Alabama police want to solve a 33-year-old case and try to find the identity of a dead man last 1990, CBS News reported.
Alabama Police Wants To Solve A 33-Year-Old Case And Seek Identity Of Dead Man! (PHOTO: CBS News)
Alabama Police On A 33-Year-Old Case
On Sept. 22, 1990, a 14-year-old boy discovered a dead young man who is Black near a creek in Opelika, Alabama. The Black man has a single gunshot wound to his head according to Opelika Police.
Alabama police and investigators have been trying their best for 33 years to know the identity of the victim with the help of new DNA advances. Public help will also be one thing to consider for the case to be solved.
Sgt. White together with Opelika police said the “time has come to solve this cold case mystery.”
The victim was strangely wearing six pairs of socks on each foot, so investigators consider the incident of the killing happened was not very cold that time of year.
Police also said that the victim was wearing a white St. Louis Cardinals jersey, size eight black Ellesse shoes, and Jordache blue jeans. The victim was also believed to be between 18-25 years old and had no tattoos and a piercing to his left ear.
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Alabama Police Continues The Investigation
According to police reports, the cause of death of the victim was a homicide from a single gunshot wound, autopsy reports show. Ballistics for the bullet has not been matched because the gun used in the killing has not been recovered.
Reports on missing persons have no matches on any description that was filed at that time. There were leads on the case but no further improvements were done.
Alabama Police and investigators are currently working to enter details into NamUS. Police are hoping to solve the case and employ similar techniques to cases that were solved.
Overall, Alabama police are eager to solve a 33-year-old case of a dead man that was found last 1990 at a creek in Opelika, Alabama. Police and investigators are hoping to solve the case soon and apply techniques that were used before in similar cases.
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