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Reconstruction of the victim by the University of Tennessee
Demographics
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian [NOTE: Newspaper reports say he is most likely Hispanic/Latino]
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range (Years): 25-35
Estimated Year of Death: 1992
Estimated PMI: 24 Hours
Height: 5'9" (69 inches), Measured
Weight: 143 lbs, Measured
Cause of Death: Homicide by gunshot
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: February 1, 1992
NamUs Case Created: September 23, 2008
ME/C QA Reviewed: September 24, 2008
Location Found: Oak Ridge, North Carolina
County: Guilford County
Circumstances of Recovery: On February 1, 1992, members of the Oak Ridge Volunteer Fire Department responded to a brush fire in a densely wooded area about a quarter mile off Billet Road, near Highway 150. After extinguishing the fire, the firefighters found what appeared to be a charred body lying facedown.
Members of the Guilford County Sheriff's Department responded to the scene, and quickly determined the man was most likely the victim of a homicide. He had been shot in the base of the skull with a shotgun, according to Detective David DeBerry, and was most likely shot 25 yards from where his burned body was later discovered. The body had been doused with gasoline and set ablaze, and deputies later located a gas can and nozzle on the other side of the woods.
"It was not an ordinary killing," Detective DeBerry said. "Someone wanted to get rid of this person and then get rid of (his identity). It was an execution-style killing as far as I see it."
Although the death was quickly determined to be a homicide, investigators found few clues to the man's identity -- no personal items were found at the scene and all that was left of the man's clothing were charred fragments. Visual identification was rendered impossible based on the condition of the remains.
In an effort to generate leads as to the man's identity, the Guilford County Sheriff's Department sent the man's skull to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where anthropologists pieced together the severely fragmented skull to create a clay reconstruction.
The reconstruction was circulated across Guilford County and in neighboring communities in the hopes that someone would recognize the man. The mother of Garrie Lane Davis, who was reported missing in 1991, took the poster to the sheriff's department after noticing the reconstruction bore a strong resemblance to her son. The Guilford County Sheriff's Department obtained a copy of Davis' fingerprints and compared them to those of John Doe, but they were found not to be a match. No other leads to the body's identity have ever been made public.
Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Charred/burned
Physical Description
Hair Color: Brown/black
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: No information entered
Clothing and Accessories
- Fragments of charred clothing about the waist consisting of a pair of blue briefs(Fruit of the Loom) size 34-36. A fragment of charred jean is present also. (On the Body)
- Fragments of charred clothing consisting of black, gray, and white plaid material. (Near the Body)
News Coverage
"Burned body of man feared slain found in field," News and Record [Greensboro, NC], 2 February 1992, D8.
The body of a badly burned man, who may have been killed, was found Saturday in northwest Guilford County by volunteer firefighters after they extinguished a field fire.
Firefighters from the Oak Ridge Volunteer Fire Department found the man lying on his back about a quarter mile off Billet Road, according to Maj. Larry Linthicum of the Guilford County Sheriff's Department.
The body and the field fire could be linked, Linthicum said.
"Remains still unidentified," News and Record [Greensboro, NC], 7 February 1992, B5.
The man, whose remains were discovered Saturday by Oak Ridge firefighters battling a woods fire, was shot in the head and then set ablaze, Capt. Tom Sheppard of the Guilford County Sheriff's Department said.
No one matching the man's description has been reported missing from either Guilford County or elsewhere in North Carolina.
"Body still not identified," News and Record [Greensboro, NC], 22 February 1992, B2.
The body of a man found shot to death and burned in a Guilford County field early this month still has not been identified.
The body is believed to be that of a white man in his mid-20s. He was between 5-feet-10-inches and 6-feet tall and weighed 145 to 165 pounds. He was shot in the head and his body was burned when deputies found him in an Oak Ridge field Feb. 1.
Kelly Simmons, "Experts believe body found burned in Oak Ridge was Hispanic victim," News and Record [Greensboro, NC], 9 June 1992, B4.
