Palm Beach County John Doe (1988) is now Identified
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Teams with Othram to Identify a 1988 Homicide Victim
dnasolves.com
At the time of his discovery, Palm Beach County John Doe was wearing a light-colored T-shirt with the words "Bottle Club and Liquor of Key West" printed on the front, cutoff blue Levi's jeans, a brown leather belt, and size 7 black Converse sneakers. The man showed signs of chronic inflammation as he had a knot on his right shoulder blade, possibly from carrying heavy loads or engaging in strenuous work during his life. It was noted that the man was muscular and in excellent physical condition.''
'In April 2008, details of the case were entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) as UP1210.''
'Reference DNA samples were collected from a potential relative and compared to the DNA profile of the unknown man. This investigation led to the positive identification of the man, who is now known to be John Lee Peppard of Alaska, born October 10, 1946. Peppard was a U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran and worked in the flooring repair and installation trade. He was known to travel between the Florida Keys, Texas, California, Alaska and Idaho where lived a lifestyle that was described as being somewhat transient.'