ORLANDO, Fla. – There are almost 340,000 unsolved murder and manslaughter instances courting from 1965 to 2022, in keeping with Project Cold Case. In accordance with the Florida Cold Case Investigations Unit, Florida represents 6% of the whole with more than 20,000 cases.
Here’s a take a look at instances in Central Florida and the place you’ll find different unresolved crimes per county. Information 6 has reached out to the sheriff’s workplaces throughout Central Florida, and we are going to replace the listing as we obtain the responses.
Flagler County:
September will mark 25 years for the reason that homicide of Dawn Petterson. Daybreak’s physique was discovered shot in an space now often called Squash Bloom Path in Palm Coast in 1999.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Workplace retains a listing of all lively chilly instances within the county here.
Marion County:
It has been 25 years for the reason that dying of 38-year-old Roberta Johnson. In accordance with the sheriff’s workplace, the only mom was a center faculty trainer who served within the army and was 9 months pregnant on the time of her dying. In a 2016 Facebook post by the Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace, the company described it as “a case that haunts the detectives who labored it then and those that work it now.”
The Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace retains a listing of chilly instances here.
Orange County:
The Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace lately recognized the skeletal stays of a murder sufferer discovered close to Apopka in 1993.
The sheriff’s workplace partnered with Othrams Labs and recognized the stays as 48-year-old Richard Wick.
Those that know any particulars or details about Richard Wick are inspired to contact the sheriff’s workplace Chilly Case Unit at (407) 836-4357 or to name Crimeline.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace retains a listing of chilly instances here.
Seminole County
The Seminole County Sheriff’s Workplace has 61 open and unsolved instances.
In accordance with the sheriff’s workplace, the instances date again to 1968 and embrace lacking individuals, unidentified stays, and homicides in differing phases of the investigation.
Volusia County:
The Volusia Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned there are about 30 unsolved murder instances courting again to 1967.
Final month, the sheriff doubled the reward to $100,000 for info resulting in the arrest and conviction of whoever killed 15-year-old Laralee Spear in 1994.
This yr marked 30 years since her physique was discovered simply 200 yards from her dwelling alongside Deerfoot Highway.
The Volusia Sheriff’s Workplace retains a listing of unsolved murders here.
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