Reconstructions of Victim and Tooth earring.
Reconstructions of Victim and Tooth earring.
Date of Discovery: June 13, 1991
Location of Discovery: McElroy Swamp near Sorrento, Ascension Parish, Louisiana.
Estimated Date of Death: 4-14 days prior
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Cause of Death: Homicide
Estimated Age: 25-30 years old
Race: White
Sex: Male
Height: 5'9"
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Brown, Shoulder-length with a few streaks of gray, pulled back in a ponytail, secured with a rubber band.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: He had a 5-6 inch diagonal scar across his right abdomen. Pierced ear.
Dentals: Available. Removable denture for teeth #18,19,30 and 32. Silver crown on tooth #13. Amalgam fillings on teeth #2(MOD),3(MODL),4(O), 5(MO),12(MOD), 14(MOD),15(ODB),17(MODB),29(OL) and 32(MOB). Tooth #14 may have had an amalgam filling on the mesial surface or it may have been an unfilled carie. Unfilled caries were noted on teeth #6,7,9,10,20,23 and 24.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Available at state lab.
Clothing: Underwear.
Jewelry: Pierced earring small yellow-colored setting with a tooth, probable human incisor.
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Two residents discovered the victim's body in a ditch off LA. 3140, the road which leads to the McElroy pump station, about a half mile from its intersection with U.S. 61.
Agency Name: Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office - Criminal Investigation Unit
Agency Contact Person: Unknown
Agency Phone Number: 225-621-9630
Agency E-Mail: Unknown
Agency Case Number: Unknown
Agency Name: LSU FACES Lab
Agency Contact Person: Dr. Ginesse Listi
Agency Phone Number: 225-578-3906
Agency E-Mail: glisti1(at)lsu.edu
Agency Case Number: LSU 91-07
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 2077
Former Hot Case Number: N/A
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 01/26/22
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information may be estimated.
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