Cold Case and missing persons cases in the state of Florida and nationwide.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – After a Friday out with friends just outside of Tampa, Florida, 23-year-old Veronica Reyes-Diaz tucked her children into bed during the early morning hours of January 18, 2020. Her kids hear their mother go outside, which was the last time she…
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – On Saturday, February 24, 2001, at 8:40 a.m., Buford Von Hamilton’s body was discovered in the yard behind his travel camper at 4917 Austin Street in Tampa. Mr. Hamilton’s truck, a white 1/2 ton Chevrolet was located behind the Burger King…
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TAMPA Fla. – On the evening of July 10th, Linda Toni Lansen left her apartment near Sligh Avenue and Rowlett Park Drive for unknown reasons and never returned. The next morning, her partially clothed body was discovered by a jogger in the Town n’ Country…
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LUTZ, Fla – On November 19, 1985, the body of Sharon J. Hopper was discovered in the wooded area on the southeast corner of Whirley Road and Van Dyke Road in Lutz, FL. Investigators say the cause of death was multiple stab wounds. Hopper had…
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LAND O’ LAKES, Fla.- On September 14, 2007, at approximately 3:00 PM, a customer found Lee Johns, lying deceased in the scrap yard that he owned. Johns had been shot, and several personal items had been removed from his body. The scrapyard was located at…
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In October of 1991, Christina Evans was reported as a missing runaway to authorities, but eight months later, her body would be discovered. On June 10, 1992, the body of 13-year-old Christina Evans was discovered at W. Ballast Point and S. Dale Mabry in a…
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SPRING HILL, Fla. – Between 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm on December 23, 2001, Richard March was killed by unknown subjects(s). The homicide occurred at the D.A.B. Construction complex on Spring Hill Dr., just west of U.S. 41, in Spring Hill, Hernando County, FL. At…
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TAMPA, Fla – It’s been 41-years since Curtis ‘Curt’ James McGhin’s family would learn their son and brother was found murdered, leaving behind the question of why and who could ever do this to a little boy. No solid leads or answers were ever found,…
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DADE CITY, Fla.- On 1/27/2003 at approximately 11:00 PM the bodies of John Combs Jr. and Ricardo Novoa-Mendoza were discovered in a burned vehicle owned by Combs. The vehicle was located in the wooded area off Clay Sink Road in Lacoochee Florida, just North of…
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LAKELAND, Fla.- On October 28, 1977, 23-year-old Phoebe Winston was reported missing from her home in Plant City. She was last seen driving a 1964 light blue Ford 4-door sedan, which was recovered on March 3, 1978, off Cleveland Heights Blvd. in Lakeland. On March 27,…
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