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The Unsolved Murder of Irene Firda

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Status
Open case
Case type
Unsolved murder
Person involved
Irene Firda
Location
Palm Coast, FloridaFlagler County
Date
Investigating agency
Flagler County Sheriff's Office
Case number
92-9424FCSO cold case
Last checked

The story

In short: An open murder case involving Irene Firda from Palm Coast, Florida, May 20, 1992. Flagler County Sheriff's Office is the investigating agency (case no. 92-9424). Tips: Flagler County Sheriff's Office, 386-313-4911.

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On May 20, 1992, Irene Firda's body was found in a wood line on Karren Place in Palm Coast. The Flagler County Sheriff's Office says she had suffered knife wounds and lists her death as an unsolved homicide.

Before her death, she had been living in Deltona, in neighboring Volusia County, and was last seen leaving her home there. Very little else about the case has been made public. More than 30 years later it remains open with FCSO's Cold Case Unit, and the Sheriff's Office continues to take tips under case #92-9424.

Timeline

What happened, in order.

  1. Irene Firda's body is found in a wood line on Karren Place in Palm Coast.1

  2. Still listed by FCSO as an unsolved homicide with an open tip form.12

Key facts

What is known for sure. Each one is checked against a source.

  • She was found May 20, 1992, on Karren Place in Palm Coast; FCSO says she had suffered knife wounds.1
  • She lived in Deltona and was last seen leaving her residence there.1
  • FCSO lists the case as an unsolved homicide, case #92-9424.12

Still unanswered

What nobody knows yet.

  1. Who saw Irene Firda between the time she left her Deltona home and May 20, 1992?
  2. How did she come to be on Karren Place in Palm Coast, in a different county from her Deltona home?

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Sources

Everything on this page comes from these 4 public sources. News coverage is linked, never copied.

Official records

  1. 11992 Firda (Cold Case #92-9424)Flagler County Sheriff's Office, October 7, 2026
  2. 2Cold Case Unit (unsolved cases index)Flagler County Sheriff's Office, October 7, 2026
  3. 3Submit a Crime TipFlagler County Sheriff's Office, October 7, 2026
  4. 4Crime Tips (Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida, 1-888-277-TIPS, westopcrime.com)Volusia Sheriff's Office

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