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Person of interest named in 2007 missing person’s case

Jul3

Heather Riggio last seen May 2007

Author: John Turchin, Crime Specialist, jturchin@local10.com
Published On: Jul 02 2012 09:13:34 PM EDT  Updated On: Jul 02 2012 09:13:57 PM EDT

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -

Five years ago, a South Florida woman mysterious disappeared. Heather Riggio vanished after leaving a relative’s home in North Miami Beach. Now, investigators say they have a person of interest in the case.

“Heather was the girl next door, blonde hair, blue eyes,” said North Miami Beach Homicide Detective Sgt. Richard Rand. “She could have been your daughter, my daughter.”

To those who love her, like Sybil Cherierico, Heather’s grandmother and the woman who raised her, it has been a rough road.

“We had a good relationship. Heather would have never ran away,” said Cherierico. “She had, she was too much into her family and we spoke every day on the telephone. That was like a big thing — she had to call me at least once a day so I knew she was alright, and things were okay with her.”

May 6, 2007 was the last time Cherierico saw her Riggio, 20, when she got in an SUV with an older man and drove off.

“She just called him ‘Sugar Daddy,’” said Cherierico. “That’s all. She said he was a sugar daddy. I guess that kind of wraps it up, you know, on who he was to her.”

“His name is Clifton Clayton Boggess,” said Rand.

Boggess owned an irrigation supply company in Homestead. That company, according to his assistant, recently changed hands.

“He had a criminal past — a violent criminal past,” said Rand.

Clifton Clayton Boggess- Person Of Interest

Boggess has quite a rap sheet, including a 1997 arrest for kidnapping and shooting a woman. According to the police report, when a woman refused his advances and jumped out of Boggess’ car, Boggess chased her down, and shot her in the head several times before driving away. He was arrested, convicted and served time after reaching a plea agreement with the state.

“I explained to him that this could be his daughter and all I wanted was to find Heather. He became extremely agitated. He completely became defensive,” said Rand.

Local 10 attempted to speak with Boggess about being named a person of interest by police. He never return calls, though a woman who called herself his assistant and appeared familiar with the case said, “He had no comment. This is nothing he hasn’t heard before.”

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NMB Police Name Person Of Interest In Woman’s 2007 Disappearance

Jul2
June 29, 2012 4:10 PM

Heather Riggio has not been seen since her disappearance in May 2007. (CBS4)

MIAMI (CBS4) – North Miami Beach police detectives have named a person of interest in the disappearance of a 20 year old Miami woman exclusively to CBS4 News because their tips have reached a dead end.

Detective say they have been interested in Clifton Clayton Bogges for years, but are just now calling him a person of interest.

“He’s not cooperated in any way with us, we’d love to talk to him,” said North Miami Beach police Detective Michael Stein. “We think that he may have information to help us find Heather.”

Heather Riggio, 20, was last seen walking down Southwest 197th Avenue near 200th Street in Southwest Miami-Dade around May 19, 2007. No one has heard from her since.

In the days before Riggio disappeared, she was seen at the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale and also in a white SUV with her boyfriend, a man police described as an older married man from Homestead.

Police are now saying Bogges was that man.

“Through the investigation we have reason to believe that he knew Heather, that he picked Heather up from her grandmother’s house in North Miami Beach and drove her to Homestead,” Stein told CBS4′s Peter D’Oench.

“He’s a real concern for us, he’s been a real concern for us from the beginning of the investigation,” said North Miami Beach police Sgt. Richard Rand.

Police point out that Bogges has a record.

“He was arrested for a crime which he committed in Homestead which involved a prostitute. She was shot in the head. There was a trial and some proceedings afterwards which he did serve some time in prison for,” said Rand.

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In the days following Riggio’s disappearance, several tips were called into police directing them toward a remote area of The Everglades. After an exhaustive search, no clues were found.

When CBS4 told Riggio’s grandmother that Bogges had been named by police as a ‘person of interest’ she was thrilled.

“I think it’s great. We have known all along about him. His name always came up when we talked about Heather’s disappearance,” said Sybil Chierico. “I would like to get the person who did this off the street. If he did this to Heather, he could do this to someone else. I just want someone to come forward and help us so this can be resolved.”

“I think for the sake of the family of Heather Riggio it would be great if we could resolve this,” said Rand.

D’Oench caught up with Bogges at a business that he used to own in Southwest Miami-Dade. But he did not want to say anything. D’Oench was told that Bogges has been told by his attorney not to comment about this case.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/06/29/nmb-police-name-person-of-interest-in-womans-2007-disappearance/

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Florida Department of Corrections-Clifton Clayton Boggess