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      UPDATE: Boyfriend guilty of killing missing Cape Coral man sentenced to life
      • Cape Coral
        Cape Coral Police: Man shot attacker in self-defense on Midpoint Bridge
        WFTX Digital Team
        Weather
        FORECAST: Early morning storms along the coast
        Trent Aric
        Fort Myers Metro South
        REPORT: Bank robbery suspect was known customer, left note threatening bomb
        Miyoshi Price
        Cape Coral
        2,000 Cape Coral homeowners to receive mandatory water hook up letter
        Bella Line
        Downtown Fort Myers
        Florida Highway Patrol says pedestrian died in I-75 crash
        Emily Young
        Downtown Fort Myers
        UPDATE: Boyfriend guilty of killing missing Cape Coral man sentenced to life
        Kaitlin Knapp
        Downtown Fort Myers
        Family, friends remember Barry Schmalbach as his killer is sentenced to life
        Kaitlin Knapp
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        Captiva
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        WFTX Digital Team

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        Downtown Fort Myers

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        Fort Myers Metro South

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        Hendry County

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        Sanibel

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        Investigates

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