Twenty-two years after a body was found floating in Styx River near the Seminole community of Baldwin County, authorities were finally able to identify the deceased man.
It was on March 26, 2000, when the body was discovered. It was transported to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for an autopsy and identification.In 2019 the case was reopened to identify who the person was. The body had several distinctive tattoos, so a media release was distributed to find someone who might be familiar with the victim. Information on the victim and photos of the tattoos were also sent to several missing person websites.
The case information was uploaded to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. NamUs is a national information clearinghouse and resource center for missing, unidentified and unclaimed person cases across the United States. Officials in Baldwin County said the case remained cold until June 2021 when the stepdaughter of the victim came across photos of the tattoos while searching for her stepfather, who had not been heard from for more than 20 years.The BCSO said the lead was very promising, so forensic testing started to positively identify the victim.According to the sheriff’s office, Daniel Muniz Jr. had been estranged from his family for many years at the time of his death.
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