Crime & Safety
Detectives Hope To Identify Remains In 2019 Pasco County Cold Case
The Pasco Sheriff's Office released composite sketches in hopes of identifying a man's remains in a 2019 cold case.
PORT RICHEY, FL — Detectives hope to identify skeletal remains found on Dec. 12, 2019 in Port Richey, the Pasco Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Facebook post.
The remains were discovered in a wooded area near the intersection of Scenic Drive and Graphic Drive.
The sheriff’s office released two possible composite sketches of the deceased. One of the images includes a hate, which was found near the remains.
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The remains belong to a white or Hispanic man who was 20 to 60 years old at the time of his death, an anthropologist with the sheriff’s office said.
He ranged from 5 feet, 3 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tall and previously suffered a rib fracture, which wasn’t associated with his death, the agency said.
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Anyone with information is asked to call the Pasco Sheriff's Office non-emergency Line at 727-847-8102, option 7. Tips can also be reported online atPascoSheriff.com/tips.
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