Update- -Solved
White admitted to the crime.
James “Jim” Albert Boyd was an international trader who traveled
the world in search of treasures. He dealt in an array of objects, from rare
coins, ivory and art, to gold, guns and Nazi paraphernalia.
A private and solitary man, he kept to himself, living
simply in his Florida home- but Boyd’s residence was no ordinary abode, it was
a windowless building with very elaborate security system installed.
On the 6th of February 1987, Jim Boyd walked into
a St. Petersburg bank.
He was scheduled to make a trip to South Africa where he
was to meet with a very important entrepreneur and bought travelers
cards worth $15000.
He never made it to his meeting in South Africa.
He disappeared the same day
along with his vehicle, a Chevrolet El Camino, and was never seen again.
Several days later the bank alerted local police of
suspicious activity on Boyds account. $35,000 had been withdrawn by someone
posing as James Boyd using a false I.D.
Authorities made a visit to Boyd’s home to find the front
door ajar.
Blood and bullet shells were present in many of the rooms
and various rare objects had been taken.
It came to light that there was no South African shipping
magnate. The entire business deal had been orchestrated by a man named Steven
Wayne White.
White was suspected of planning the murder of James Boyd
over a period of several months along with Janina Koziej Meylheux, who was an
ex-girlfriend of Boyd. The pair were arrested and found with the missing man’s
car, as well as a total of $10,000 in cash and .25 caliber handgun- the same
type of gun responsible for the spent bullets found scattered around Boyds
property. The two were also found in possession of items from James' collection, valued at around $100,000, which they had stored in a warehouse in Atlanta.
Whites finger prints were lifted from the bathroom and he
was charged with the murder.
Meylheux was charged with theft and deported back to France.
White’s defense attorney attempted to convince the court
that Boyd had voluntarily walked away, implying that he wanted to undergo
gender reassignment surgery and live as a woman with a new identity. It was
also revealed that Boyd himself didn’t have a clean record, and had once been
convicted of murdering one of his ex-wives lovers.
White was convicted of another murder in 1987- the murder of
a missing California based dentist in Santa Ana , named Cedric Horn. He
allegedly befriended the victim and stole around $60,000 of the man’s money.
Due to White’s tendency to lie, investigators were not entirely sure how he got
close to the missing dentist, but linked him to the murder via DNA evidence.
Neither Horn or Boyd’s bodies were ever recovered.
(Left: Boyd, Right: White)
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