Identified! IN - Henry County, Male UP, 17-24, Found Behind Gas Station, Oct'03 - Daniel Diaz

New Posts

The Indy Star: (WARNING: #4 contains the PM photo of the John Doe)
 

Attachments

  • Henry County Doe 4 Indy Star.jpeg
    Henry County Doe 4 Indy Star.jpeg
    99.3 KB · Views: 78
  • Henry County Doe 3 Indy Star.jpeg
    Henry County Doe 3 Indy Star.jpeg
    82.9 KB · Views: 70
This article from the Indy Star discusses a situation the detective in this case encountered where he hit a wheelchair-bound man in the face. I find this story peculiar in a way that it could somehow be connected to this John Doe.
 

Attachments

  • Henry County Detective 2.jpeg
    Henry County Detective 2.jpeg
    164.3 KB · Views: 42
  • Henry County Detective.jpeg
    Henry County Detective.jpeg
    90.9 KB · Views: 39
Ahhh, when I saw his post mortem photo I KNEW I had just seen an MP that looked identical him. I found him, but nothing matches up besides facial similarities unfortunately.

It was Marcus Rutledge. But he's a black male & 6 feet tall, no dice. They sure do look alike though!
 

Attachments

  • inCollage_20190316_231008637.jpg
    inCollage_20190316_231008637.jpg
    90.5 KB · Views: 57
booghawk said:
Ahhh, when I saw his post mortem photo I KNEW I had just seen an MP that looked identical him. I found him, but nothing matches up besides facial similarities unfortunately.

It was Marcus Rutledge. But he's a black male & 6 feet tall, no dice. They sure do look alike though!
Click to expand...
Yes they do look very close! I wonder if the JD could have an African lineage somewhere. He looks like he could be closer to Afro-Cubano or May have a parent that could have been black. But idk...the morgue photo does make it hard to tell with all the cosmetics done to the face.
 
and why, exactly, were Indy cops that far out of the city? Undercover, I get that -- but.

Google indicates a Love's at the intersection -- was a truck stop there in 2003?

Was this a nice red car? Was our UID shot by a hijacker after the car?

Does anything remain of this gas station? Was this gas station routinely a place for drug deals?

More questions, more questions!
 
Laughing said:
and why, exactly, were Indy cops that far out of the city? Undercover, I get that -- but.

Google indicates a Love's at the intersection -- was a truck stop there in 2003?

Was this a nice red car? Was our UID shot by a hijacker after the car?

Does anything remain of this gas station? Was this gas station routinely a place for drug deals?

More questions, more questions!
Click to expand...

It sounds like the Indy cops were there for an assignment, not sure what assignment, and were taking a break at the abandoned gas station. I guess one of them felt like they needed to walk and stumbled on the remains...or so they say! Now, here’s the thing: one of these officers has had issues with himself. A theory I had was maybe one of these officers could have killed the man with another gun the night before and made sure to clear the evidence before he left so that way they could make news somehow that they found a body....far fetched but just a theory!

I think the Loves was there, but I would have to probably reach out to a clerk in the county to get records on that. Most Loves are usually established for many years.

The red car, no one knows much about nor will HCSO tell us anymore about it other than it was seen in Ohio shortly before the man died. I think adding pressure about the car would help!

The gas station is pretty dilapidated and run down based on satellite imagery I have seen. It looks like it’s been closed for many years, the newspaper clipping indicating that a robbery homicide had occurred there 19 years prior. That may have been the last time it was opened. I could see the spot being used for shady business deals and drug dealers to peddle their wares.

Whatever the case may be, IPD and HCSO is not doing enough to get this case out there, and that should change.
 
Another interesting newspaper article I found on this case. Looks like the officers were escorting a prisoner around Henry County because he was showing them areas where he committed crimes. He needed to use the bathroom, and I reckon they let him use it behind the gas station...where they made the discovery. The further I dig, the more bones I find, lol.
 

Attachments

  • download (18).jpg
    download (18).jpg
    91.6 KB · Views: 28
So I live in Indy....so if there is anything I can do or lookup to help out please let me know and I can do my best. I was only 10 in 2003 so I don’t remember this story but it doesn’t mean it wasn’t on the media.
Something I found that was strange was how much he kinda looks like my DH. Now my DH was adopted so sometimes I have to wonder. Am I allowed to post a pic? Or can I send one to someone and you tell me if I’m crazy? Lol. I’m going to try harder to get him to submit his DNA to ancestry and stuff like that. Anyone have any recommendations while I’m at it?
 
Badwolf47 said:
So I live in Indy....so if there is anything I can do or lookup to help out please let me know and I can do my best. I was only 10 in 2003 so I don’t remember this story but it doesn’t mean it wasn’t on the media.
Something I found that was strange was how much he kinda looks like my DH. Now my DH was adopted so sometimes I have to wonder. Am I allowed to post a pic? Or can I send one to someone and you tell me if I’m crazy? Lol. I’m going to try harder to get him to submit his DNA to ancestry and stuff like that. Anyone have any recommendations while I’m at it?
Click to expand...

You've probably noticed that WS is very, very protective of family members -- best to leave your DH out of it!

Ancestry or 23&Me would be interesting. He'll be able to view a map showing where his ancestors were! Mine is accurate to the county in Ireland.

Keep us posted from CircleCity, Badwolf47.
 
Don't have time at the moment to go back through the thread, but I wonder what made LE sure that this gentleman is Hispanic? In his PM pic, he doesn't look Hispanic to me, imo he looks African American.
 
booghawk said:
Ahhh, when I saw his post mortem photo I KNEW I had just seen an MP that looked identical him. I found him, but nothing matches up besides facial similarities unfortunately.

It was Marcus Rutledge. But he's a black male & 6 feet tall, no dice. They sure do look alike though!
Click to expand...

Holy wow is that a resemblance!! The eyebrows, mustache, lips, face shape are eerily similar!
 
Jason said that there was a questionable action done by one of the detectives a week after this incident. What was it?
 
So read this entire thread and something smells off about all of this. Just my opinion but I feel LE is saying this is gang related because they won't be questioned for not doing much on this case.
The PM even states he has no gang related tattoos or any tattoos for that matter. He actually looks like a clean cut kid.
After reading all of this my thoughts were, he was possibly on a road trip and was not local (hence why he has not been identified) I have no theories as to where he was coming from or going, without more information on the car he was driving or what he bought. One thought I had was maybe he needed to stop and relieve himself and saw something he wasn't supposed to and lost his life for it, the murderer then stole his car.
Is there any way of searching for abandoned cars for say a 100 mile radius in the six months after the death of this UID?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

DNASolves

Who is Escambia County John Doe (1989)?

Members online

... and 171 more.
Total: 4,541 (members: 172, guests: 4,369)

Online statistics

Members online
172
Guests online
4,369
Total visitors
4,541
Totals may include hidden visitors.

Forum statistics

Threads
592,424
Messages
17,968,638
Members
228,766
Latest member
CoRo
Back
Top