Identified! AL - Baldwin Co, “Seminole Doe”, Nat/Asian/WhtMale 294UMAL, 47-53, tattoos, Mar'00 - Daniel Muniz Jr

[Romulus]

The Doe Network:
Case File 294UMAL

Sketch of Victim by Wesley Neville

Unidentified Asian Male

• Found on March 26, 2000, in the far eastern part of Seminole, Baldwin County, Alabama.
• Estimated Date of Death: Recent days
• Cause of Death: Not evident

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Vital Statistics

• Estimated age: 47 - 53 years old.
• Approximate Height and Weight: 5'5"; 150-160 lbs.
• Distinguishing Characteristics: Short black hair. A mustache and goatee type beard.
• Tattoos: He had multiple very distinctive tattoos. On the upper left arm is a tattoo of a woman's face with braided hair and the name "Becky" above it.
• Clothing: Blue denim pants and a blue sock on the left foot. shirt. No personal effects were found.

Victim's tattoos

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Case History
The victim was located in the water at the end of Juniper Lane at Donovan's Landing, in the Styx River, in Seminole, Alabama on March 26, 2000.
He was found by two fishermen.

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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences
Lt. Huey A. Mack, Jr.
251-947-5508
NCIC Number:
U-240001362
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.
Source Information: Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/294umal.html

 

[iulia]

Sheriff’s investigators seek information in cold case

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information in a nearly two decades old case of a body recovered from Styx River in the Seminole community.

 

[Gardener1850]

Baldwin County Sheriff's Office facebook post: Baldwin County Sheriff's Office

COLD CASE
(Seminole Doe)

February 12, 2019

On March 26, 2000, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office recovered a body from Styx River in the Seminole community of Baldwin County, Alabama. The body was found in the river just south of the Hwy. 90 bridge. The body was that of an Asian or Native American male 47-53 years of age. The person would be 66-72 years of age today. He was further described as 5’5” to 5’7” inches tall and weighed approximately 150 pounds. He had dark hair and a goatee. The person had several distinctive tattoos on his body. The Sheriff’s Office is hoping, through our media partners and social media outlets, that the public will share this information so the family can bring this person home. There was no foul play suspected in this case.
If anyone has information about this case, please contact the Investigations Command of the Sheriff’s Office: 251-972-8589 or the Communications Division: 251-937-0202

 

[JovanSrna]

Update: Body to be exhumed in ‘Seminole Doe’ cold case
He will be exhumed soon! DNA testing of some sort.
His NamUs: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Al Ka]

New lead in “Seminole Doe” cold case in Baldwin County

A relentless search by a daughter in Tennessee looking for her Dad. “That’s what I do with my time. Everytime I get a chance I’m always looking.”

Last night, Amanda Galleher came across the name “Seminole Doe”, a story we first reported in 2019. It’s about a man whose body had been pulled from the Styx river in Seminole in March 2000. The only clues to his identity was multiple tattoos. “I clicked tattoos and then when I hit the tattoos, the picture of the indian with her braids popped up and my heart sunk. I know that tattoo.”
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She says her father, Daniel Muniz, Jr. was living in Robertsdale in the late 90’s. The last time she saw him she was 16. “I saw other tattoos I was like oh, that was on his arm, that was on the side of his arm.”

Her next call was to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office where she spoke with Capt. Clint Cadenhead and offered possibly more clues. “Marriage certificates from before my mother. That’s where the Becky came in her name was Rebecca. I gave driver’s license number, his social security number, I gave his date of birth.”
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She is convinced her search for her father is over. “I know 100 percent from the time I saw those pictures that’s my Dad.”

The mystery is not solved just yet. Investigators call this the strongest lead in decades but will wait for the scientific evidence to prove if what she believes is true.

New lead in "Seminole Doe" cold case in Baldwin County | WKRG

 

[Al Ka]

VIDEO: New lead in "Seminole Doe" cold case in Baldwin County

 

[Hochman]

IDENTIFIED as Daniel Muniz Jr!

Body identified 22 years after being found in Styx River

Migrant worker found dead in Alabama river identified after 22 years

Body found floating in Styx River in 2000 finally identified

 

[Melt71]

RIP Daniel.

Thank goodness for the public PR on his case and an internet-savvy daughter.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Rest in peace, Daniel Muniz

 

[summergirl1]

I wonder how he ended up in the river..

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Tattoos Help ID Body Found in Alabama River 22 Years Ago

DNA identified the body as Daniel Muniz Jr. after his stepdaughter, Amanda Galleher of Tennessee, found photos of the tattoos in a national database of missing and unidentified people.

www.forensicmag.com