Stolen Ferrari adds to puzzle of retiree killed in his home

A white Ferrari stolen from a Fort Lauderdale home where a retiree was killed was found on a residential street in Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale police said Friday.

And police released video on Friday of a shirtless man running in the same area where the Ferrari was abandoned. He is a person of interest in the homicide, police said.

Guy Hamilton Eargle Jr., 68, of Atlanta, died from traumatic injuries to his head, but exactly when the homicide happened is not known, the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office said.

Broward Sheriff’s deputies came upon the Ferrari about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, in the 2600 block of Northwest Ninth Court in Pompano Beach.

On Monday night, Eargle’s body was discovered in the house he rented in the 400 block of Southeast 17th Avenue, south of East Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale.

The neighborhood where the sports car was found is between Powerline Road and Florida’s Turnpike, about 13 miles northwest of Eargle’s residence.

The luxury sports car, one of several that the former telecommunications executive collected, was badly damaged on the passenger’s side door, as shown in photographs released Friday by Fort Lauderdale police. The agency has withheld most of the details surrounding Eargle’s killing.

“Detectives don’t know how the Ferrari became damaged or how it ended up in Pompano Beach,” said Detective Tracy Figone. “They’re hoping release of the pictures will encourage anyone with information to come forward.”

Police won’t say who found Eargle’s body or whether there had been a burglary. The killing has shocked his Colee Hammock neighbors who are concerned there may have been a home invasion.

Joseph DiCorpo, of Atlanta, a friend of Eargle’s for 20 years, said friends from South Florida found the body.

Eargle had a successful career specializing in cell towers and worked for companies and governments around the world, DiCorpo said. Though Eargle was reentering the telecommunications field, he was also enjoying retirement, and was dating and traveling, DiCorpo said.

His hobbies included the renovation of his small collection of luxury cars that included a Bentley, RollsRoyce and a 1975 Cadillac Eldorado convertible, as well as the Ferrari, DiCorpo said.

Twice divorced, Eargle had an adult daughter. In Atlanta, he owned properties in the Buckhead area and supported various charities, DiCorpo said.

Fort Lauderdale police ask anyone with information to call Detective Mark Breen at 954-828-5708 or Detective Jason Wood at 954-828-5344.