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NamUs #UP724 / Doe Network 382UFFL
Demographics
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic / Latino, Uncertain - Possibly biracial
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 30
Estimated Age Range (Years): 15-24
Estimated Year of Death: 1980
Estimated PMI: N/A
Height: 5'9" (69 inches), Estimated (News reports say 5'6" to 5'8")
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Cause of Death: Homicide by stabbing
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: November 5, 1980
NamUs Case Created: November 19, 2007
ME/C QA Reviewed: December 29, 2015
Location Found: Daytona Beach, Florida
County: Volusia County
Circumstances of Recovery:
Florida Department of Transportation workers found the victim's skeletal remains in the wooded median strip of I-95, 4.5 miles north of the Volusia/Brevard County line.
Serial killer, Gerald Eugene Stano confessed to her murder. He told investigators the woman was a prostitute he met on Main Street in 1978 or 1979. He said he choked her to death and took her to the wooded area. Years later, he remembered the slogan on her shirt, "Do it in the dirt," an advertising slogan for a motorcycle manufacturer. No charges were filed in accordance with a plea agreement.
Stano confessed to killing 41 women, mostly in Florida and New Jersey. He was executed in 1998 by the state of Florida.
Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only
Physical Description
Hair Color: Unknown - News reports say light brown or blonde
Head Hair Description: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: No information entered
Clothing and Accessories
- Red t-shirt with iron-on patch stating, "Do it in the dirt," depicting a matador fighting a bull and another patch on the lower left corner reading "Rats Hole," a t-shirt shop in Daytona Beach (On the Body)
- Red shorts with blue trim (On the Body)
- Green plastic clogs, size 8 (On the Body)
- White handkerchief and .27 cents in change
News Coverage
"Police trying to identify body," Orlando Sentinel, 12 November 1980, DB2.
The Volusia County Sheriff's Department and the Medical Examiner's office say they know little about a body found off Interstate 95 last week except that it is that of a young woman.
The woman was between the ages of 18 and 23, had light brown or blond hair and was between 5 feet 6 and 5 feet 8 inches tall, a sheriff's department spokesman said.
The skeletal remains were found by a state road department worker in the woods off the highway, about a mile north of Taylor Road, Nov. 5. Initial reports indicated the body could have been that of a female child.
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Clothing found with the body included red shorts trimmed in blue, a red T-shirt with an iron-on patch stating, "Do it in the dirt," depicting a matador fighting a bull. Another patch, on the lower left corner of the shirt, said "Rats Hole," a Daytona Beach T-shirt store. A pair of green plastic clogs, size 8, were also found with the body.
Demographics
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic / Latino, Uncertain - Possibly biracial
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 30
Estimated Age Range (Years): 15-24
Estimated Year of Death: 1980
Estimated PMI: N/A
Height: 5'9" (69 inches), Estimated (News reports say 5'6" to 5'8")
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Cause of Death: Homicide by stabbing
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: November 5, 1980
NamUs Case Created: November 19, 2007
ME/C QA Reviewed: December 29, 2015
Location Found: Daytona Beach, Florida
County: Volusia County
Circumstances of Recovery:
Florida Department of Transportation workers found the victim's skeletal remains in the wooded median strip of I-95, 4.5 miles north of the Volusia/Brevard County line.
Serial killer, Gerald Eugene Stano confessed to her murder. He told investigators the woman was a prostitute he met on Main Street in 1978 or 1979. He said he choked her to death and took her to the wooded area. Years later, he remembered the slogan on her shirt, "Do it in the dirt," an advertising slogan for a motorcycle manufacturer. No charges were filed in accordance with a plea agreement.
Stano confessed to killing 41 women, mostly in Florida and New Jersey. He was executed in 1998 by the state of Florida.
Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only
Physical Description
Hair Color: Unknown - News reports say light brown or blonde
Head Hair Description: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: No information entered
Clothing and Accessories
- Red t-shirt with iron-on patch stating, "Do it in the dirt," depicting a matador fighting a bull and another patch on the lower left corner reading "Rats Hole," a t-shirt shop in Daytona Beach (On the Body)
- Red shorts with blue trim (On the Body)
- Green plastic clogs, size 8 (On the Body)
- White handkerchief and .27 cents in change
News Coverage
"Police trying to identify body," Orlando Sentinel, 12 November 1980, DB2.
The Volusia County Sheriff's Department and the Medical Examiner's office say they know little about a body found off Interstate 95 last week except that it is that of a young woman.
The woman was between the ages of 18 and 23, had light brown or blond hair and was between 5 feet 6 and 5 feet 8 inches tall, a sheriff's department spokesman said.
The skeletal remains were found by a state road department worker in the woods off the highway, about a mile north of Taylor Road, Nov. 5. Initial reports indicated the body could have been that of a female child.
[...]
Clothing found with the body included red shorts trimmed in blue, a red T-shirt with an iron-on patch stating, "Do it in the dirt," depicting a matador fighting a bull. Another patch, on the lower left corner of the shirt, said "Rats Hole," a Daytona Beach T-shirt store. A pair of green plastic clogs, size 8, were also found with the body.
