The Unsolved Homicide of Jack Sharp and Fred Tate

 'The Unsolved Homicide of Jack Sharp and Fred Tate was the seventh episode of True Cold Case Files Season One lineup. It was uploaded to YouTube on March 9th, 2019. It is, to date, the only video online that exists about the case. Jack Sharp's daughter, Pamela Sapp, served as a special consultant to the episode; the first of two special consultants brought on to an episode of TCCF. Pamela declined to be interviewed for this episode.

Synopsis
On October 11th, 1983 Jack Sharp and his friend Fred Tate disappeared after spending the morning together running errands. Both men lived in a quiet neighborhood in Bithlo, Florida; just outside of Orlando. Jack's wife reported the men missing after not hearing from Jack since that morning after a strange phone call that was placed by him was made to her at work. A day later, their bodies were found on Jack's property nearly naked and parts of their body covered in rags.

In this episode, Jason dissects information he received from both Pamela Sapp, Jack's daughter, as well as reports of the case that was provided by the Orange County Sheriffs Office. Jason discusses details that were previously unknown about the case, as well as discussing theories about possible suspects.

Production
During the writing of this episode, Jason approached Pamela Sapp after reading a 2004 article from the Orlando Sentinel describing the case. Jason had initially heard about the case years prior during a random search of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's cold case database. He had considered a more in depth program about the case; however, he was unsure about how the family of Jack Sharp and Fred Tate would handle it.

Pamela was initially hesitant about Jason covering the case, considering how cold it was. Additionally, she too was unsure how her family, as well as Fred's, would take to the episode. In the end, she agreed to participate in a helpful role that would benefit the telling of the story and would help in getting the case out to the public.

Because of the heightened news that TCCF would be covering the case, most of the Sharp and Tate families tuned in to watch it. The Orange County Sheriffs Office was also alerted that an episode on the Sharp and Tate case was to be covered. They received an advanced copy of the episode a day before release to ensure that the story was accurate.

When Jason filmed the episode, he chose a more casual tone for the case versus how he normally presented his cases. This was due to the fact that he was personally angered by how long the case has remained unsolved.

Reception
The episode was received favorably by viewers, as well as by members of the Sharp and Tate family. It became one of TCCF's fastest growing episodes and hit over one thousand views by the next week. When it was replaced by its podcast version, the episode skyrocketed on iTunes and Spotify. Most listeners were from either Florida and Georgia.