Rodney Peter Johnson was the man whose body was found floating in the lake in 1994- The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday.
His remains went unidentified for more than two decades. Known as Lake Stickney John Doe
Johnson was last seen by family members sometime around late 1987 or early 1988 when he reportedly left on a camping trip. His body was pulled from the lake in June 1994, but investigators believe he’d been under water for several years.
Detectives concluded Johnson was 25 years old when he was shot in the head in 1987. His body likely was weighted down in the lake until it surfaced seven years later.
More info- https://www.q13fox.com/news/john-doe-homicide-victim-found-floating-in-lake-stickney-identified-after-26-years
The state of the remains resulted in difficulties ascertaining information such as age and race, leading to different findings and alternate facial reconstructions. An autopsy showed the man had been shot in the head.
https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Rodney_Johnson
Kenneth Wayne Watters (July 13, 1961 – 1991/1992) was a man found deceased in the Ohio River in May 1992. He had been reported missing by his family in December 1991. His cause of death is currently undetermined however his family suspects foul play.
He was identified in August 2020 after a DNA match in CODIS. His mother gave a sample after his body was exhumed. Detectives said there were only two items in the investigative file: a news article from 1997 and a previous order to exhume the body from 2012.
According to the sheriff’s department, a complete investigation of Watters’ cause and manner of death is being conducted by a forensic anthropologist.
Talking to the family- https://www.wave3.com/2020/09/02/family-louisville-man-identified-nearly-years-after-disappearance-finally-gets-closure/
https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Watters
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/kenneth-watters-louisville-indiana-ohio-river-body-discovered-identify/
Timothy Morgan– After more than 45 years, the body of a missing person and homicide victim has been identified.
According to a press release from the Uinta County Law Enforcement Services’ Facebook page, a body that was discovered in 1979 has now been identified as Timothy Eddy Morgan, who was reported as a missing person in 1974 when he failed to return to his uncle’s place…
…In April 1979, human remains were found about a mile and a half from where the vehicle had been previously located, just outside the initial foot search area.
With the assistance of the Wyoming State Crime Laboratory, the remains were transported to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where an autopsy was conducted. The remains were documented to be that of a young adult male; age, build and clothing all consistent with Timothy, however, a confirmed positive I.D. was unable to be made and the body was not able to be released to his family. The cause of death was listed to be from a gunshot wound and was listed as a homicide.
On January 31, 2017, investigators with the Uinta County Sheriff’s Office contacted the Wyoming State Crime Lab in regards to the unidentified body and were referred to the University of North Texas, who assisted with securing a DNA sample from the bones of the recovered body for comparison to any possible family members, to aid in a positive identification.
The work of several Uinta County Sheriff’s Office employees led to the location of a full blooded biological brother, who resided in Utah, and a half-sister, who resided in California, to Timothy Morgan. The siblings provided DNA samples for comparison to the sample established from the unidentified body at the University of North Texas, resulting in a relative match to the biological brother…
…This case still remains active and unsolved. The Uinta County Sheriff’s Office is requesting anyone with any information regarding Timothy, his disappearance and/or his death, to please call in, 307-783-1000.
Johannes Hubertus Kwist was a man who disappeared after leaving his job in a car belonging to his company. He was identified in 2020.
Johannes was last seen on July 4, 2004, when he left his job in a car belonging to his company. The car was later found near Lyon, France with a flat tire. It is unsure how he ended up in France.
Johannes’s Interpol profile matched the profile of remains found in Dunkirk, France. There is little information regarding Johannes’s death and discovery.
https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kwist
Kraig Patrick King (May 20, 1961 – April/May 1982) was a young man found murdered in Wisconsin in 1982.
Loggers discovered King’s skeletal remains along Highway 25. They first believed they had found a “pile of clothes,” until further inspection. The site was described to be on private land on the outskirts of a wooded area.
King had been stabbed at least three times in the upper abdomen, based on the cuts in his shirt and injuries to the bones in that region. The time of death was estimated to most likely be April or May 1982. Authorities could not determine whether the murder occurred at the scene or elsewhere.
It is unknown why King, a resident of Minnesota, would have been in the area at the time of his death. Police continue to investigate his case and have asked for additional information about the victim.
According to his parents, Kraig had suffered from mental illness, did not have a car and was carrying a couple thousand dollars when he was last seen.
He was identified by the DNA Doe Project.
https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Kraig_King