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Secrets of the dead: Charlotte Co. cold case detectives work to identify remains found in 1994
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1994: In the woods behind a Charlotte County intersection, detectives find the remains of a man, mostly bones.
They have no clue as to who it is or what happened until they stumble on an unlikely coincidence.
“A couple years later when we started finding other bodies that were attributed to, at least one was attributed to Daniel Conahan, we were curious because it was the same general area that we had found two of our murder victims,” said Mike Gandy with the Charlotte County Cold Case Unit.
Curious because suspected killer Daniel Conahan is on death row for the gruesome murder of Richard Allen Montgomery, whose mutilated body was found just a few miles away from John Doe.
The Charlotte County Cold Case Unit is determined to find out who John Doe was and whether his death could be linked to the killer.
“A team went back and found what they believed to be rope marks or some sort of marks on the trees near where this body was found, and that was Daniel Conahan’s MO, was to use bondage and to tie his victims to trees under the ruse of being photographed in the nude for his sexual pleasure. They did find some marks that could have been made by ropes,” said Gandy.
Even though the clues in the woods appear to point to Conahan, detectives first have to identify the remains recovered here all those years ago. They’re hoping new information along with new technology will turn the tide.
“My thought is always fresh eyes can add something,” said FGCU Forensic Anthropologist Heather Walsh.
Charlotte Cold Case detectives brought John Doe’s remains to Walsh who examined his bones.
She estimates he’s a 25 to 45-year-old White or Hispanic man, between 5’5 to 5’9, between 125 to 175 pounds. He also had healed fractures in his face and what looks like a pin in his left leg from another injury.
Cold Case detectives took her detailed examination and John Doe’s skull to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
There, Expert Forensic Imaging Specialist Paul Moody will create a hi-tech image of his face.
Read more: Secrets of the dead: Charlotte Co. cold case detectives work to identify remains found in 1994
NAMUS Link: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Circumstances of Recovery
Other Details: This death is believed to be in connection with another series of crimes known as the "Florida Hog Trail Murders." A man by the name of Daniel Conahan Jr. has received the death sentence for his role in these crimes.
Scar/mark
Left fibula had anorthopedic pin correcting fracture on the distal end. ( near ankle)
[...]
1994: In the woods behind a Charlotte County intersection, detectives find the remains of a man, mostly bones.
They have no clue as to who it is or what happened until they stumble on an unlikely coincidence.
“A couple years later when we started finding other bodies that were attributed to, at least one was attributed to Daniel Conahan, we were curious because it was the same general area that we had found two of our murder victims,” said Mike Gandy with the Charlotte County Cold Case Unit.
Curious because suspected killer Daniel Conahan is on death row for the gruesome murder of Richard Allen Montgomery, whose mutilated body was found just a few miles away from John Doe.
The Charlotte County Cold Case Unit is determined to find out who John Doe was and whether his death could be linked to the killer.
“A team went back and found what they believed to be rope marks or some sort of marks on the trees near where this body was found, and that was Daniel Conahan’s MO, was to use bondage and to tie his victims to trees under the ruse of being photographed in the nude for his sexual pleasure. They did find some marks that could have been made by ropes,” said Gandy.
Even though the clues in the woods appear to point to Conahan, detectives first have to identify the remains recovered here all those years ago. They’re hoping new information along with new technology will turn the tide.
“My thought is always fresh eyes can add something,” said FGCU Forensic Anthropologist Heather Walsh.
Charlotte Cold Case detectives brought John Doe’s remains to Walsh who examined his bones.
She estimates he’s a 25 to 45-year-old White or Hispanic man, between 5’5 to 5’9, between 125 to 175 pounds. He also had healed fractures in his face and what looks like a pin in his left leg from another injury.
Cold Case detectives took her detailed examination and John Doe’s skull to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
There, Expert Forensic Imaging Specialist Paul Moody will create a hi-tech image of his face.
Read more: Secrets of the dead: Charlotte Co. cold case detectives work to identify remains found in 1994
NAMUS Link: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Circumstances of Recovery
Other Details: This death is believed to be in connection with another series of crimes known as the "Florida Hog Trail Murders." A man by the name of Daniel Conahan Jr. has received the death sentence for his role in these crimes.
Scar/mark
Left fibula had anorthopedic pin correcting fracture on the distal end. ( near ankle)
