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Reconstruction of the victim; comforter found wrapped around the victim
Demographics
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 50
Estimated Age Range (Years): 25-49
Estimated Year of Death: 1986
Estimated PMI: 1 Day
Height: 5'6" (66 inches), Estimated
Weight: 125 lbs, Estimated
Cause of Death: Homicide by beating
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: March 29, 1986
NamUs Case Created: April 7, 2008
ME/C QA Reviewed: N/A
Location Found: Davie, Florida
County: Broward County
Circumstances of Recovery: The victim was located floating in the New River Canal near State Road 84 & 110th Avenue, just east of Hiatus Road, in unincorporated Fort Lauderdale. He had been beaten to death, his body wrapped in a two-tone brown comforter tied with leather trouser type belts and dumped. He was killed within one hour after eating a spaghetti dinner.
Investigators believe he may have been a resident of Dade County and/or was killed in Dade County and his body dumped in the canal.
Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Physical Description
Hair Color: Brown
Head Hair Description: N/A
Eye Color: Unknown (News reports say brown eyes)
Distinctive Physical Features: No information entered
Clothing and Accessories
- Brown jockey underpants, size 28-30 (On the Body)
News Coverage
Robbie Morganfield, "Fishermen find body in canal," Fort Lauderdale News, 30 March 1986, 3B.
Spokesman Jim Leljedal said investigators had ruled the man's death a homicide. Two fishermen found the partly clad body wrapped in a blanket as they passed in a boat, he said.
[...]
The canal where the man was found is on the north side of State Road 84, just east of Hiatus Road near SW 110th Avenue.
The victim was in his 20s, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighed 135 pounds and had extensive gold fillings in his teeth. He had been dead about three days.
Lynne Duke, "Man found in canal may be Dade victim," Miami Herald, 1 April 1986, 6BR.
Sheriff's spokesman Jim Leljedal said bodies of Dade County murder victims frequently have surfaced in the western reaches of the New River Canal where it runs parallel to State Road 84 in Plantation and Davie.
"We believe it is entirely possible that this is a Dade County resident and that the crime was committed in Dade County," Leljedal said. "And as has happened several times in the past, the criminals may have driven up and dumped his body. Frequently they go up U.S. 27 because it's a remote section."
"Police seek identity of victim," Miami Herald, 4 April 1986, 2BR.
"If we don't identify him quick, somebody out there's going to get away with murder," sheriff's spokesman Jim Leljedal said.
Detectives are treating the case as a homicide. The man had suffered several wounds, but detectives would not describe them. Leljedal said detectives think the man may have lived in Dade County or been murdered there, since Dade murder victims frequently have surfaced in the North New River Canal.
[...]
The man, who had been dead about three days, was white, 20 to 30 years old and about 5 feet 9 inches tall. He weighed 125 to 135 pounds and had a 30-inch waist. His face was clean shaven. He had brown hair and eyes, and extensive gold fillings in his teeth. His body bore no tattoos.
Reconstruction of the victim; comforter found wrapped around the victim
Demographics
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 50
Estimated Age Range (Years): 25-49
Estimated Year of Death: 1986
Estimated PMI: 1 Day
Height: 5'6" (66 inches), Estimated
Weight: 125 lbs, Estimated
Cause of Death: Homicide by beating
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: March 29, 1986
NamUs Case Created: April 7, 2008
ME/C QA Reviewed: N/A
Location Found: Davie, Florida
County: Broward County
Circumstances of Recovery: The victim was located floating in the New River Canal near State Road 84 & 110th Avenue, just east of Hiatus Road, in unincorporated Fort Lauderdale. He had been beaten to death, his body wrapped in a two-tone brown comforter tied with leather trouser type belts and dumped. He was killed within one hour after eating a spaghetti dinner.
Investigators believe he may have been a resident of Dade County and/or was killed in Dade County and his body dumped in the canal.
Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Physical Description
Hair Color: Brown
Head Hair Description: N/A
Eye Color: Unknown (News reports say brown eyes)
Distinctive Physical Features: No information entered
Clothing and Accessories
- Brown jockey underpants, size 28-30 (On the Body)
News Coverage
Robbie Morganfield, "Fishermen find body in canal," Fort Lauderdale News, 30 March 1986, 3B.
Spokesman Jim Leljedal said investigators had ruled the man's death a homicide. Two fishermen found the partly clad body wrapped in a blanket as they passed in a boat, he said.
[...]
The canal where the man was found is on the north side of State Road 84, just east of Hiatus Road near SW 110th Avenue.
The victim was in his 20s, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighed 135 pounds and had extensive gold fillings in his teeth. He had been dead about three days.
Lynne Duke, "Man found in canal may be Dade victim," Miami Herald, 1 April 1986, 6BR.
Sheriff's spokesman Jim Leljedal said bodies of Dade County murder victims frequently have surfaced in the western reaches of the New River Canal where it runs parallel to State Road 84 in Plantation and Davie.
"We believe it is entirely possible that this is a Dade County resident and that the crime was committed in Dade County," Leljedal said. "And as has happened several times in the past, the criminals may have driven up and dumped his body. Frequently they go up U.S. 27 because it's a remote section."
"Police seek identity of victim," Miami Herald, 4 April 1986, 2BR.
"If we don't identify him quick, somebody out there's going to get away with murder," sheriff's spokesman Jim Leljedal said.
Detectives are treating the case as a homicide. The man had suffered several wounds, but detectives would not describe them. Leljedal said detectives think the man may have lived in Dade County or been murdered there, since Dade murder victims frequently have surfaced in the North New River Canal.
[...]
The man, who had been dead about three days, was white, 20 to 30 years old and about 5 feet 9 inches tall. He weighed 125 to 135 pounds and had a 30-inch waist. His face was clean shaven. He had brown hair and eyes, and extensive gold fillings in his teeth. His body bore no tattoos.
