Florida True Case Files

A complete list of all the missing persons, unsolved cases, and resolved cases featured on True Case Files from the state of Florida. Links to full case write-ups are provided. 

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MISSING IN FLORIDA:


Name: Tisa Gantt

Missing since: January 2nd, 2007

Age at disappearance: 36

Last seen in: Titusville, FL

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Name: Stefanie Francique

Missing since: November 5th, 2007

Age at disappearance: 24

Last seen in: New Port Richey, FL

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Name: 
Kyla Porter

Missing since: February 15th, 2008

Age at disappearance: 19

Last seen in: Holiday, FL

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Name: 
Davinia Sterling

Missing since: January 27th, 2010

Age at disappearance: 31

Last seen in: Jacksonville, FL

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Name: 
Yesenia Duval-Del Rosario

Missing since: October 14th, 2010

Age at disappearance: 19

Last seen in: Hollywood Beach, FL

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Name: Christina Voltaire

Missing since: January 8th, 2011

Age at disappearance: 22

Last seen in: Winter Haven, FL





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Name: Natanalie Perez

Missing since: June 1st, 2012

Age at disappearance: 19

Last seen in: Miami, FL






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Name:
Tiffany Daniels

Missing since: August 12th, 2013

Age at disappearance: 25

Last seen in: Pensacola, FL






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Name:
Alicia Griffin

Missing since: February 1st, 2014

Age at disappearance: 37

Last seen in: Orlando, FL

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Name:
Jadekiss McNeal

Missing since: December 21st, 2015

Age at disappearance: 13

Last seen in: Pensacola, FL

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Name: Jerome Johnson

Missing since: March 30th, 2016

Age at disappearance: 58

Last seen in: Jacksonville, FL

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Name:
Calandra Stallworth

Missing since: March 27th, 2017

Age at disappearance: 29

Last seen in: Crestview, FL

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Name: 
Sophie Reeder

Missing since: May 19th, 2017

Age at disappearance: 15

Last seen in: Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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Name: 
Keyonna Cole

Missing since: February 10th, 2019

Age at disappearance: 27

Last seen in: Brooksville, FL

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Name: 
Jasmine Robinson

Missing since: February 18th, 2019

Age at disappearance: 23

Last seen in: Archer, FL

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Name: 
Cieha Taylor

Missing since: February 6th, 2020

Age at disappearance: 28

Last seen in: Plant City, FL

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Name:
Lori Paige

Missing since: June 3rd, 2023

Age at disappearance: 12

Last seen in: Tallahassee, FL

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UNSOLVED IN FLORIDA:

A mother and daughter killed inside their residence; the house then set on fire.


Name: Heather Radcliffe (28)

Case type: Double murder; shooting and arson. 

Location: Gainesville, FL

Date: December 9th, 2006.



Name: Kira Radcliffe (6)

Case type: Double murder; arson. 

Location: Gainesville, FL

Date: December 9th, 2006.






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A woman is found murdered in the woods; she remains unidentified until 2022. It was then revealed that she was never reported missing. 


Name: 
Jeana Burrus (39)

Case type: Murder

Body found: February 6th, 2007

Body identified: November 2022

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A pregnant mother is found shot to death inside her home.


Name: Tyvon Whitford (25)

Case type: Murder, shooting.

Location: Hawthorn, FL

Date: June 9th, 2007

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Seminole County mother shot to death after answering her front door.



Name:
Keira Banks (24)

Case type: Murder, shooting.

Location: Winter Park, FL

Date: November 16th, 2007

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A young woman's body is found placed against a tree at a cemetery.



Name: 
Keisha Murray (34)

Case type: Murder.

Location: Jacksonville, FL

Date: July 7th, 2013

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St. Petersburg mother found deceased after a violent struggle in her home.


Name: Tracy Pulido (42)

Case type: Murder; home invasion.

Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Date: August 18th, 2013

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The body of a woman missing for six years is found inside a freezer at deceased man's residence.


Name: 
Heather Lacey (29)

Case type: Disappearance, suspicious death.

Missing: November 21st, 2013.

Body found: February 23rd, 2019.

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Lake Park mother vanishes from her home; her body found days later just two blocks away.


Name: Princess Hosang (25)

Case type: Disappearance and murder

Missing: September 25th, 2015

Body found: September 30th, 2015

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Young mother found shot inside her residence.



Name:
Kayla Freeland (20)

Case type: Murder; shooting

Location: Jacksonville, FL

Date: February 6th, 2016

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Jacksonville teen fatally shot after gunfire erupted at a house party.



Name: 
Jonah Golden (19)

Case type: Murder; shooting.

Location: Jacksonville, FL

Date: April 23rd, 2016

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Boynton Beach woman ambushed by gunfire on North Seacrest Boulevard.



Name: 
Curtisia 'Courtney' Smith

Case type: Murder; shooting.

Location: Boynton Beach, FL

Date: April 5th, 2017

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Young man vanishes from Orlando; his remains found over a year later in Apopka.



Name: 
Lechmani Desroches (23)

Case type: Disappearance and murder

Missing: June 23rd, 2017

Remains found: September 2018

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Newtown teen vanishes over Labor Day weekend; his remains are found over a year and a half later. 



