Identified! IL - Belleville- Older Adult Male, Light Complexion, N 66th St, Apr 2018 *Lee Howard Berryman*

[Gardener1850]

Police investigate man's death after body found in West Belleville

Belleville police and a deputy coroner were investigating in a wooded area Sunday afternoon in West Belleville after a man's decomposing body was found.

A neighbor, who said he did not want to be publicly identified, reported finding a body.
The neighbor told the BND that he was doing yard work and was preparing to throw some debris into the heavily wooded ravine south of the street. While doing so, he said, he saw a shoe and then a foot in a sock.

"Officers on scene observed human remains of an older adult male with a light complexion in advanced stages of decomposition near the tree line," Master Sgt. Todd Keilbach said in an email.

Keilbach said officers continue to investigate, saying they believe the death may have occurred under suspicious circumstances.

St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. confirmed a deputy coroner investigator was called to the scene and was working with police on the case.

Belleville police said they had been called to the 300 block of North 66th Street at about 2:30 p.m. and began their investigation. Several officers had cordoned off North 66th Street with crime scene tape as more investigators arrived at about 2:45 p.m. Sunday.
The area is behind the 4204 Main St. banquet center at 6435 W. Main St.

http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article206776829.html

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[YaYa_521]

Rest in peace, Lee.

https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article218249575.html
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In late March, a man’s decomposed body was found in a heavily wooded area in a ravine near the 300 block of North 66th Street in Belleville.

Those remains were later identified by the family as Lee Howard Berryman, 59, of St. Louis. His son G. B. told the Belleville News-Democrat that his father had no connections to the metro-east.

The investigation into Berryman’s death is ongoing but no foul play is suspected,