In 2019, another deputy took over the case and continued attempts to identify the blood left behind throughout the store believed to belong to the suspect. In 2003, the case was re-opened and an analyst uploaded the DNA from a freezer door handle to a system. In 1997, the case was closed without identifying who stabbed Paquette and documented it as “pending further investigative leads.” It was determined all came from the same previously unknown person.
Authorities say blood samples from multiple areas within the store were sent to a crime lab. The medical examiner at the time determined that Paquette had been stabbed 73 times.ĭeputies determined through bloodstains that whoever stabbed Paquette had also been injured. When they entered, deputies said they found Paquette in the store’s bathroom dead with multiple stab wounds. When they tried to call Paquette at his home, they did not get a response.Īnother store employee who closed the previous night stopped at the store while deputies were on scene and gave the deputies keys to the business. Investigators discovered a white car in the parking lot belonged to store manager Terrence Paquette. When deputies arrived, they spotted two men who were at the store to pick up a cash deposit, but the door was locked.Īccording to authorities, they noticed there was a small amount of blood on the outside lock. He told authorities he did not see a store clerk and continued on his morning drive before calling deputies. 3, 1996, deputies responded to the Lil’Champ convenience store on Clarcona Ocoee Road.Ī witness called deputies after he drove by and noticed the lights in the store were off, something he said was odd because it was typically open when he passed by.Īccording to the arrest report, the witness said he turned around and parked at the store to look through the windows before trying to get inside.
Kenneth Stough Jr is facing charges of first-degree murder and robbery with a deadly weapon in the stabbing death of Terrence Paquette in 1996.
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