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Pizza Serves A Purpose In Boca Murder Case

If You Want To Help By Passing Out Flyers, Send An Email To: smercede@bellsouth.net

BOCA RATON (CBS4) ― Tony's Pizza not only put up a flyer about the reward in the murder case of Nancy and Joey Bochiccio, the employees are making sure all of their customers know about this case.

It is a testament to their goodness, but on a bigger scale it's a testament to the goodness of a man who considered Nancy and Joey Bochiccio to be his friends. Now pizza serves a purpose.

"If we could do this with every store in town, that would be great," said Sky Mercede.

Mercede asked employees at Tony's pizza to send a message with their deliveries--a message that the murders of a mother and daughter remain unsolved.

"I just want to help,"  he said.

Like so many others, the murders of Nancy, and her 8-year-old daughter Joey, outside the Town Center Mall in Boca Raton forced Sky Mercede to take a long look at his life. The inseparable duo was a friend to Mercede's family. Joey and Mercede's daughter were classmates.

"This is a mother I waved to every morning at school," said Mercede.  "Joey and Nancy came to my daughter's birthday party less than a month ago."

So every day after work, Mercede drives to local businesses and asks them to put up a flyer and show it to their customers. Everyone he's asked offered their help.

"God forbid that was me or someone I know I would want someone to do that for me or my family," said Tony's Pizza owner Samantha Kinkel. "Hopefully we can catch the guy and bring some justice."

Justice is the goal of Mercede's handshakes and photocopies. It's a way to cope with a loss so devastating that it defies words.

"If they saw Joey and Nancy's picture, the guilt, if they know something, they're going to feel it right here and they're come forward and speak," said Mercede.

Merecede's message is being heard; he told CBS4 News that the Miami Dolphins agreed to show this flyer on the scoreboard at this Sunday's game.

If you know anything about the crime that may help police call Crimestoppers.

If you want to help Sky Mercede in his effort to blanket the area with these flyers can email him at: smercede@bellsouth.net

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