UnexplainedUnexplained mystery
The Ghost Pier Under Flagler Beach
In 2022 Hurricane Nicole uncovered six old wooden pilings on the beach at 22nd Street in Flagler Beach. They are believed to be from an early private pier, but when it…
State · 31 cases
Cases in Florida
Cold cases, missing persons and unsolved mysteries from Florida, built from public records. 10 missing persons, 10 unsolved murders, 3 unidentified people, 4 solved cases, 4 unexplained mysteries.
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UnexplainedUnexplained mystery
The Nameless Merchant Ship of Daytona Beach Shores
In 2022 hurricanes uncovered the wooden hull of an 1800s merchant ship on the beach at Daytona Beach Shores. Archaeologists let the sand rebury it, and its name and…
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UnexplainedUnexplained mystery
Whose Anchor Is Buried North of the Flagler Beach Pier?
In 2022 erosion uncovered an old ship's anchor about 8 feet long just north of the Flagler Beach pier. It likely dates to the 1800s, but which ship it came from is…
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UnidentifiedUnidentified person
The Bones at Toscana
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.
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MissingMissing person
Off the Grid: Anthony Toth
Anthony Joseph Toth
Anthony Toth left a friend's home in Palm Coast in November 2021 and has not been seen or heard from since. He is still missing.
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UnexplainedUnexplained mystery
Is the Crescent Beach Wreck the Caroline Eddy?
In 2020 a storm uncovered the remains of a wooden 1800s ship in the dunes at Crescent Beach. Researchers think it may be the Caroline Eddy, lost in an 1880 hurricane,…
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MissingMissing person
The Truck at Waterfront Park
Daniel Lee Kriz
Daniel Kriz was last seen in Daytona Beach in February 2020. The truck he had been driving was later found abandoned at a park in Palm Coast, and he is still missing.
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MissingMissing person
Last Seen on Palm Coast Parkway
Michael Robert Bauernfeind
Michael Bauernfeind, a man with no permanent home, was last seen by a deputy near Palm Coast Parkway in Palm Coast in February 2019. He is still missing.
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MissingMissing person
Last Seen in a Light Blue Robe
Keri Anne Cefarelli
Keri Cefarelli, 40, left her home in North Fort Myers in January 2017 and never came back, leaving her purse, money and ID behind. She is still missing.
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UnsolvedUnsolved murder
Who Killed John Stubbs?
John Robert Edward Stubbs
John Stubbs, 46, was found dead with gunshot wounds behind a home in Bunnell the day after Thanksgiving in 2015. No arrest has been made, and his murder is still…
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UnsolvedUnsolved murder
What Happened to George Contos?
George Contos
George Contos, 58, was reported missing from his home west of Bunnell in 2015, and his car was found days later in Palm Coast. Investigators believe he was killed, but…
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UnsolvedUnsolved murder
Who Killed Dennie Cayton?
Dennie Keith Cayton
Dennie Cayton, 60, was found dead behind his home in Palm Coast in January 2013. Investigators say he was killed inside the home weeks earlier, and his murder is still…
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MissingMissing person
The Yellow Cobalt on Franklin Street
Tracy Eileen Ocasio
Tracy Ocasio, 27, was last seen leaving a bar after an Orlando Magic game in 2009. Her car was found abandoned that evening on a street in Ocoee, and she is still…
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MissingMissing person
The Belongings Under the Bridge
Patricia Kennedy Ferro
Patricia Ferro of Palm Coast was reported missing in 2008 after her family had not heard from her in a long time. Her ID had been found under the Hammock Dunes Bridge…
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MissingMissing person
The Drive to Work That Never Ended
Jennifer Joyce Kesse
Jennifer Kesse, 24, disappeared from Orlando in January 2006 and never arrived at work. Someone who has never been identified left her car about a mile from her home,…
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SolvedMissing person
Found After 22 Years: Mary Lou Combs
Mary Lou Combs
Mary Lou Combs, 41, disappeared from Palm Coast in 2003. In 2026 divers raised her car from the Intracoastal Waterway, and DNA confirmed the remains found with it were…
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MissingMissing person
The Passenger Seat
Mae Catherine Rocker
Mae Rocker, a mother and grandmother from Ocala, Florida, was last seen in April 2003. The FBI says she was seen getting into a semi-truck in Ocala, and she has never…
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UnsolvedUnsolved murder
The Shooting at the Elm Avenue Rail Crossing
William Stanton
William Stanton was shot and killed by two men while waiting for a train at a railroad crossing in Bunnell in 2001. The shooters have never been identified, and his…
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MissingMissing person
The Call Before the Ballgame
Colleen Elizabeth Perris
Colleen Perris, 18, left her family's home in Plantation, Florida, in 2000, saying she would be back for a Marlins game that night. Her car was found six days later in…
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UnsolvedUnsolved murder
Dawn Petterson: Linked by a Bullet
Dawn Petterson
Dawn Petterson was found shot beside a road in Palm Coast in 1999. Investigators say the same gun killed Andrea Ford near Bunnell in 1997, and both murders are still…
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UnsolvedUnsolved murder
Andrea Ford: One Gun, Two Unsolved Murders
Andrea Ford
Andrea Ford was found shot beside a road in rural Bunnell in 1997. Investigators say the same gun killed Dawn Petterson in Palm Coast in 1999, and both murders are…
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UnsolvedUnsolved murder
Who Killed Bruce McPhail?
