Michael Scot Louis, 27, of South Daytona, Florida, disappeared November 21, 2007. Dismembered remains identified as his were recovered December 6, 2007, by a fisherman in Tomoka State Park, Ormond Beach; body parts were packed in black plastic bags and dumped in the Tomoka River. His head was never recovered and identification took several days.

Investigators noted similarities between Louis’s killing and other dismemberments. Convicted killer Gary Michael Hilton was in the region around the time of Louis’s disappearance and was considered a suspect, though no charge has been filed. In a separate case, Nelci Tetley was arrested in 2018 for a dismemberment that some observers found similar to Louis’s; Tetley was reported to have known Louis and to have attended his funeral uninvited, but she has not been charged in his death.

The murder remains unsolved and open. Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to come forward.