immoderate accusation starring to an arrest.

Members of the Coast Guard Investigative Service went door-to-door successful the neighborhood, handing retired flyers -- asking for the public’s help.

“They’ve got the evidence,” Pat Schollaert said. “And I’m assured they’re gonna get this person.”

The Coast Guard said a backstage memorial is being held for Caroline Schollaert and her household is making arrangements to bring her location this week.

Anyone with accusation successful her decease is urged to interaction First Coast Crime Stoppers astatine 1-866-845-TIPS.