JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- One year ago, the lives of a woman, her teenage daughter and boyfriend were cut short when they were gunned down inside an Arlington home. Today, the man suspected in that triple murder remains a fugitive from police.

It's been a year of twists and turns in the search for Chip Carter (seen, left, in jail in Mexico), the man police believe shot to death his ex-girlfriend, her daughter and her current boyfriend last July.

Carter was located and held for several months in Mexico, but paid $1,000, walked out, and hasn't been seen since.

Local police, the FBI, the department of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the State Department and Rep. Ander Crenshaw have all put resources into the search for Carter. He's been featured on "America's Most Wanted" and People magazine, but he's still nowhere to be found.

Liz Reed, her 16-year-old daughter, Courtney, and Reed's boyfriend, Glenn Pafford, were murdered inside Reed's home July 24, 2002. Carter was not named a suspect for months -- just someone wanted for questioning.

Carter and Reed dated for a couple of years -- he lived with her and with her kids for a time. Police believe he was upset because she had broken off their relationship, and last July 24, he snuck in her back yard, through a screen door and shot them.

Brian Reed, Courtney's father, says his two other children, 8-year-old Rebecca and 7-year-old B.J., were in the home when gunfire killed their mother and sister.

After he was arrested on weapons charges as he entered Mexico shortly after the murders, authorities were unable to get him extradited because he hadn't been charged. If he had been facing a capital murder charges, the Mexican government still probably wouldn't have allowed him to return because he would face the death penalty.

Authorities believe Carter is still in Mexico.

"How dare you let this neighbor country get away with this?" Courtney's grandmother, Kay Null, said.

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office detective Chuck Ford followed Carter to Mexico, as did Eyewitness News lead investigative reporter, Jennifer Waugh.

"There's not a day that goes by I don't sit down and look this this file," Ford said of the case.

Ford and the family members told Waugh they will not give up the hunt.

"They will find him ... it may take a while," Null said. "And the state of Florida will make sure (he) burns in hell just as soon as possible."

There is a $13,000 reward for information that leads to the capture and conviction of Chip Carter. Anyone with information is asked to call the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office at 904-630-0500.