Identified! FL - Naples, WhtMale 45-60, floating in the Gulf of Mexico, May'02 - Edward Lorenz Richard

[dotr]

Jake Allen, Naples Daily News Published 11:14 a.m. ET Dec. 7, 2018 | Updated 11:37 a.m. ET Dec. 7, 2018

CCSO asks for help identifying dead man found floating in Gulf of Mexico in 2002
Dec. 7, 2018
Detectives have released an updated composite sketch in hopes of identifying a dead man found floating in the Gulf of Mexico in 2002.

Collier County Sheriff’s Office investigators say the man found about 2 miles north of Doctors Pass in Naples stood 5 feet 11 inches and weighed about 190 pounds.


He had blue eyes and was between 45 and 60 years old. His hair was reddish brown and gray and nearly collar length. He had a gray beard and mustache, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff's Office can be reached at (239)252-9300.

 

[Gardener1850]

Still Unidentified. NAMUS Link: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[BrownBear]

After a 19-year investigation, the Collier County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office has identified a man whose body was found in the Gulf of Mexico as Edward Lorenz Richard from Spencer, Massachusetts.

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Richard was finally identified on Nov. 23, 2021, when there was a positive match between his fingerprints in the NamUS database and his military personnel file in the Department of Defense National Archives, according to the sheriff. His fingerprints had been documented on an Armed Forces personnel file on Nov. 15, 1972, when he had enlisted.

Prints from unidentified people in the NamUS database were recently made available to the FBI for comparison, which is how the fingerprint comparison was finally possible, according to the sheriff’s office.

Dead man found in Gulf of Mexico in 2002 identified 19 years later as Massachusetts resident

 

[YaYa_521]

Rest in peace, Edward.

Collier County Sheriff's Office

 

[dotr]

After a 19-year investigation, the Collier County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office has identified a man whose body was found in the Gulf of Mexico as Edward Lorenz Richard from Spencer, Massachusetts.

(...)

Richard was finally identified on Nov. 23, 2021, when there was a positive match between his fingerprints in the NamUS database and his military personnel file in the Department of Defense National Archives, according to the sheriff. His fingerprints had been documented on an Armed Forces personnel file on Nov. 15, 1972, when he had enlisted.

Prints from unidentified people in the NamUS database were recently made available to the FBI for comparison, which is how the fingerprint comparison was finally possible, according to the sheriff’s office.

Dead man found in Gulf of Mexico in 2002 identified 19 years later as Massachusetts resident

Thank you for the update @ BrownBear!
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Man speaks about his brother being identified nearly 20 years after his death (fox4now.com)
''WFTX contacted Mr. Richard's brother, Paul, in Massachusetts.
He said we would agree to speak with us because he hoped his family's case might help other people in similar situations.''

''WFTX: Based on what happened with your family, and how your brother was identified, what difference has it made for your family?''

''PAUL RICHARD/BROTHER: The big difference for us is closure. We never knew if my brother would walk up the driveway at my house at some point of if he was gone. So this let's us know he was gone.

WFTX: What would you say to other families are who end up waiting so many years - sometimes decades - to find out what happens to their Loved Ones?

PAUL RICHARD/BROTHER: I guess I would say that there is a network...through police departments, there may be a way, if you know the state to find out information sooner. We waited 20 years, 19 years, and we might have been able to know sooner''

 

[MadMcGoo]

Glad his family now knows.

Rest peacefully now Edward.