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FLM820213; Broward Feb 13 1982
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Specific Case

Medical Examiner District: 17
Their Case Number: 1982-00235
Date of Death or Discovery: 1982-02-13
Estimated Age of Decedent: 21-35
Presumed Race: White
Gender: Male
Estimated Height: 5'-6'
Estimated Weight: 150-170 LB
Additional Details
Location Found: S.W. 172 Avenue, approximately 6/10 mile south of Hollywood Boulevard in Pembroke Pines
Hair:Brown, shoulder length hair
Eyes:No details available
Facial Features:No details available
Tattoos:No details available
Scars, Surgeries and Other Dental and Medical Information:Decedent had a right hip abnormality and may have walked with a limp.He also had two teeth missing from the lower jaw, one on each side.
Jewelry:No details available
Clothing and Shoes:Blue Calvin Klein jeans, a white pullover with horizontal orange and red stripes and one black loafer with a silver buckle bearing the letter "P" in the center.
Personal Effects:No details available
Other Details:One fingerprint available. Facial reconstruction photos can be found on the Doe Network's website
Contact:Edwina Johnson-(954)327-6500

For more information about this case, contact:
Michael Britt with the District 20 Medical Examiner Office
239-434-5020, extension 1 or
michaelbritt@colliergov.net

FLUIDDB Case ID: 20
Lauran

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Unidentified White Male

The victim was discovered on February 13, 1982 in Pembroke Pines, Broward County, Florida.
Estimated Date of Death: 6-8 weeks prior to discovery
No evidence of trauma was found on the skeletal remains.

Estimated age: 21-35 years old
Approximate Height and Weight: 5'10-6'0"; 150-170 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Medium brown, medium fine, a little wavy, shoulder length hair. Right hip abnormality. He may have walked with a limp.
Dentals: Available. Two teeth missing from the lower jaw, one on each side.
Clothing: Blue Calvin Klein jeans, white T- shirt with orange and red horizontal stripes with black borders along stripes. Western style brown belt. One dark colored loafer style shoe with a silver buckle bearing the letter ''P'' in the center, tan socks.
Fingerprints: One print available

The victim was located on February 13, 1982 at S.W. 172 Avenue, approximately 6/10 mile south of Hollywood Boulevard in the city of Pembroke Pines, Florida. Found under a pile of brush and weeds near the Hollywood Sportatorium.
None of the clothing carried identification marks; there was no wallet.

Broward County Medical Examiner
Stephen Cina
954-327-6500
You may remain anonymous when submitting information.

Agency Case Number:
1982-0235
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/512umfl.html
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Pines police dive into the past, trying to ID unnamed dead
By Sofia Santana, Sun Sentinel

10:43 PM EDT, September 10, 2010

PEMBROKE PINES

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When police opened two dusty boxes of bones, they found a portal to a bygone era when "cocaine cowboys" wrecked havoc and overgrown fields covered much of the city.

The bones belonged to two men found dead in the early '80s whose identities are still unknown.

Armed with new forensic sketches of what the men may have looked like, Pembroke Pines police Officer Donna Velasquez is diving into the past seeking to finally uncover their names.

She's hoping someone will recognize the faces in the sketches, even after all these years.

"He belongs to somebody," she says, looking at one of the black-and-white drawings. "He doesn't need to be in a morgue. He needs a proper burial."

The bones have sat in boxes at the Broward Medical Examiner's Office for almost three decades.

One of the cases is a homicide that Velasquez said is likely connected to the Outlaws motorcycle gang.

On Jan. 7, 1984, police found the charred remains of 19-year-old Tammy Gale Crider in an overgrown field near what today is the intersection of Northwest 184th Avenue and Pines Boulevard. Crider had been shot and her body set on fire, police said.

As investigators probed that crime scene, a patrol officer piped up that he thought something wasn't right.

"One of the police officers on patrol at the time kept saying he smelled something," Velasquez said. "He went back out the next day and found the guy's body."

The man's body was about 70 yards from where police found Crider's remains.

Outlaws member David Hugh Walker Jr. was charged in Crider's death; Velasquez calls him a suspect in the unidentified man's death. Walker died in a South Miami-Dade prison in 1987 while awaiting trial with other Outlaws on racketeering charges.

Police also suspect the Outlaws in the unidentified man's death because of the particularly brutal nature of the crime, a brutality the gang had a reputation for, Velasquez said. Someone had shoved a hankerchief down the victim's throat, wrapped his head in duct tape, tied his hands and shot him at least three times before setting the body on fire, Velasquez said.

The man's body had been in the field for about two weeks.

Forensic anthropologist Dr. Heather Walsh-Haney, working closely with investigators at the Broward Medical Examiner's Office, has pored over the bones. She took measurements for complex equations that help determine how old the bones may have been and noted any bone characteristics that are unique to certain ethnic groups, and created the approximate profile of the victim's body.

