FL - Sherry Holtz, 50, murdered by boyfriend Gary Durrance, case re-opened after 2023 DNA results, arrest in 2024, Sanford, Dec. 4, 1999

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Cold case arrest made in Florida woman's killing nearly 25 years later

Sherry Holtz’s case was reopened in May 2023. On Thursday, police arrested a longtime boyfriend of the victim on a charge of second-degree murder.

www.nbcnews.com

Sherry Holtz was found dead in a wooded area in Sanford, Florida, on Dec. 4, 1999, Sanford Police Department officers said .......... A person walking through the woods collecting cans found Holtz’s body,.....

.......authorities found her throat cut and evidence she had suffered blunt-force trauma, strangulation and sexual battery.

At the time of her death, Holtz was living in a house in Sanford with Durrance and three other roommates,.....

Officials believe Durrance is the sole suspect. After his arrest, Durrance admitted he was involved in Holtz’s killing,......

 

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Man arrested for 1999 cold case murder of his girlfriend

A man was arrested for the 1999 cold case murder of his girlfriend.

www.mysuncoast.com

Police said Durrance fought with Holtz and kicked her out of his house the day before she died.

Police said they found a knife, but could not get a DNA hit back then to narrow down their suspect list, but they reran the knife and matched the DNA to Durrance.

 

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Florida man arrested in 1999 Sanford cold case murder of his girlfriend

A man was arrested in the 1999 cold case murder of his girlfriend, Sanford police announced Friday.

www.fox35orlando.com

In 2023, the blood samples were resubmitted to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for testing. Nearly a year later on June 18, a report showed that the blood on the knife was Holtz' and the DNA on the knife handle was Durrance's, who was Holtz' long-time boyfriend.

 

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Sanford police announce arrest in ‘brutal’ cold case killing

The Sanford Police Department offers an update on a cold case,

www.clickorlando.com

Holtz was last seen Dec. 3, 1999, at a bar along Park Drive, almost half a mile away from where she was found dead. She and Durrance lived together as a couple with roommates, who told investigators that Durrance kicked Holtz out after an argument the day prior to her disappearance.

 

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2024CF001806A
DURRANCE, GARY ARTHUR




Docket

Criminal

Clerk of Circuit Court of Seminole County, Florida

courtrecords.seminoleclerk.org

 

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@PayrollNerd - I will be following this case. I see that I can NOT access the Seminole court site - but we have you here to help!

 

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July 20, 2024 CNN online article by Sara Smart entitled ‘A Florida woman was killed 24 years ago. DNA evidence just helped police make an arrest in the cold case’:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/20/us/sherry-holtz-murder-arrest-florida/index.html

Excerpt from the above cited article: “Investigators preserved the knife and reopened the case in May 2023. Authorities confirmed last month the blood on the knife was Holtz’ and additional DNA on the knife belonged to Gary Durrance, 74.”