Identified! TN - Jefferson Co, Body in a Bag, Douglas Lake, Dandridge, Mar'19 - Earl Pizzoferrato

[Gardener1850]

Body found in bag that washed up along Douglas Lake in Dandridge Sunday, sheriff says

March 12, 2019

DANDRIDGE, Tenn. — Investigators found a body in a bag that washed up on the lake shore along Douglas Lake in Dandridge Sunday, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

At around 4:32 p.m. Sunday, deputies were dispatched to Lake Ridge Drive for a suspicious bag that washed up. According to the sheriff's office, a man was walking on his property when he noticed the bag near shore and called deputies.

Upon further investigation, deputies said they learned the bag contained human remains and launched a homicide investigation.

Body found in bag that washed up along Douglas Lake in Dandridge Sunday, sheriff says

 

[Yvettea]

Wonder if this could belong to Roberta Snider.

Deceased/Not Found - OH - Roberta 'Bobby' Snider, 70, Hartville, 4 Jan 2018 *ARREST*

 

[doodles1211]

The lake is huge...


Google Maps

Not too far from Knoxville...

 

[Yvettea]

3-13-19

The Jefferson County County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday the victim appeared to be an adult male. He was wearing a Walking Dead T-shirt and blue jeans, and they were able to recover the name "Gerald" from the clothing.

Deputies ask for help to identify human remains found in bag along Douglas Lake

 

[Gardener1850]

All the recent missing persons named Gerald that have threads:

CA - CA - Adagio "Dag", 14 & Gerald "Storm"Talifero, 68, sailboat from San Diego to Hawaii, 7 June 2018

MD - MD- Gerald Williams, 65, Baltimore, 4 July 2018

OR - OR - Gerald Beatty, 74, Portland, 23 Oct 2017

LA - LA - Gerald Krause, Ruston, Early May 2017

WI - WI - Gerald Brody, 73, Saratoga, 13 April 2017

 

[Gardener1850]

The first case linked above is a father and son missing amidst a housing scheme. Supposedly they were "lost at sea" but the father was seen without the son several days before he disappeared on the way to Hawaii and the father owed $900,000 to investors when he disappeared. Very interesting. I wonder if they have any connections to Tennessee.

ETA: most of the other recent cases seem to be wandering seniors and it seems unlikely they ended up in TN after wandering off/getting lost.

MOO.

 

[Gardener1850]

Just a bit of trivia, "The Walking Dead" series premiered on October 31, 2010. So this is someone missing after Oct 2010: The Walking Dead (TV series) - Wikipedia

The fact that they were able to read a name on the clothing leads me to believe it is a recent case (within the past year) and the clothes were not very degraded by the elements yet.

MOO.

 

[PommyMommy]

MAR 20, 2019
TBI releases photos, asks for help to identify man found dead along Douglas Lake

[...]


The body was found near Lakeside Drive on March 10. Officials don't know how long it had been there. They also don't know the victim's race, height or approximate age.

Investigators hope someone can identify the victim's clothing. He was wearing a Walking Dead T-shirt, a belt buckle that has an image of a horse and horseshoe in the center, and a belt with an eagle pattern and the name "Gerald" stamped into the leather.

[...]

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

IMO - someone (assuming UID had family/friends in the US) will recognize the combo of the belt and buckle...

 

[PommyMommy]

Still unidentified as of MAR 25, 2019

92.3 WNPC
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to request the public’s assistance in identifying a body discovered on Douglas Lake in Dandridge on March 10.

 

[ADKGemini]

Investigators are sharing pictures of the man's clothing in the hopes that someone may identify him. The victim was wearing a "#WalkingDead" T-shirt, blue jeans and a belt buckle that has a horse and #horseshoe on it.
The man's belt has an eagle design printed on it, along with the name "Gerald" stamped into the leather

TBI asking for help identifying body found in East Tennessee

 

[PommyMommy]

Duplicate thread. Notifying mod to merge/delete.

TN - TN - Jefferson Co, Body in a Bag, Douglas Lake, Dandridge, Mar 2019

 

[PommyMommy]

APR 1, 2019
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department Gives Update on Found Remains
[...]

Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Coffey stated Friday, March 29, 2019 that his department checked a few days ago and it appears that forensic information is still at least a couple of weeks away. The Sheriff said that they are anticipating the discovery of the cause of death, race and age of the victim, as well as other information that could assist in identifying the male victim. Despite rumors to the contrary, Sheriff Coffey said that there have been no other discoveries of body parts. Both the Sheriff’s Department and the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency had boats in the water after the initial discovery but nothing has turned up to date.

It is still unclear if the remains were initially tossed in Douglas Lake or ended up there due to the significant flooding that occurred in the region around that time. The Sheriff said that there are no missing person cases in Jefferson County that fit and a body has washed from as far away as Greene County to Henderson Island on Douglas Lake in the past so it is a possibility that flooding transported the remains to the shores of the local lake. What they do have to go on is a Walking Dead t-shirt, jeans, a belt that has the embossed name Gerald and a belt buckle...

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[AncientHysteria]

Is there any more recent information? Maybe an age range?

 

[A.Critter]

Is there any more recent information? Maybe an age range?

According to The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), his remains are unrecognizable, but they know that he's white. Also they estimate that he is an adult under the age range of 40 and at least 6ft tall.

Apparently his hands are MIA.

 

[A.Critter]

Unsure as to how helpful speculation is here, but the potential removal of his hands is quite passionate/symbolic.

Makes me wonder if someone was under the impression that this man had taken something?

 

[Shin Masamura]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Date of Last Contact: November 5, 2015
Last Known Location Map
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
County: Kanawha County
Missing Age: 50 Years
Current Age54 Years
First Name: Gerald
Middle Name: Matthew
Last Name: Smith
Nickname/Alias :Jerry

SexMale
Height 5' 10" - 6' 1" (70 - 73 Inches)
Weight 175 - 180 lbs
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Circumstances of Disappearance He was living on the streets of Charleston, WV (4 hours away)but has not found in the usual places and other's have not seen him.
Deformity: Crippled left finger, may be amputated. (Might be a reason why hands were removed? Identification purposes)

 

[A.Critter]

is that our boy

 

[Shin Masamura]

WV State Police searching for Charleston man missing for six months
Different missing date than Namus..

 

[A.Critter]

hmm seems there was a little confusion regarding the reporting date vs when she last saw her brother, idk how to fix that tbh