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This week · Episode 3
Otto Goodman: The Oldest Case on Volusia's Map · Ormond Beach, Florida
Sunday, October 25 · 9 PM Eastern
Made with a lot of love, like every episode. Somebody knows something, so let's work on it together. Please be kind, and tell me what you think.
Official Gumshoe Business: Ducks In A Row Accounting
Open cases from Florida and across the country.
UnidentifiedUnidentified person
In 2022 construction workers found the bones of a man in Palm Coast's Toscana community. How he died has not been determined, and he has never been identified.
MissingMissing person
Brandon Victor Swanson
Brandon Swanson, 19, got his car stuck in a ditch on the drive home to Marshall, Minnesota, in 2008. He walked off across fields while on the phone with his father, the…
MissingMissing person
Brian Randall Shaffer
Brian Shaffer, a 27-year-old medical student, was last seen on camera at a bar near the Ohio State campus in Columbus in 2006. No camera showed him leaving, and he is…
MissingMissing person
Maura Murray
Maura Murray, 21, a nursing student, crashed her car on a snowy road in Haverhill, New Hampshire, in 2004. She was gone by the time police arrived, and she is still…
Each one opens a page with every case of that kind.
Things discovered by comparing public records and sources.
NewOtto Goodman: The Oldest Case on Volusia's Map Ormond Beach, Florida
When I pulled the Sheriff's Office cold case map data on Oct. 19, 2026, it held 51 records. Otto Goodman's is still record…
View clueThe Ghost Pier Under Flagler Beach Flagler Beach, Florida
The historical society places the first pier at the old casino on Moody Boulevard, with today's pier one block south. The 22nd…
View clueThe Bones at Toscana Palm Coast, Florida
The bone turned up while crews were building a new emergency exit near the development's southern end, and the first bone went…
View clueChenzo Cases started at home in Flagler County, Florida. Cases from other states keep coming.
Unanswered questions from the cases. Join the discussion with other readers.
UnidentifiedThe Bones at Toscana
MissingThe Disappearance of Brandon Swanson
MissingInto the Bar, Never Out
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Chenzo Cases is community-run and growing: Gumshoes help keep cold cases visible and bring clarity and closure to families.
See what investigators discovered and how each case was solved.
SolvedMissing person
Mary Lou Combs
Unsolved for 23 years, answered 2026
Located and identified. Her car and remains were recovered from the Intracoastal Waterway in February 2026, and DNA testing (FDLE and the UNT Center for Human…
SolvedMurder
Unsolved for 45 years, answered 2020
Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. pleaded guilty on June 29, 2020 to 13 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of kidnapping to commit robbery (Sacramento Superior Court…
SolvedFormerly unidentified
Pamela Kay Wittman
Unsolved for 44 years, answered 2024
Identified as Pamela Kay Wittman, 25, of Indiana, announced by the Volusia Sheriff's Office on October 17, 2024.
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