Name: Barbara Bisram
Found brutally beaten and murdered in her
home in Naples, Fl June 6th, 2007

Cause of Death:  Upper Body Trauma

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - Two years after a Golden Gate Estates woman is found brutally murdered in her own home, tips have stopped coming in, and the case is growing cold. Now, family members and the Collier County Sheriff's Office are making another plea for your help.

Saturday marks two years since Barbara Bisram was found dead. To this day, no arrests have been made and no suspects named, but the detective at the lead of this investigation believes Bisram knew her killer.

"I think it was somebody that knew her. I don't think it was somebody, that was coming down the street and picked this house out, and said I'm gonna break into this house, because there's no evidence of that," Detective Ray Wilkinson says.

Barbara Bisram's son's girlfriend went to the house to check on Barbara after she had not been heard from in two days. Detectives say she found the back door slightly open and called deputies to investigator. Inside, they found Bisram's badly beaten body. She was dead.

Barbara's sister says the news was shocking.

"There's nothing she could've or would've done to cause someone to do that to her," Elaine Lynaugh says from her Vermont home.

Detectives found no signs of forced entry, and Detective Wilkinson says Bisram wouldn't let a stranger in. He believes the killer could be a family member or friend.

While the clues are drying up two years later, he's not giving up.

"It sits on my desk. Its there, I'm always looking at it, trying to figure out if there's something I missed. Something out there that somebody knows," he says.

Det. Wilkinson feels he's reached a plateau, but he won't call the case cold, yet.

"She didn't deserve to die for sure not in this way. I feel really kinda close to this case. I really think there are somebody out there that has information about this," he explains.

Bisram's family feels the same.

"We're still waiting, and we're still hoping, that whoever did this will be found and brought to justice," Lynaugh says.

Bisram's family and Detective Wilkinson say even the smallest clue can help. They urge anyone that knows anything to come forward, so they can put this nightmare to rest.

If you have any information, call Crime Stoppers at 800-780-TIPS.

 

  

Bisram, who regularly talked to her mother and sisters on the phone, stopped answering their calls.  On June 6, 2007 concerned relatives contacted the Collier County Sheriff's Office asking deputies to check on her at her home located at 5181 Everglades Blvd N where/when her body was located

She was not sexually assulted

There was no sign of break-in

Police believe her attacker was known to her

Timeline

June 6, 2007
Her body was found by sheriff deputies asked to check on her by relatives

Associates and Persons of Interest

James N. Bisram Jr.
Her son who also owns a home at 3790 66th Ave NE

Detective Wilkenson
"Collier county Sheriff's Office
(239) 252-9300
 

Information Needed - What We Don't Know

Who was the last person to see Barbara alive?

The timeline is incomplete; very little information has been made public

Photos - if you live in this area, any photos would be greatly appreciated

Was there a murder weapon?  Nothing is mentioned anywhere.

What was found/collected at the crime scene?  No evidence has been made public
 

Do you have information on this case?  Contact information is not required
so you can submit anonymously:

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