Arrest made in death of missing pilot
BARTOW, Fla., Dec. 18 (UPI) --
A Florida man was charged Friday with killing his former boss, a pilot who vanished more than a year ago.

Stobert Lindell Holt Jr., 42, was arrested at the Orlando airport on his return from a business trip to Colombia, an FBI spokesman told CNN. A state grand jury handed up an indictment Wednesday charging him with the first-degree murder of Robert Wiles.

Wiles was last seen at the Lakeland office of National Flight Services Inc., a company his father owns, on April 1, 2008. Holt also worked for the company at one time.

Thomas and Pamela Wiles received a ransom demand two days after their son vanished.

David Couvertier, a spokesman for the FBI in Tampa, said no body has been found. FBI officials have not said why they believe Wiles is dead.

In March, the FBI said an employee or former employee of the company might be responsible for Wiles' disappearance, the Orlando Sentinel reported. They said the kidnapper appeared to be familiar with Wiles' routine, company operations and his parents.


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