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Otto Goodman: The Oldest Case on Volusia's Map
Gas station attendant Otto B. Goodman was shot and killed in an armed robbery at the Standard Station at I-95 and State Road 40 in Ormond Beach on October 15, 1967. Nobody has been charged; it's the oldest case on Volusia's cold case map.
- Where
- Standard Station, Interstate 95 and State Road 40 (Granada Blvd)Ormond Beach, Volusia County, Florida
- When
- 59 years ago
- Case type
- Unsolved murderOpen case
- Agency
- Volusia Sheriff's Office
The Story
On Sunday, October 15, 1967, Otto B. Goodman was working as a gas station attendant at the Standard Station at Interstate 95 and State Road 40 in Ormond Beach, Florida. According to the Volusia Sheriff's Office, he was gunned down in an armed robbery there and died from being shot.
That paragraph is most of what is public. The Sheriff's Office has not released a time of day, what was taken, any witness accounts, a case number or a photo of him; on its cold case map, his picture reads "Photo Not Available." Nobody has been named or charged.
When the Sheriff's Office put its unsolved homicides on an online map in June 2019, Goodman's 1967 case was the oldest on it, and it is still record number one. In 2024 the agency said it had about 30 unsolved homicides going back to 1967. In October 2026, around the 59th anniversary, the Sheriff's Office shared his case again and asked anyone with information to come forward.
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Timeline
Otto B. Goodman, a gas station attendant, is shot and killed in an armed robbery at the Standard Station at I-95 and State Road 40, Ormond Beach.1
The Volusia Sheriff's Office launches an online map of 47 cold cases; Goodman's 1967 killing is the oldest.23
The Sheriff's Office says about 30 homicides remain unsolved, dating back to 1967.4
Around the 59th anniversary, the Sheriff's Office shares Goodman's case again on its Volusia Cold Cases page.1
Key Facts
What is known for sure, each checked against a source.
- Goodman was working as a gas station attendant at the Standard Station at Interstate 95 and State Road 40 (Granada Blvd) in Ormond Beach.1
- The Sheriff's Office says he was gunned down in an armed robbery and died from being shot.1
- It is the oldest case on the Volusia Sheriff's Office cold case map.12
- No photo of him has been released; the map lists "Photo Not Available."1
Questions that remain
What nobody has answered yet. Talk it through with other readers.
Question 1
What time did the robbery happen, and did anyone see a car leave the station?
Discuss this questionQuestion 2
Who was Otto Goodman outside of work: his age, his family, where he came from?
Discuss this questionQuestion 3
Does a 1967 newspaper clipping, photo of the Standard Station or family memory hold a detail investigators never got?
Discuss this question
Chenzo Clues
Details I noticed by putting the public records side by side. Observations, not accusations and not police findings.
Clue 1 New added October 19, 2026
Still record number one
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 number one, and still the oldest year on the map.1
How I found it: Queried the public map layer the Sheriff's Office publishes and checked the record count and Goodman's record.
Clue 2 New added October 19, 2026
It happened on a Sunday
October 15, 1967 fell on a Sunday. If you or your family were around Ormond Beach that weekend, that might help place the memory.1
How I found it: Checked the weekday of the date the Sheriff's Office gives.
Clue 3 New added October 19, 2026
Two versions of the place
A crime-listing website puts this case at a different station on a different road. The Sheriff's Office's own record says the Standard Station at I-95 and State Road 40, so that's the version on this page.1
How I found it: Compared the agency record with an unofficial listing; went with the agency.
Photos & Video
Official releases and openly licensed files, credited. Tap a photo to see it larger.
Photo credits and sources
- 1. State Road 40 (Granada Blvd) in Ormond Beach today, the road the Standard Station sat on in 1967 Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA
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- Case number
- No public case number
- Investigating agency
- Volusia Sheriff's Office
- Classification
- Unsolved murder · Open case
- Location
- Ormond Beach, Volusia County, FLStandard Station, Interstate 95 and State Road 40 (Granada Blvd)
- Date
- People named in public records
- Otto B. Goodmanvictim
- Reward
- Anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida may be eligible for a cash reward.
- Last verified
Sources
5 verified public sources from WKMG News 6 ClickOrlando, Volusia Sheriff's Office, GeoTG and 1 more publisher.
Official records: 2Databases: 1News coverage: 2
Official records (2)
- 1Cold case homicide map: Otto B. GoodmanVolusia Sheriff's Office, 2019
- 5FDLE, VSO help solve the Laralee Spear cold case (Volusia cold case tip contacts)Florida Department of Law Enforcement, September 2024
Databases (1)
- 3Cold cases in Volusia County (map project)GeoTG, 2019
News coverage (2)
- 2This map shows all the cold cases in Volusia CountyWKMG News 6 ClickOrlando, June 5, 2019
- 4A snapshot of Central Florida cold casesWKMG News 6 ClickOrlando, July 29, 2024
