Nothing to me is quite so haunting as a long unsolved murder case - or an unidentified body.
This summer I have gotten caught up in following a story that begins with a so-called "boy's" body found, headless, in a local marsh back in September 1971.
Here's the story - 21 bodies and no clear answers:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7667527.html
Here are the other stories that led me to this tale, which continues to unfold.
Harris County's 400 John and Jane Does:
http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2011/05/harris-cold-cases/
Two tips that led to identifications resulted from that first piece
http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2011/05/harris-cold-cases/
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7626309.html
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