ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – An Orange County family is searching for answers after 45-year-old DeGwendolyn “Gwen” Floyd was stabbed to death at a Pine Hills home on Nov. 28, just one day after Thanksgiving.
Her sister, Rashonda Floyd, says the loss has left her family devastated. Before Reading what she wrote for Gwen’s obituary, she said, “These have been some of the worst days of my life.”
Deputies found the Floyd around 11 p.m. on Friday while responding to a stabbing reported out of the 2800 block of Rockingham Circle, the sheriff’s office said. She was then taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
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“I believe she knew whoever it was. From things that her landlord has told me, she was on the phone and just opened the door and turned back,” Rashonda Floyd said.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office continues to search for the person responsible. No arrest has been made.
Rashonda Floyd said she is trying to remain hopeful. “My hope is we get justice for my sister. I’m confident in the detectives working the case,” she said, adding that investigators told her “they have made great strides.”
She shared that the hardest moments come at the start of each day.
“The mornings are the roughest for me because I’m starting a new day without her saying ‘Gracie.’” Floyd goes on to say, “Gwen was always offering to help someone if they needed it and she had a loud distinct laugh that you couldn’t help but laugh too.”
The family had been together before the killing on Thanksgiving and enjoying time with Gwen. Floyd says it’s still unreal to her that her sister is dead.
“I just saw her, just talked to her and touched her and laughed with her and watched her dance,” Rashonda Floyd said. “To getting that call late Friday night…”
Now she and her family are planning her sister’s funeral. “She wanted to be cremated, and she wanted her ashes spread in the ocean. She loved water,” Rashonda Floyd said.
Remembering Gwen, she added, “My sister was a loving, genuine person who did not deserve this.”
OCSO says this is an active investigation. The family is urging anyone with information to come forward so they can finally receive justice.