I think it would be interesting to keep an eye on this since it's an active case. Feel free to post any updates, etc.





Stacey Charlene Gage, 30, a single mother of a girl and a boy, went out to buy a bag of ice one night last month and never came home. Three weeks later, a few miles from where Gage lived with her grandmother in Holly Hill, a middle-class suburb of Daytona Beach, Fla., Police Officer Chris Reeder parked on a secluded dead-end road near an abandoned church to do some paperwork. He rolled down his window and "smelled something bad." About 15 yards in from the road, Reeder's flashlight fell on the nude, decomposed body of a young woman who was later identified by her fingerprints as Gage. Police say she was apparently killed within a day after her disappearance.

And that's all the world at large would have heard about Stacey Charlene Gage, a former drum majorette who dropped out of high school in her senior year and had two children by the age of 21, except that her murder followed by almost exactly two years the unsolved killings of three other young women in Daytona Beach. "It's eerily similar and has all the earmarks of the other cases," says Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood. "I hope to God he's not back," he adds, referring to the unknown killer. "But I'm afraid that's what we're looking at."

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http://www.newsweek.com/id/91453

As a Floridian I would just like to share a sentiment of mine that I've discussed with my friends and family whenever we hear about yet another serial killer, and that sentiment is WTF??!!

What is it about Florida that attracts so many serial killers? I mean really. You can only go so far until you're in the ocean. Seems like Florida would be your dead end. But, noooooo! They flock here like somehow no one will find them amongst the swamps and palm trees. And if they don't come here from somewhere else, they're homegrown. Must be something in the water......

Example

- Aileen Wuornos
- Ted Bundy
- Gary Ray Bowles
- Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez
- Danny Rolling
- Gerald Stano
- Daniel Conahan
- Christoper Wilder
- Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole

Maybe because it is such a huge holiday destination and that makes grabbing people a lot easier? I mean, really, if there are so many tourists, who is going to be paying attention to one weird person, when there are a thousand of them walking around?

Never really thought about that. That's an excellent theory. 'twould be like a veritable smorgasboard.

Good article sweetpumper.....Back in January, 2007, four prostitutes were found murdered just outside Atlantic City....They had been asphyxiated and strangled, all were shoeless with the head pointing east toward the casino's....The similarities, light hair, occupations, and positioning of the bodies led authorities to believe this was the work of a serial killer also.....They were found in the back of some seedy motels, and the drug levels were high....Authorities questioned a few men, but so far nothing, so he is still out there....It's good that your making members aware of what's going on....

Look at Spring Break. How many college students head down there? And then in our winter up here, a lot of people head to the warmth for a holiday. It would be a smorgasboard for serial killers. Pretty sad.

I say bring back the electric chair!

DITTO!

It seems you may have two that are active, I forgot about reading this article in the last two weeks:


Long-Running Murder Mystery in Southwest Florida Sparks Fear of Serial Killer

MIAMI, Fla. — For years skeletal remains lay hidden in the woods near an industrial park in Fort Myers, Fla.

They were discovered last March, when a surveyor inspecting the often-swampy area for potential land development thought he saw human remains sticking out of the ground.

Police were called to the scene, and within a single day they uncovered the remains of eight people believed to have ranged from 18 to 49 years old when they died.

The victims’ bodies were clustered closely together, within 1 acre of another, and were not buried, according to Fort Myers Police Detective Barry Lewis, who is leading the investigation. He said the bodies went undiscovered because they were covered over the years with falling leaves and other natural debris. "These were basically surface-type deposits," Lewis said.

Was this the work of a serial killer? Police don't know, and they have few clues to go on, other than a wooded area full of human bones. No witnesses have come forward and they have no strong suspects.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,323245,00.html

The bad thing is, is that me and my best friend go to Daytona twice a year for Biketober and Bike Week. Now, I'm really gonna be extra cautious. I'm sure those two events plus Spring Break and the races are like a buffet to them!

Don't go anywhere alone. It's pretty sad, but better safe than sorry.

And don't hook.

Oh darn! And that's how I finance those trips!

I murder or two in S. Fla? Unfortunately, as everyday an occurence as a traffic jam down here.

i say we need more laws that let you carry guns on you and I'm being serious

In all honesty, I would suspect that a killer would target someone who isnt going to be missed. If he targets someone who could potentially have a family it's a big risk. And if you're out of town, they might not target you.
On the other hand it depends what motive they are killing for.



Please tell me that you're joking. Forgive me for being so blunt but I seem to recal a lot of issues in the US starting around the fact you're allowed guns in the first place! I think that's a ridiculous idea to freely give anyone a gun.
Okay yeah, you have security checks, but they're not exactly strict and with a rule that permits most house owners to own a gun it's hardly surprising that they are available on ANY black market like penny sweets.

And you want more of them.....good plan

I'll be going for my concealed weapon license soon.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Police officers in Daytona Beach are swabbing the mouths of persons of interests during traffic stops with special DNA kits in the hunt for an elusive serial killer, sources close to the investigation told Local 6.

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http://www.local6.com/news/15232197/detail.html

Here is some useful info.I think everyone should be aware of what is going on and being knowledgeable is the key.





http://www.officialcoldcaseinvestigations....read.php?t=2485

Here is another!






http://www.officialcoldcaseinvestigations....read.php?t=2480

As someone who lives so close to Daytona (and I work in daytona), I think we are all greatly affected by it. After work, all employees leave together. I hurry my after work cigarette, and all of us smokers take a buddy with us outside. I remember the days of sitting on the beach at 3am or going to the inlet myself without a second thought. People in general don't do that anymore. Sure, you occasionally see the ballsy ones out and about, but I have noticed not even the men really go out alone (well, out as in outside to walk/jog/wander aimlessly, not like out to walmart or something . Daytona, well, volusia county has unfourtunately been a rough place for a while now. Before this serial killer started. It isn't just serial killers... just alot of violence and short tempers... few years back, there was a slaughter over an x-box in deland... sad... so sad... . I don't know why... people around here are different... as soon as I finish school I am moving far away!

This coward cant be that great if the police already have his DNA!
But until he's caught or killed,you folks in florida take care.No-one should have to live in fear!

Anyone with information concerning the deaths is urged to call a new serial killer hotline at 888-619-5734.

http://www.local6.com/news/15361564/detail.html

Oh my God, that's scary! I was just in Daytona and Orlando this past weekend and I'm a young woman! Scary! How was she killed?

Florida Hitchhiker Asks Woman Where She'd Like to Die

ORLANDO, Fla. — A woman who offered a ride to a hitchhiker was attacked and asked where she wanted to die before she managed to escape, Local6.com reports.

The woman, a mother of two who requested anonymity, said that the man forced her to drive to an open field where he tried to rape her, Local6 reports.

"'Do you want to die in your car or die over there?'" she recalled the man asking her.

The woman managed to flee when the two stopped at a gas station.



Let's hope a bright detective will at least try to connect some dots here.

I totally agree with matt 121 on the other page, But we need mental health tests for it.

Time to call Horatio Caine!