DNA gives face to man found murdered in Cape Cod dunes 6 years ago – WCVB Boston

DNA-generated picture gives face to man found murdered in Cape Cod dunes 6 years ago

Updated: 6:40 PM EST Mar 4, 2020

Hide TranscriptShow Transcript

LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE WEEKEND IN A FEW MINUTES. >> A 5 INVESTIGATES "CASE FILES" EXCLUSIVE TONIGHT. A PHOTO THATS FINALLY PUTTING A FACE ON A MAN WHO WAS FOUND MURDERED IN THE DUNES OF CAPE COD ALMOST SIX YEARS AGO. >> KATHY CURRAN HAS THE DEVELOPMENT INVESTIGATORS HOPE CAN FINALLY I-D THE VICTIM, AND FIND HIS KILLE >> AFTER ALMOST SIX YEARS, THIS IS A POSSIBLE BREAK TO HELP IDENTIFY THE VICTIM OF A GRUESOME CRIME. A COMPOSITE PHOTO DEVELOPED FROM HIS DNA. UNTIL NOW, INVESTIGATORS HAD LITTLE TO GO ON ONLY A TORSO OF THE VICTIM WAS FOUND WRAPPED INSIDE LAYERS A PLASTIC AND A TARP DUMPED IN THE DUNES. THE CRIME SHATTERING THIS SERENE SETTING ON JUNE 4 2014. LAST YEAR, WE OPENED THE CASE FILE ON THE VICTIM KNOWN ONLY AS THE MAN IN THE DUNES. WE SPOKE WITH A POLICE SERGEANT WHO WAS THE LEAD DETECTIVE. >> THE LIMBS WERE REMOVED AND SUCH A WAY TO HINDER IDENTIFICATION PROBABLY TO GET RID OF TATTOOS. A HEAD WAS REMOVED AND WE RAN THE DATA -- DNA THROUGH THE NATIONAL DATABASE ADDED THERE WERE NO HITS. >> WITH NO LEADS, INVESTIGATORS TURNED TO HIGH-TECH LABS IN VIRGINIA. THEY CREATED THIS IMAGE TO HELP IDENTIFY HIM. HE IS BELIEVED TO BE BETWEEN FIVE FOOT EIGHT AND 60 TALL. 230 POUNDS WITH A SURGICAL SCAR ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS STOMACH. TH TORSO WAS ON THIS BLUE DOLLY AND WAS ON HIS T-SHIRT FROM ONE -- INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY COMPANY. UNTIL NOW, INVESTIGATORS HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE VICTIM LOOKED LIKE. HIS KILLER HAS EVER BEEN FOUND. >> BY GETTING EFFECTIVE POLICY, WE CAN FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE FROM, WHAT KIND OF LIFE THEY LEAD AND WHO THEY DONT WITHIN A PERSONAL LIFE AND MAYBE GET A SUSPECT. >> THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN USED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS TO IDENTIFY AND CATCH SUSPECTS. DETECTIVES WILL BE PUT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE VICTIM MAY HAVE LOOKED A BIT DIFFERENT THAN A COMPOSITE PHOTO. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE STATE POLICE DETECTIVES ON THE CAPE.

DNA-generated picture gives face to man found murdered in Cape Cod dunes 6 years ago

Updated: 6:40 PM EST Mar 4, 2020

Until now, investigators only had the victim's torso to work with in their attempt to catch his killer.

Until now, investigators only had the victim's torso to work with in their attempt to catch his killer.

Link:
DNA gives face to man found murdered in Cape Cod dunes 6 years ago - WCVB Boston