Identified! IA - Mason City, WhtMale near creek, Jul'04 - James Perkins

[shergal]

I didn't see this mentionedin any other forums - but this was breaking news on midwest TV today at noon. They found a body (which at first they thought might be Jody Husentruit - but it wasn't) in Mason City, Iowa. Reports today show it is an adult white male body. They are treating it as a crime scene - here's the link with full information:
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/art...ing_news/35cc03a7c303a18f86256ed200672109.txt

 

[Cubby]

http://wcfcourier.com/news/regional/article_cd68c4b1-61da-590d-9b55-21b614557ed6.html

MASON CITY (AP) - The skeletal remains found near a creek northeast of Mason City were tentatively identified Friday as those of a Mason City man who disappeared in 1995.
Sheriff Kevin Pals said the preliminary identification is James Maurice Perkins of Mason City, who was 44 years old when he disappeared in May 1995. The identification was made using personal effects near the remains and preliminary autopsy results.


and (copied due to PTV article)

St. Paul Pioneer Press : AUTHORITIES ID MAN'S REMAINS

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$2.95 - St. Paul Pioneer Press - Jul 17, 2004
The Cerro Gordo County Sheriff's Department identified the remains Friday as the body of James Maurice Perkins who was 44 when he disappeared ...