Family, FBI Asking for Help in Closing Year-Old Kidnapping Case

by CJaye | July 13, 2009 at 03:20 am

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Robert was due to catch a commercial flight to Dallas for a business meeting but never got on the plane. He left personal items behind, including his computer, his truck and his bag. Robert Wiles parents discovered a ransom note, the contents and location of which the FBI has not released to this daste.

The FBI says it is close to solving a year-old kidnapping case, but needs the public's help to find the "missing piece."

In the 11 months since Robert Wiles disappeared from his job at his family's aviation business in Lakeland, Fla., the FBI has narrowed down one "key suspect" and other "individuals of interest," Special Agent Dave Couvertier told ABCNews.com.

"We're looking for a little bit more information," he said.

The FBI knows exactly what kind of information it needs, Couvertier said, but agents aren't giving specifics for fear of tipping the suspects off.

"We don't want those who are responsible for his disappearance to know what we know," Couvertier said. "We know that they are still in the area."