FL FL- Everglades, WhtMale, 21-35, UP1314, track marks on arms, decomposed. April 1979

[cheemsg]

He was found by a man walking his dog. Doesn't say where or how he was found.
Decomposed with the PMI of 2 weeks. One or more limb missing.
He was 5'7 and 154 pounds. Shoulder length brown hair and beard.
Left arm showed track marks consistent with drug abuse.
He wore a sweatshirt with the slogan 'It's better in the bahamas', a brown coarsely-knit sweater and tight-fitting blue shorts.

NAMUS

 

[PatLaurel]

UD's DoeNetwork: 3507UMFL

Cause of Death: Homicide, gunshot wound

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Beard, 4-5mm in length; needle marks on arms consistent with drug use; uncircumcised

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available, 14 teeth present, dental work to the right and left first molars, some of the teeth in the upper jaw are fractured.
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery​

The decedent's decomposed body was found wrapped in cloth in heavy brush 100 feet north of Burns Road, about 1-2 miles North of US-41 by a man looking for his lost dogs. He died from a gunshot wound to the chest.

 

[cheemsg]

343
FLUIDDB as well.
He only had 14 teeth. Some dental work, some teeth are fractured.
This poor man

 

[PatLaurel]

3507UMFL - Newspapers.com

 

[PatLaurel]

3507UMFL - Newspapers.com

This other article states this John Doe had shoulder-length red curly hair and was wearing a t-shirt with the saying "It's Better In The Bahamas".

 

[cheemsg]

3507UMFL - Newspapers.com

This other article states this John Doe had shoulder-length red curly hair and was wearing a t-shirt with the saying "It's Better In The Bahamas".

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"The victim had been dead about two-three weeks, although the man may have been missing for a month"
What do they mean by this?

 

[PatLaurel]

3507UMFL - Newspapers.com

Fingerprints were sent to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in Tallahassee, "if that doesn't work the prints will go to the FBI in Washington."

Unfortunately, we know none of that worked...

 

[PayrollNerd]

It sounds like someone beat him up. If his personality was violent he could have been in a bar fight or something. The killer could have beat him up before they pulled the gun out.

 

[cheemsg]

It sounds like someone beat him up. If his personality was violent he could have been in a bar fight or something. The killer could have beat him up before they pulled the gun out.

If he died in a bar fight, they probably wouldn't have gone through the trouble of wrapping his corpse up in cloth and hiding his body in a wooded area. It doesn't say anything about him being beaten up tbf. I feel this murder was probably somewhat personal.
I have no idea what they mean by the missing thing. It could also mean they think he could have ran away from a treatment centre or something.

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[PatLaurel]

1 Missing Person Exclusions​

Missing Person / NamUs #Lester Stewart
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