Veteran’s network helps identify Delaware County murder victim from 1978

Ridley Township police say the sufferer was Kevin Alvin Jude Carroll, an airman who was 18 years previous on the time of his loss of life.

Investigators discovered the stays on December thirteenth, 1978 in Crum Creek, close to Bullens Lane and Valley Highway.

Detectives say final 12 months they had been contracted by the Veteran Doe Community, a corporation that brings consideration to lacking veterans and unidentified individuals instances.

In 1978, Delaware County investigators had uploaded the sufferer’s data to the Nationwide Lacking and Unidentified Individuals System. Final 12 months, Veteran Doe Community advised Ridley detectives the profile they’d uploaded might match Carroll.

Carroll had been discharged from McGuire Air Power Base close to Trenton, New Jersey and had despatched all of his belongings residence to Oregon.

However he by no means returned residence.

After evaluating pictures of the sufferer and Carroll, detectives say they concluded there have been similarities. Additional identification confirmed his id.

“For practically half a century the household of Kevin Carroll has sought solutions in reference to the loss of life of their beloved one. We hope that in the present day’s announcement brings a level of closure,” mentioned District Lawyer Stollsteimer. “To the households and pals of different lacking individuals, we hope that this case demonstrates that your beloved won’t be forgotten.”

“Clearly, we might all prefer to know the circumstances of Mr. Carroll’s loss of life. Right now’s announcement is a vital milestone, however it’s the starting, not the top,” Stollsteimer continued. “The general public ought to relaxation assured that our regulation enforcement companions will proceed to analyze and comply with any leads that will develop.”

“The District Lawyer and the Ridley Township Police Division want to lengthen their heartfelt because of Amelia Pearn for her work with the Veteran Doe Community, with out which this identification wouldn’t have been made,” mentioned Captain James Dougherty of the Ridley Township Police Division.

Investigators are asking anybody with further data to contact Ridley Township Police at 610-532-4000.