Identified! KY - Eddyville, Lake Barkley, WhtMale 35-50, UP75, wrapped in tire chains anchored by hydraulic jack, May’99 - Roger Dale Parham (Wanted by FBI)

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After identification, information about former UIDs is often so scarce that we only get a name, maybe a blurry photo, and a location last seen (often years before their actual death). It's a bit sad and ironic that a fair amount of info is available for RDP, but only because he was wanted by the FBI.
 
azure said:
@MadMcGoo could you please use your Newspapers magic to find articles from the time of Parham's arrest? I'm seeing him listed as a "youth minister" on one FOP site, but the site is dead.
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I’ve been trying! Nothing. :eek: I saw the minister thing too, but it’s likely one of those weird descriptions generated using random words from the entire page and not related to Parham’s case.

Who knows though, I’ll keep searching!
 
From the first post in this thread, NamUs entry:
Date Body Found: May 6, 1999
Location Found: Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky
Estimated Age: Adult - Pre 50; 25-45
Estimated Year of Death: 1998-1999
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From the FBI wanted poster:
On November 21, 1998, Roger Dale Parham was arrested for rape involving a minor. He was subsequently released on bond with conditions, by the Circuit Court of Sebastian County, Arkansas, Fort Smith District. Parham's bond was revoked after he failed to appear on the charge of rape. On June 3, 1999, a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. A federal arrest warrant was issued by the United States District Court, Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith, Arkansas, on September 10, 1999, after Parham was charged federally with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
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Arrested for rape involving a minor: 11/21/1998
Bond/Released: ?
RDP's body found (unknown id at the time): 05/06/1999
Bench warrant issued: 06/03/1999

So, he was dead before the bench warrant was issued. How long does it take for a bench warrant to be issued? The same day? The next day?

Looking at google maps, it looks like Ft. Smith, AR (where he was arrested), is about 7 hours from Eddyville, KY (where his body was found).

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Moo.
 
vls12345 said:
From the first post in this thread, NamUs entry:


From the FBI wanted poster:


Arrested for rape involving a minor: 11/21/1998
Bond/Released: ?
RDP's body found (unknown id at the time): 05/06/1999
Bench warrant issued: 06/03/1999

So, he was dead before the bench warrant was issued. How long does it take for a bench warrant to be issued? The same day? The next day?

Looking at google maps, it looks like Ft. Smith, AR (where he was arrested), is about 7 hours from Eddyville, KY (where his body was found).

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Moo.
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It seems like he wasn't a very good person. I honestly don't know how I feel about his identification. But I guess everyone deserves their name back regardless of who they are.
 
It would be interesting to find out who murdered him. And if the rape of a minor had something to do with his death. I don't know why his DNA wasn't in Codis. He could be responsible for other assaults.
 
W:)WZA!!!


Nearly a quarter century after fishermen discovered a body chained to the bottom of a lake in western Kentucky, authorities say advanced forensic testing helped identify the remains as a fugitive wanted by the FBI in the late 1990s.

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Authorities have asked anyone with information related to Parham's death to report tips to the Kentucky State Police Post 1 in Mayfield by calling 270-856-3721. People can also report tips online using the Kentucky State Police website.

www.cbsnews.com

Body found in Kentucky lake by fishermen in 1999 identified as fugitive wanted by FBI

The remains were identified as Roger Dale Parham, who disappeared in March 1999 while awaiting trial for various criminal charges in Arkansas.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com

DECEMBER 19, 2023
 
Many thanks to the two fishermen and to Othram!


The FBI also describes Parham as very charming with an interest in photography as well as fixing and selling antiques. At the time of his disappearance, the FBI believed Parham may have fled to Mexico.

Kentucky State Police Post 1 identify human remains from nearly 25 years ago

Dec 18, 2023 Updated 3 hrs ago



He was known as very charming, the FBI’s description read: an odd-job man, an antiques peddler, maybe interested in photography.


