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Police still working to solve cold case murder that haunts South Florida landmark

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. ā€“ The year was 1959.

At just six years old, Robert Moehling started selling cucumbers on the roadside, hoping to help his struggling family.

It would be the humble beginnings of ā€œRobert is Here,ā€ as young Robert became a roadside staple.

His little stand would one day become iconic amid the sprawling South Florida farmlands.

The now-Miami-Dade County landmark, ā€œRobert Is Hereā€ offers exotic fruits, baked goods, vegetables, and famous milkshakes. Decades later, tragedy would strike.

In 1992, Robertā€™s mother, Mary Moehling, who came up with that homemade sign idea, was brutally murdered.

ā€œHer son arrived on the property... and found his mother,ā€ Juan Segovia, a homicide detective with Miami-Dade Police said.

Moehling found her body himself, a devastating memory that would haunt him for life. She was strangled and brutally murdered.

ā€œI found something upside down, it was my mom,ā€ he said.

Just weeks after thes murder, Hurricane Andrew ravaged South Florida, dealing another blow to the family. It took them 15 years to fully recover.

ā€œHurricane Andrew hit, it wiped everybody out,ā€ said Moehling.

Despite years of investigations, the killer has never been found. Miami-Dade Police still consider the case open, with new DNA technology giving them a slice of hope.

ā€œThe pool of suspects is very large,ā€ Segovia said.

After 65 years, Moehling holds onto hope for justice for his mother.

ā€œIt made me tougher. Now I am getting even weaker,ā€ he said.


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Bridgette Matter joined the Local 10 News team as a reporter in July 2021. Before moving to South Florida, she began her career in South Bend, Indiana and spent six years in Jacksonville as a reporter and weekend anchor.

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