Found Deceased OK - Clifford 'Eli' Moss, 24, Wyandotte, 30 June 2017

doodles1211 said:

Oh no... looks like people are speculating that this may be him. Says he disappeared June 30th. Sycamore Valley appears to be a recreational area in Wyandotte.

http://www.grandlakenews.com/news/2...-near-sycamore-valley---investigation-ongoing

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Tabirey said:

The skull was found July 14th. Would a body decompose that quickly?

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watergirl62 said:

In a written release, Floyd said the remains, found off Highway 10 south of Wyandotte belonged to 25-year-old Clifford Eli Moss.

http://www.pawhuskajournalcapital.com/news/20171003/remains-identified-as-missing-wyandotte-man/1

RIP Clifford. :rose:

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“At this point, the Sheriff’s Office has upgraded this case from a missing person to a Homicide.”

Floyd advised there was no additional information available as the case remains open and ongoing through a joint investigation by the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office and the District Attorney’s Office into the matter of Moss’s death.

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Moss' remains, his skull and hip bone, were discovered off Highway 10 and a search of the area was conducted by the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office and Oklahoma Highway Patrol by land and air and using cadaver dogs, ATV, and search teams.

Property owners in the area called authorities after a visitor found a skull and what was presumed to be a leg bone in the driveway. The address of the location was not released due to the ongoing investigation.

The 25-year-old's remains were later identified and confirmed to be Moss by the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office on Sept. 29, 2017, using DNA and dental records.

Ottawa County Sheriff Jeremy Floyd said the case has remained open since Moss' remains were found.

"The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office is still seeking information in regards to the death of Eli Moss from 2017," Floyd said. "We have interviewed 'people of interest' and we have not gained any more information related to his death. It's still an active investigation, therefore the Sheriff's Office is investigating new evidence and is hoping the truth will surface soon so the family can have closure."

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"To this day there's been no arrest made on it. And of course the cause of death is unknown, so we don't know if he was dismembered by an animal or an individual...we just don't know that," [Ottawa County Sheriff Jeremy] Floyd said.

"I do know that we obtained the skull and there was nothing on it that reflected anything like a tool or something used to dismember it," Floyd said. "Anytime you have something like that it's difficult to pinpoint a cause of death. We keep it open and we continue the investigation because we don't know anything besides what we have as of right now."

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