Can we revisit this? I am local and have been researching this case for years and I keep coming back to Michael Curry, though I can’t seem to get anyone to take it seriously. Until someone explains to me where the name Michael Curry came from though, I will not stop asking. It may not be him but the name wasn’t just pulled out of thin air. There has to be a reason, especially if the America’s Most Wanted rumor from the beginning of this thread is true because the two sources don’t seem to connect. Could it be an alias? Could he have been ID’d and no one was able to claim him?
Dec. 12, 1998: Accident occured
Dec. 13, 1998: Newspaper reports they are trying to confirm his identity
Dec. 15, 1998: Newspaper reports that his name is Michael Curry
Absolutely nothing else I can find in the news about him, either unidentified or as Michael Curry. If he was unidentified, why didn’t they ask the public to identify him?
Pre-2007: Rumor on Websleuths that he was identified as Michael Curry via America’s Most Wanted
2009: The post above.
There are so many errors and just things that have been forgotten in this case that I really feel like this all needs to be revisited. For years I couldn’t find anything in the newspapers, because the date of the accident was wrong on all the info out there. I tried contacting the officer over the case a few years ago with no response, only to find out that he had retired and the contact info was never updated. The court case was thrown out because it took too long and the original detectives were no longer available. I could go on and on. The lack of communication between everyone involved in this case is atrocious and I feel like this may be all one big communication error. I’d love to see the original files.