Robert "Bruce" McPhail
Bruce McPhail was found murdered in the Intracoastal Waterway near Flagler Beach in 1997. He had no name for almost 26 years until DNA identified him in 2023, and his…
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UnsolvedUnsolved murder
The Disappearance of Robert Picard
Robert Patrick Picard
Robert Picard, 37, was reported missing from his home west of Bunnell in 1997. Detectives found signs of foul play there, his body has never been found, and his murder…
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MissingMissing person
The Drive Home That Never Ended
Sherri Vanessa Holland
Sherri Holland, 34, left her vacation home in Flagler Beach to drive to Atlanta in 1996 and never arrived. Her car was found abandoned in Georgia, and she is still…
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1996Orlando, Florida
SolvedMurder
The Beer Cans That Solved a 1996 Store Killing
Terence Leslie Paquette
Terence Paquette, 31, was found killed in 1996 in the Orange County, Florida, store where he worked overnight. DNA from beer cans led to Kenneth Stough, who was…
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UnidentifiedUnidentified person
Who Was the Woman on Sea Ship Place?
In 1993 two boys found the remains of a woman in the woods at the end of Sea Ship Place in Palm Coast. DNA has traced her family to South Carolina, but she still has no…
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UnsolvedUnsolved murder
The Unsolved Murder of Irene Firda
Irene Firda
Irene Firda of Deltona was found murdered in a wooded area of Palm Coast in 1992. Very little about the case has been made public, and her murder is still unsolved.
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1981Lakeland, Florida
SolvedMurder
The Coach Next Door: Linda Slaten
Linda Patterson Slaten
Linda Slaten, 31, was found killed in her Lakeland, Florida, apartment in 1981. DNA led detectives to Joseph Mills, her son's youth football coach, who pleaded guilty…
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1980Port Orange, Florida
SolvedFormerly unidentified
Pamela Kay Wittman: A Name After 43 Years
Pamela Kay Wittman
A young woman found dead off Interstate 95 near Port Orange in 1980 had no name for 43 years. DNA identified her as Pamela Kay Wittman in 2024. Investigators say Gerald…
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UnidentifiedUnidentified person
The Man on State Road 11
The remains of a young man who was murdered were found wrapped in carpet beside State Road 11 near Bunnell in 1980. DNA work and a new face reconstruction have not led…
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UnsolvedUnsolved murder
Otto Goodman: The Oldest Case on Volusia's Map
Otto B. Goodman
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.…
Places in Florida
- Flagler County20 cases
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- Bunnell6 cases
- Flagler Beach4 cases
- Volusia County3 cases
- Orange County3 cases
- Orlando2 cases
- Daytona Beach Shores1 case
- St. Johns County1 case
- Crescent Beach1 case
- Lee County1 case
- Fort Myers1 case
- Ocoee1 case
- Marion County1 case
- Ocala1 case
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- Plantation1 case
- Polk County1 case
- Lakeland1 case
- Port Orange1 case
- Ormond Beach1 case