Name: 
Jabez Spann (14)

Case type: Disappearance and murder

Missing: September 4th, 2017

Remains found: February 16th, 2019.

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Orlando woman vanishes at 8 months pregnant; her remains found 50 miles away over a year later.



Name:
Stevencia Barlatier (21)

Case type: Disappearance and murder

Missing: November 26th, 2017. 

Remains found: 2019.

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Jacksonville couple and their infant daughter are killed in a shooting and house fire.


Name: QuaSean Trotter (20)

Case type: Triple murder; shooting and arson.

Location: Jacksonville, FL

Date: December 12th, 2017

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Name: Ariyan Johnson (19)

Case type: Triple murder, shooting and arson.

Location: Jacksonville, FL

Date: December 12th, 2017

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Name: Arelle Trotter (11 months)

Case type: Triple murder, smoke inhalation.

Location: Jacksonville, FL

Date: December 12th, 2017

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LeHigh Acres woman leaving for work in the morning is shot in her front yard


Name: 
Trenesa Roberts (38)

Case type: Murder; shooting.

Location: Lehigh Acres, FL

Date: December 10th, 2018

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RESOLVED IN FLORIDA:


Name: 
Heather Strong (27)

Case type: Disappearance and murder

Missing: February 15th, 2009

Found: March 19th, 2009

Arrests made: March 2009.


Outcome: Heather's estranged husband, Joshua Fulgham, was found guilty of Heather's murder in 2011. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Fulgham's affair partner/co-conspirator, Emilia Carr, was also found guilty and sentenced to death; however, she was later re-sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Full story: The Murder of Heather Strong.

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Name: MaSarah Ross (3)

Case type: Disappearance and murder

Missing: May 2009

Found: December 2010

Arrest made: December 2012



Outcome: MaSarah's father, Lester Ross, was found guilty of murdering both MaSarah and her mother, Ronkeya Holmes, following his 2015 trial. Ross was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Full story: The Murders of Ronkeya Holmes and MaSarah Ross.

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Name: Ronkeya Holmes (29)

Case type: Disappearance and murder

Missing: October 18th, 2019

Found: December 2010

Arrest made: December 2012


Outcome: Lester Ross was found guilty of murdering both Ronkeya and their daughter, MaSarah Ross, following his 2015 trial. Ross was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Full story: The Murders of Ronkeya Holmes and MaSarah Ross.

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Name: Sheri Carter (29)

Case type: Kidnapping and murder.

Location: Boynton Beach, FL

Date: January 31st, 2011

Arrest made: February 2011



Outcome:  Jimmy Dac Ho was found guilty of both kidnapping and murder following a 2014 trial. He was given two consecutive life sentences.


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Name: Christian Aguilar (18)

Case type: Disappearance and murder

Missing: September 20th, 2012

Found: October 13th, 2012

Arrest made: September 24th, 2012



Outcome:
Pedro Bravo was found guilty of murdering Christian following an August 2014 trial. He was sentenced to life in prison. 

Full story: The Murder of Christian Aguilar.

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Name: Morgan Martin (17)

Case type: Disappearance and presumed murder.

Missing since: July 15th, 2012.

Last seen in: St. Petersburg, FL

Arrest made: June 23rd, 2016.



Outcome:  Jacobee Flowers pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2022. He was going to be sentenced to 25 years in exchange for the location of Morgan's remains, however, authorities were unable to find anything in the area Flowers told them to search. As such, he was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

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Name: James Barry (21)

Case type: Murder, stabbing.

Location: Loxahatchee, FL

Date: November 17th, 2016

Arrest made: November 20th, 2016



Outcome:  James' ex-girlfriend, Melanie Eam, was found guilty of second-degree murder following a January 2019 trial. She was sentenced to 50 years in prison.


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Name: 
Vanessa Cocly (23)

Case type: Murder, shooting.

Location: Orlando, FL

Date: March 31st, 2018

Arrest made: April 2018.





Outcome:  
Vanessa's ex-boyfriend, Christian Ruben Valentin Penchi, pleaded guilty second-degree murder in January 2019. He was later sentenced to life in prison. 


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Name: 
Iyana Sawyer (16)

Case type: Disappearance and presumed murder

Location: Jacksonville, FL

Missing since: December 19th, 2018

Arrest made: July 2019.



Outcome: Johnathan Quiles went to trial in September 2023 and was ultimately found guilty of murdering both Iyana and her unborn child. He was also found guilty of sexual battery against a minor. Quiles was later sentenced to life in prison.

Full story: The Disappearance and Presumed Murder of Iyana Sawyer.

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Name: Tristyn Bailey (13)

Case type: Murder, stabbing.

Location: St. Augustine, FL

Date: May 9th, 2021

Arrest made: Next day.




Outcome:
Aiden Fucci, only 14 at the time, was charged as adult with Tristyn's murder in May 2021. He pleaded guilty in February 2023 and is currently serving a life sentence.

Full story: The Murder of Tristyn Bailey.

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ONGOING IN FLORIDA:

The Disappearance and Murder of Lori Paige.

Name: Lori Paige

Age: 12

Missing: June 1st, 2023

Remains found: April 2025

Arrest made: April 2025




Charges: Lori's father, Andrew Wiley, has been charged with second-degree homicide.

Case details: The Disappearance and Murder of Lori Paige.

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