James Quattrone at Wednesday's press conference.

There is only one person of interest in the homicide of Yolanda Bindics, according to county Sheriff James Quattrone. That individual is Clarence Carl Carte.

In 2022, Chautauqua County’s cold case investigators told The Post-Journal they were looking to “close the door” on the nearly two-decade-old homicide case when releasing new information that involved the father to Bindics’ youngest child, Carte.

Two new photos — one of Carte exiting the nearby Kwik Fill store and a pickup truck being driven by Carte on the night of the alleged murder — were being released today by the department.

Bindics was 25 when she was reported missing to the Jamestown Police Department after she didn’t return home after completing a work shift at the Family Dollar store on Fluvanna Avenue, Jamestown, on Aug. 10, 2004. On Sept. 10, 2006, Bindics skeletal remains were found in Boutwell Hill State Forest in Charlotte, which is in the jurisdiction of the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office. Bindics’ death was determined by a county coroner to be a homicide.

Another person of interest in the case, Jamestown police officer Michael Watson, is no longer considered a suspect, Quattrone said in the Wednesday afternoon press conference.

Previously, Investigator Tom Di Zinno said Carte walked out of the Kwik Fill gas station located at Fluvanna Avenue and Washington Street in Jamestown on Aug. 10, 2004, at about 8:10 p.m. At the same time, Bindics was seen leaving work at Family Dollar. Di Zinno told The Post-Journal that Carte bought soda and a lottery ticket from the Kwik Fill before leaving the store. He said the Sheriff’s Office wants to speak with anyone — a store clerk, a customer or motorist — who may have come into contact with Carte between 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2004, and 6 a.m. the following morning.

“We’re trying to close the door on this case,” Di Zinno said, “and there is a readable fact that Carte was at the Kwik Fill the night of her disappearance at approximately the same time she came out of work. It was verified, when you stand at the door (in Kwik Fill) you look at the door of the Family Dollar.”

The Family Dollar was located at 194 Fluvanna Ave.

Bindics’ disappearance sparked several searches. The day she went missing, the city woman told several people she had good news to share, though what that was has never been confirmed.

Those with information are being asked to call a confidential tip line at 716-703-5955.