Using techniques and tools that hadn't been developed in the early 1980s, Walsh-Haney recently determined the victim was white or Hispanic, 24 to 34 years old and 5-foot-2 to 5-foot-5.

He had brown hair, stained teeth, a chipped front tooth and several cavities.

Walsh-Haney's analysis also found that the man had suffered some leg injuries when he was younger, and may have complained of pain from slight herniations in his lower back.

Few details are available in the other cold case, which dates to Feb. 13, 1982.

The man's body was so decomposed investigators could not determine how he died, but Velasquez said the case is suspicious.

"He was found too far away from the road for it to be a traffic fatality," she said. The body had been buried under some brush off a dirt road that is now Southwest 172nd Avenue, just south of Pines Boulevard.

The man was white, 30 to 57 years old and from 5-foot-4 to 6-foot-1. He had brown hair and some distinct physical characteristics: a marked overbite, healed rib fractures, a curved spine from scoliosis and a hip defect that may have caused him to walk with a limp, Velasquez said.

The man was well-dressed, found in Calvin Klein jeans, a Pierre Cardin sweater and black loafers.

Velasquez wonders if he was a victim of South Florida's cocaine wars.

Solving the mystery of who he was may be the only way to unlock the secret of how he died, she said.

Police ask that anyone with information about either case contact Officer Velasquez at 954-436-3279 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477).
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Pembroke Pines seeks help to identify two bodies found in the 1980s

Forensic artist Catyana Sawyer of the Broward Sheriff's Office created new sketches recently to hopefully help identify two unidentified bodies found in Pembroke Pines in the 1980s. (Submitted photo)



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Forensic artist Catyana Sawyer of the Broward Sheriff's Office created new sketches recently to hopefully help identify two unidentified bodies found in Pembroke Pines in the 1980s.

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Pembroke Pines police are hoping new sketches of two unidentified victims might breathe new life into a pair of cold cases from the early 1980s.

The new examination is a department effort to finally solve the mystery of two unidentified male bodies found in 1982 and 1984, said Officer Donna Velazquez.

"There's a very small number of [cold cases] we have, and we can use new technology," Velazquez said.

In the first cold case, a man's body was found Feb. 13, 1982, buried near a dirt road that is now Southwest 172nd Avenue, south of Pines Boulevard. Velazquez said the man's death was suspicious because his body wasn't near the road and was found face down and covered with shrubbery. At the time, police were unable to identify the man or the cause of his death because the body was badly decomposed.
But Velazquez points to several details that may help in identifying him. An older white man between 5-feet, 5-inches and 6-feet, 1-inch tall, he was dressed in a Pierre Cardin sweater, Calvin Klein jeans, and had a noticeable underbite along with scoliosis. The man had several rib fractures, but a medical examination at the time was unable to determine if it was a contributing factor in his death.

"He was not a transient," Velazquez said. "He took care of himself."

The other case, which is more clearly a homicide, is equally frustrating. On Jan. 8, 1984, police found a man's body buried in an empty field that is now the intersection of Pines Boulevard and Northwest 184th Avenue. The white or Hispanic man, between the ages of 24 and 34, was between 5-feet, 2-inches and 5-feet, 5-inches tall. The man had been shot three times, had his hands bound and was set on fire. Because of the burnt body, police were unable to identify him either visually or through fingerprint and dental records.

However, Velazquez said his death might be associated with the Outlaws biker gang and a related death in the area. A day earlier, police found the body of a woman who had also been shot and set on fire. She was later identified through a tattoo.

In the early 1980s, both crime scenes were in remote, isolated areas that today would be the equivalent of what is considered the Everglades, Velazquez said. Using the skulls of both victims, forensic artist Catyana Sawyer of the Broward Sheriff's Office reconstructed what their faces probably looked like for the new sketches. Velazquez said they could prove helpful in finally closing both cases.

In an attempt to clear out cold cases, Pembroke Pines police are seeking a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice that would cover DNA testing. The department applied for the $140,000 grant in March but has not received an update on the status of its application, said Sgt. Chris Stasio. Stasio said that generally, larger departments such as the Sheriff's Office or the Miami-Dade Police Department are informed of grant awards before municipalities. The department should know whether it will receive funding by November, he said.

"The bigger departments that have the resources to utilize that money [get notified first]," Stasio said.

Pembroke Pines police ask anyone with information on the cold cases to contact Velazquez at 954-436-3279 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.

Chris Guanche can be reached at cguanche@tribune.com.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/p...,0,452791.story
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Body Found: Feb 13, 1982
Crime Scene: The white male was found at SW 172 Avenue approximately 6/10 mile south of Hollywood Blvd.
Description: The skeleton was dressed in Calvin Klein Jeans and a white pullover T-Shirt with horizontal orange and red stripes with black borders along the stripes. A black loafer was found near the body as well as tan socks. He is thought to be between 30-55 years old and between 5’4” and 6’1” tall.
Approx. Age: 30-55

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