Published 11:22 AM EST, Tue December 19, 2023
 
www.usatoday.com

Body wrapped in tire chains in Kentucky lake identified as man who disappeared in 1999

The remains were discovered in Kentucky's Lake Barkley by two fishermen in 1999. More than two decades later, police have identified the body.
www.usatoday.com
''Investigators learned in 1999, Parham was living in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he was awaiting trial on various criminal charges.
Roger Dale Parham

''In March of 1999, police said, Parham disappeared and was thought to have left the area to flee prosecution.

Although Parham’s cause of death remains undetermined, the case is being investigated as a homicide.''
 
JMO I am glad that he has been ID'd for the ONLY purpose of his victims knowing that he is dead and can't go on to hurt anyone else anymore. I have absolutely no sympathy for him. I only hope the announcement lifts a little bit of weight of the shoulders of his victims and their loved ones.
 
An unpopular thing to write, perhaps, but Parham never went to trial and we don't know if he would have been found guilty. He doesn't sound like a stable person, but there's a lot we don't know at this point. We don't know much about the crime or how and where it occurred. IMO vigilantism isn't anything to celebrate.
 
Warwick1991 said:
An unpopular thing to write, perhaps, but Parham never went to trial and we don't know if he would have been found guilty. He doesn't sound like a stable person, but there's a lot we don't know at this point. We don't know much about the crime or how and where it occurred. IMO vigilantism isn't anything to celebrate.
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He fled before his court case. He knew he was guilty.
 
Crimestopper88888 said:
He fled before his court case. He knew he was guilty.
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If he was wrongly accused, and facing angry accusers who presumed him to be guilty, he might flee. Child rape is a heinous crime - merely being accused of it could result in something akin to a lynching in a small city or town. An innocent person who was falsely accused might still be looked upon with suspicion. He was also a drifter, and would have few friends or funds for legal defense.

There have been cases of people falsely accused of child rape, especially in the 1980s. In the 1980s there were some prominent cases that featured accusations against daycare operators and daycare workers. Some of those cases were in California, Massachusetts and New Jersey, and also featured accusations of Satanism. In the years following, some of the individuals initially found guilty of horrific acts of abuse had their convictions reversed, as the accounts elicited by investigators included impossible scenarios at settings that did not exist. McMartin preschool trial - Wikipedia

He also could have been guilty. There may have been overwhelming evidence that cannot be made public due to the circumstances. The FBI files may have this information.
 
I was really expecting to read that the crimes that he was wanted for were more along the lines of drug trafficking, perhaps, racketeering, and that his murder was done by the mob, or something in order to silence him before his trial. I was very surprised to read that it was for rape of a minor.

The only thing that comes to mind is, perhaps the family of the victim decided to take Justice into their own hands? That seems unlikely, though given that he was already charged and waiting for trial.

Perhaps, then, his murder was unrelated to his crimes? If his body wasn't so completely wrapped up with a lot of other items, I would suspect suicide as a possibility given the crimes he was facing but that seems far-fetched as well.
 
Kittybunny said:
I was really expecting to read that the crimes that he was wanted for were more along the lines of drug trafficking, perhaps, racketeering, and that his murder was done by the mob, or something in order to silence him before his trial. I was very surprised to read that it was for rape of a minor.

The only thing that comes to mind is, perhaps the family of the victim decided to take Justice into their own hands? That seems unlikely, though given that he was already charged and waiting for trial.

Perhaps, then, his murder was unrelated to his crimes? If his body wasn't so completely wrapped up with a lot of other items, I would suspect suicide as a possibility given the crimes he was facing but that seems far-fetched as well.
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In my humblest of opinions, suicide is not as far fetched as you might think. One great thing about this site is that you get a wide variety of perspectives based on people's personal and unique experiences. Here's mine (unfortunately): I personally knew someone who committed suicide this way. He wrapped himself in chains, weighted them and shot himself on a lake. Two differences though: the man I knew surfaced in about 3 days as opposed to 6-12 months. The man I knew shot himself where it doesn't seem Mr. Parham did...although cause of death was inconclusive so who knows?
 
IMO, vigilante... In the initial post on this thread, the Kentucky State Police ruled the death a homicide, although cause of death was unknown. I assume that something about the way he was wrapped in chains and weighted down meant that another person was responsible. IMO, he was located after he fled and killed by someone enraged by the charges. But there are a lot of unknowns.
 
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