01/31/2020
A Warrior Remembered Is Never Forgotten. Patch Me Thru, Inc. Is remembering Clue today. On September 11, 1995, 9-year-old Jimmy Ryce, on his way home from school was abducted, r***d and murdered at the hands of a sexual predator. The family of Jimmy Ryce created the Jimmy Ryce Center for Victims of Predatory Abduction to offer assistance to law enforcement, including providing free bloodhounds for use in search and rescue. A bloodhound, named Clue, was among the first bloodhounds donated to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office by the Jimmy Ryce Center. Clue has been a personal inspiration for most of the bloodhound designs created by Patch Me Thru, Inc. for law enforcement departments throughout the state of Florida. Unfortunately, Clue, passed away on January 31, 2014, and a special Memoriam patch was created for Clue’s handler, Palm Beach Sheriff's Office's Deputy Luis Ledbetter. An interesting fact, the bloodhound which is currently utilized in the Jimmy Ryce Center’s design is named Bandit. Bandit is the son of Clue. The legacy will live on...always.