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Samuel Vaia

Gender : Male

Age : 33

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 03/31/2025

Location : Palm Harbor Parkway and Hammock Dunes Parkway

City : Palm Coast

County : Flagler

State : Florida

Agency : Flagler County Sheriff's Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Samuel Vaia, 33, was accused of shooting and killing his ex-wife, Ashley Vaia, inside her Deltona home. Deputies responded to the Parma Drive residence after Ashley’s child called 911 around 2:23 a.m. Vaia fled in a white SUV, and law enforcement tracked his vehicle northbound on Interstate 95 at over 100 mph. Flagler County deputies joined the chase, which ended when Vaia crashed at Palm Harbor Parkway and Hammock Dunes Parkway in Palm Coast. Deputies approached and found him with a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to a hospital where he died. Vaia had been arrested on 03/23/2025 for battering Ashley but was released on bond the following day.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wesh.com/article/woman-killed-in-deltona-shooting/64337085
https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/shooting-investigation-parma-drive-volusia-county-march-31-2025
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2025/03/31/sheriff-deltona-woman-shot-killed-by-ex-husband-before-he-fatally-shot-himself-in-flagler-county/
https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/crime/2025/03/31/sheriff-ashley-vaia-killed-by-estranged-husband-samuel-vaia-before-he-shot-himself/73129736007/
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