Advances in fingerprint expertise have helped authorities establish the stays of a person discovered 43 years in the past floating in a canal in rural San Joaquin County.
Edward Donald Raymond, 34, who apparently had ties to the Bay Space, had a gunshot wound to his proper shoulder when his physique was discovered on July 13, 1981 in Beaver Slough close to Thornton, in line with the San Joaquin Sheriff’s Workplace.
The slough is in an unincorporated space of San Joaquin County alongside Interstate Freeway 5, halfway between Stockton and Sacramento.
The physique was badly decomposed and the person was described as Black, with a tattoo on the left arm studying “Black is Beautiful”, and was sporting solely white swim shorts with pink and blue stripes.
Raymond was not too long ago recognized utilizing developments in fingerprint expertise, the sheriff’s workplace stated Monday.The one data out there about him was an arrest in 1976 by the San Francisco Police Division, the place he offered an deal with in Oakland.
Raymond was born Feb. 21, 1947, however he additionally glided by the alias of Edward Wilson, born July 21, 1948, authorities stated.
When the physique was discovered, the sheriff’s workplace stated it is perhaps related with a white or beige Cadillac that was seen within the space days earlier. The motive force of the car resembled the sufferer, however no car or extra clothes have been discovered on the scene.
The sheriff’s workplace is hoping that somebody could come ahead to assist clear up the case.
Anybody with details about the case can name the sheriff’s non-emergency quantity at (209) 468-4400.
