INTERVIEW: Sheriff’s Office Explains 20-year Gap Between Death, Arrest for Murder

I think the number one question Mid Bay News got in the last week had to do with the length of time, 20 years, between the death of Mary Jean Lizaβs daughter in 2002 – and her arrest in December 2022.
Documents Lay Out Case Against Mother in 2002 Murder Investigation
Late last year, Okaloosa County Sheriffβs Deputies arrested 37-year-old Mary Jean Liza for the death of her child in 2002.
Mother Charged With Murder of Child in 2002 Cold Case.

The First Judicial Circuit State Attorney, Ginger Madden, announced the indictment of a mother in the death of her child in 2002.