FL FL-Delores Bailey,24,vanished while working overnight shift @7‑Eleven, N. Federal Highway, found fatally shot, Davie, Jan., 1983,*New initiative DNA*.

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Homicide of Delores Bailey | Broward Crime Stoppers

Homicide of Delores Bailey on at in Davie, FL. Broward Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5000 for information leading to an arrest.

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January 13, 2026

44 years after young mother's murder, Davie police turn to new DNA testing

Detectives hope modern forensic technology will finally identify who kidnapped and killed 24‑year‑old Delores Bailey in 1982.

www.cbsnews.com

Forty‑four years after a young mother was kidnapped and murdered, Davie police are cracking open the cold case file, hoping new DNA technology could lead to her killer.

Delores Bailey was a young mom from Pennsylvania who moved to Hollywood in the early 1980s. At 24, while working the overnight shift at a 7‑Eleven on North Federal Highway, she vanished.
"She never came home. She had a husband and a child at home. They reported her as missing," Davie Police Officer Julia Ross said.
That was January 1982. A year later, a landscaper found her remains near Griffin Road and the Turnpike in Davie. She had been shot multiple times in the head.''

Jan 13, 2026
After 44 years, Davie Police are taking a fresh look at the cold case of Delores Bailey—a young mother kidnapped and murdered in 1982 while working an overnight shift at a Hollywood, Florida 7-11. Delores' remains were found a year later, but her killer was never caught. Now, with the help of new DNA technology and samples from Delores’ family, detectives hope to crack the case and bring long-awaited answers to her loved ones.

 

[LadyL]

so many people, especially women, have been attacked or abducted or murdered while working alone overnight that you would think it would be illegal for employers to have them working alone overnight and you would think employers would not condone it even if it wasn't/isn't illegal

I hope police are able to get some hits on the DNA in this case.

 

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Davie Police re-open investigation into woman's 1982 cold case murder

More than four decades after a young woman was abducted and murdered, Davie Police are reopening their investigation into the killing with the hopes that new DNA technology will help solve the cold case.

www.nbcmiami.com

''Delores Bailey had reported for her overnight shift at a 7-Eleven at 1600 N. 18th Avenue in Hollywood the night of Jan. 21, 1982. The 24-year-old was never seen alive again.''​

'But now, 44 years later, thanks to enhancement in DNA technology and the ability to assist in the identification of possible suspects, the case is being re-opened, police said Thursday.'

 

[Ladyotm]

I hope they can find her killer or killers and bring this family some type of justice, closure, and peace.