Charlotte County authorities looking for information on two cold cases
''2002: Unidentified Remains on Zemel Road
On Jan. 6, 2002, decomposed remains were found in bushes on the side of Zemel Road in Charlotte County, according to officials.
Two people were driving on Zemel Road when they stopped to locate an animal that had run across the road. While searching, they found bones and called the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office.
More bones and a human skull were found at the site. A medical examiner determined the cause of death was a homicide.
Seventeen years later, in 2019, a forensic anthropologist, issued a report requested by the sheriff’s office’s cold case team. It was determined the victim was a male, between 30 and 59 years old, and between 5 feet, 3 inches and 5 feet, 7 inches tall.
It also showed that the ancestry could be African/Black, but European or White and Latin American/Hispanic could not be ruled out.
The estimated time of death could be several weeks to several months, according to officials.
Earlier this year, the cold case team asked the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office forensic imaging team to create an image of how the victim might have looked before he was killed.
Cold case victim (Courtesy: Charlotte County Sheriff's Office)(Charlotte County Sheriff's Office)
Included in the image above is a photograph of a Bulova watch found on the arm of the remains when they were found in 2002.
No information has even been received to help identify this man. The sheriff’s office said there have been reports he was involved in a fight and was beaten to death before his body was dumped. These reports also claim these individuals took the victim’s bloody clothes and a weapon and buried them in a field near Grapefruit Lane in Punta Gorda.
CCSO officials did not say if these reports have been confirmed or investigated.
The cold case team would like to talk with anyone who might have information on this case.''
ETA, thread for the other UID referenced in article..
FL - Florida- Female, African/Black or Latino/Hispanic, 18-35, 5'7-8'', Tam Miami Trail, 12 Feb.1980
''2002: Unidentified Remains on Zemel Road
On Jan. 6, 2002, decomposed remains were found in bushes on the side of Zemel Road in Charlotte County, according to officials.
Two people were driving on Zemel Road when they stopped to locate an animal that had run across the road. While searching, they found bones and called the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office.
More bones and a human skull were found at the site. A medical examiner determined the cause of death was a homicide.
Seventeen years later, in 2019, a forensic anthropologist, issued a report requested by the sheriff’s office’s cold case team. It was determined the victim was a male, between 30 and 59 years old, and between 5 feet, 3 inches and 5 feet, 7 inches tall.
It also showed that the ancestry could be African/Black, but European or White and Latin American/Hispanic could not be ruled out.
The estimated time of death could be several weeks to several months, according to officials.
Earlier this year, the cold case team asked the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office forensic imaging team to create an image of how the victim might have looked before he was killed.
Cold case victim (Courtesy: Charlotte County Sheriff's Office)(Charlotte County Sheriff's Office)
Included in the image above is a photograph of a Bulova watch found on the arm of the remains when they were found in 2002.
No information has even been received to help identify this man. The sheriff’s office said there have been reports he was involved in a fight and was beaten to death before his body was dumped. These reports also claim these individuals took the victim’s bloody clothes and a weapon and buried them in a field near Grapefruit Lane in Punta Gorda.
CCSO officials did not say if these reports have been confirmed or investigated.
The cold case team would like to talk with anyone who might have information on this case.''
ETA, thread for the other UID referenced in article..
FL - Florida- Female, African/Black or Latino/Hispanic, 18-35, 5'7-8'', Tam Miami Trail, 12 Feb.1980
