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December 20, 2009 - On Friday, the FBI arrested Stobert Lindell Holt,
age 42, on charges of first degree murder, kidnapping and extortion.
Back on April 1, 2008, Robert Arthur Wiles disappeared from his fathers
business, National Flight Services, an aircraft maintenance company
located at Lakeland Linder Regional
Airport in Florida. Wiles, age 26 at the time, was
employed with the company as a business development manager and aircraft
pilot.
Two days after Wiles disappearance the family received a ransom note.
However no further demands were ever made for a ransom. Holt was a
former employee with National Flight Services, a business Wiles' father
Thomas Wiles owned.
The FBI reported while Wiles' body has not been found, their
investigation has revealed Wiles was killed and they believe Holt was
involved. A state grand jury indicted Holt on Wednesday, he was arrested
without incident in Orlando. For
more than two years, the parents, Thomas and Pamela Wiles said they had
hoped their son was alive. The family had offered a $250,000 reward for
information leading to a conviction in the case. Wiles’ car was located
at the family business, and he had missed a flight from Orlando to Dallas
scheduled the day after his disappearance. "We just want Robert back,"
Thomas Wiles said.
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Robert Arthur Wiles is 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs 165 pounds, hazel
eyes with brown hair was raised in Melbourne, Florida.
He attended high school at
Florida
Air Academy
and graduated from Florida Institute of Technology. "He loved aviation,
planes. His dad was in that business. He learned to fly early. He was 16
years old he enjoyed that," said Jim Macri, a neighbor. Thomas and
Pamela Wiles have reported that their son loved sports, a popular young
man and he had no known enemies. Wiles’ mother, Pam Wiles, has
repeatedly reported there is "no way" her son was involved in anything
illegal.
Back in March, the FBI reported they were "very confident" that an
arrest would be made against the abductor or abductors, but did not name
any suspects, believed a disgruntled employee of the family business was
involved and the person or persons involved in the disappearance of
Robert Wiles knew him, his work routine, and had access to his personal
information.
National Flight Services is a full service FBO with locations in
Lakeland, Florida,
San Antonio, Texas,
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada and Kansas City, Missouri.
The company began operations back in 1960, as and FAA certified
repair station. The company provides aircraft maintenance and
specializing in TPE331 maintenance in Toledo,
Ohio;
San Antonio, Texas;
and Lakeland,
Florida
as well as an Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The company corporate
headquarters are located at Toledo Express Airport,
Swanton,
Ohio
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