A body found in an Oak Ridge field five months ago probably is that of a Hispanic male in his mid-20s who was shot "execution style" before he was burned beyond recognition.
Anthropology experts at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville reconstructed the man's fractured skull last week and determined that the victim was most likely a Hispanic man, Guilford sheriff's Detective David DeBerry said.
The man had been shot in the base of the skull with a shotgun, DeBerry said. His body -- found in a wooded field off N.C. 68 in Oak Ridge -- was burned about 25 yards away from where he was shot, DeBerry said.
"It was not an ordinary killing," he said. "Someone wanted to get rid of this person and then get rid of (his identity). It was an execution-style killing as far as I see it."
[...]
Experts also were able to take hair samples from the skull to determine that the man had brown hair, and probably had a mustache, DeBerry said.
Kelly Simmons, "Search yields clues into body's identity," News and Record [Greensboro, NC], 28 July 1992, B4.
Garrie Lane Davis, 42, was reported missing by his mother in February 1991, sheriff's Detective David DeBerry said. She told Danville police that the last time she heard from him was in February 1990, when she received a letter from him with a Nashville, Tenn., return address.
When she tried to find him at that address -- a home for transients -- she was told he no longer lived there.
Danville police traced a forwarding address to Percy Street in Greensboro in March 1991. They were told that Davis no longer lived there.
"Body not likely from Danville," Danville Register and Bee [Danville, VA], 29 July 1992, 5B.
A body found in Guilford County about six months ago that was thought to be a Danville man has turned out in all probability not to be that man, according to Detective David DeBerry.
[...]
The family of Garrie Davis of Danville saw the poster and took it to the sheriff's department, claiming that it was Davis. He has been missing since February 1991.
The sheriff's department got Davis' fingerprints from an application he filled out to be a taxi driver in Danville and sent them to the medical examiner's office in Raleigh, N.C. The unofficial word from Raleigh, according to DeBerry, was that the prints were not Davis'.
Reconstruction of the victim by the University of Tennessee
Demographics
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian [NOTE: Newspaper reports say he is most likely Hispanic/Latino]
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range (Years): 25-35
Estimated Year of Death: 1992
Estimated PMI: 24 Hours
Height: 5'9" (69 inches), Measured
Weight: 143 lbs, Measured
Cause of Death: Homicide by gunshot
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: February 1, 1992
NamUs Case Created: September 23, 2008
ME/C QA Reviewed: September 24, 2008
Location Found: Oak Ridge, North Carolina
County: Guilford County
Circumstances of Recovery: On February 1, 1992, members of the Oak Ridge Volunteer Fire Department responded to a brush fire in a densely wooded area about a quarter mile off Billet Road, near Highway 150. After extinguishing the fire, the firefighters found what appeared to be a charred body lying facedown.
Members of the Guilford County Sheriff's Department responded to the scene, and quickly determined the man was most likely the victim of a homicide. He had been shot in the base of the skull with a shotgun, according to Detective David DeBerry, and was most likely shot 25 yards from where his burned body was later discovered. The body had been doused with gasoline and set ablaze, and deputies later located a gas can and nozzle on the other side of the woods.
"It was not an ordinary killing," Detective DeBerry said. "Someone wanted to get rid of this person and then get rid of (his identity). It was an execution-style killing as far as I see it."
Although the death was quickly determined to be a homicide, investigators found few clues to the man's identity -- no personal items were found at the scene and all that was left of the man's clothing were charred fragments. Visual identification was rendered impossible based on the condition of the remains.
In an effort to generate leads as to the man's identity, the Guilford County Sheriff's Department sent the man's skull to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where anthropologists pieced together the severely fragmented skull to create a clay reconstruction.
The reconstruction was circulated across Guilford County and in neighboring communities in the hopes that someone would recognize the man. The mother of Garrie Lane Davis, who was reported missing in 1991, took the poster to the sheriff's department after noticing the reconstruction bore a strong resemblance to her son. The Guilford County Sheriff's Department obtained a copy of Davis' fingerprints and compared them to those of John Doe, but they were found not to be a match. No other leads to the body's identity have ever been made public.
Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Charred/burned
Physical Description
Hair Color: Brown/black
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: No information entered
Clothing and Accessories
- Fragments of charred clothing about the waist consisting of a pair of blue briefs(Fruit of the Loom) size 34-36. A fragment of charred jean is present also. (On the Body)
- Fragments of charred clothing consisting of black, gray, and white plaid material. (Near the Body)
News Coverage
"Burned body of man feared slain found in field," News and Record [Greensboro, NC], 2 February 1992, D8.
The body of a badly burned man, who may have been killed, was found Saturday in northwest Guilford County by volunteer firefighters after they extinguished a field fire.
Firefighters from the Oak Ridge Volunteer Fire Department found the man lying on his back about a quarter mile off Billet Road, according to Maj. Larry Linthicum of the Guilford County Sheriff's Department.
The body and the field fire could be linked, Linthicum said.
"Remains still unidentified," News and Record [Greensboro, NC], 7 February 1992, B5.
The man, whose remains were discovered Saturday by Oak Ridge firefighters battling a woods fire, was shot in the head and then set ablaze, Capt. Tom Sheppard of the Guilford County Sheriff's Department said.
No one matching the man's description has been reported missing from either Guilford County or elsewhere in North Carolina.
"Body still not identified," News and Record [Greensboro, NC], 22 February 1992, B2.
The body of a man found shot to death and burned in a Guilford County field early this month still has not been identified.
The body is believed to be that of a white man in his mid-20s. He was between 5-feet-10-inches and 6-feet tall and weighed 145 to 165 pounds. He was shot in the head and his body was burned when deputies found him in an Oak Ridge field Feb. 1.
Kelly Simmons, "Experts believe body found burned in Oak Ridge was Hispanic victim," News and Record [Greensboro, NC], 9 June 1992, B4.
A body found in an Oak Ridge field five months ago probably is that of a Hispanic male in his mid-20s who was shot "execution style" before he was burned beyond recognition.
Anthropology experts at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville reconstructed the man's fractured skull last week and determined that the victim was most likely a Hispanic man, Guilford sheriff's Detective David DeBerry said.
The man had been shot in the base of the skull with a shotgun, DeBerry said. His body -- found in a wooded field off N.C. 68 in Oak Ridge -- was burned about 25 yards away from where he was shot, DeBerry said.
"It was not an ordinary killing," he said. "Someone wanted to get rid of this person and then get rid of (his identity). It was an execution-style killing as far as I see it."
[...]
Experts also were able to take hair samples from the skull to determine that the man had brown hair, and probably had a mustache, DeBerry said.
Kelly Simmons, "Search yields clues into body's identity," News and Record [Greensboro, NC], 28 July 1992, B4.
Garrie Lane Davis, 42, was reported missing by his mother in February 1991, sheriff's Detective David DeBerry said. She told Danville police that the last time she heard from him was in February 1990, when she received a letter from him with a Nashville, Tenn., return address.
When she tried to find him at that address -- a home for transients -- she was told he no longer lived there.
Danville police traced a forwarding address to Percy Street in Greensboro in March 1991. They were told that Davis no longer lived there.
"Body not likely from Danville," Danville Register and Bee [Danville, VA], 29 July 1992, 5B.
A body found in Guilford County about six months ago that was thought to be a Danville man has turned out in all probability not to be that man, according to Detective David DeBerry.
[...]
The family of Garrie Davis of Danville saw the poster and took it to the sheriff's department, claiming that it was Davis. He has been missing since February 1991.
The sheriff's department got Davis' fingerprints from an application he filled out to be a taxi driver in Danville and sent them to the medical examiner's office in Raleigh, N.C. The unofficial word from Raleigh, according to DeBerry, was that the prints were not Davis'.
