Who Killed Cmdr. Alphonso Doss?

Family Haunted by Slaying of Navy Commander
The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, Fla.)
by Jim Schoettler
Apr 09, 2014

Alexis Doss turns 16 years old Wednesday without a father to celebrate with or answers about his killing.

Orange Park police haven't made an arrest in the Feb. 12 killing of decorated, yet troubled Cmdr. Alphonso Doss, 44. Doss was found in a room of the Astoria Hotel off U.S.17, where he'd been living after separating from his wife while struggling with alcohol and other problems.

Orange Park Police Chief Gary Goble continues to stand by his decision not to publicize Doss' death or that it was a murder for two weeks to protect the investigation.

Goble told the Times-Union Tuesday that investigators recently received some lab results from the crime scene and have at least two people of interest. Goble said he hopes to soon announce news in the 2-month-old case, but he wouldn't elaborate or discuss a motive.

Doss' family didn't learn that he was slain until after his Feb. 20 funeral in Jacksonville.

Doss' father, Tom Allen, said Tuesday that Doss' wife, Denise, called Allen's Mississippi home a few days after he attended the funeral to say she learned his son had been slain. He said she had found the body after not hearing from him for a day or two. Allen, 67, said he can't understand why police won't at least tell him the cause of death, although he said he supports how they have otherwise handled the case.
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