Andrea Ford, 38, was found dead October 29, 1997, on the side of State Road 100 near County Road 302 in Flagler County, Florida. A passing bus driver discovered her body; investigators determined she had been shot in the back of the head with a .25 caliber firearm. Little crime scene evidence was found nearby and the investigation went cold for many years.

Her killing closely matches another unsolved Flagler County case: on September 9, 1999, Dawn Petterson was found shot in the back of the head and dumped at Seminole Woods Parkway. Ballistics linked both killings to the same .25 caliber gun. Both women lived in the Daytona Beach and Holly Hill areas and frequented some of the same local establishments, leading investigators to consider a possible connection.

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office later created a Cold Case Unit to re-examine unsolved homicides, using advances in forensic DNA testing and other techniques. Detective Sarah Scalia has been assigned to both cases and urges anyone with information—no matter how small or whether relationships have changed—to come forward and help bring closure to the families.