Troy Eugene Burress, a 50-year-old white male who worked as a sausage salesman in Ocala, Florida, was reported missing on July 31, 1990, after last being seen leaving his office to make sales calls in Marion County. A search led to discovery of his body on August 4, 1990, in a wooded area along State Road 19 in Marion County; the body was in a state of decomposition and the medical examiner determined he had been shot twice in the torso.

Investigators later identified Burress as one of several victims of Aileen Wuornos, a woman who targeted middle-aged white men in central Florida between late 1989 and late 1990. Wuornos was arrested in January 1991, charged with multiple counts of murder including Burress’s, and was convicted of first-degree murder in his death. His killing, one of several linked to the same perpetrator, became part of a high-profile case that drew national attention.

If anyone knew Troy Eugene Burress or has information about his movements in Marion County in late July 1990, please share what you remember.