Body on beach identified as William Edward Hurse

[Valasca]

The body of the John Doe found washed ashore in Beverly Shores on April 11 has been identified.



The man was identified as William Edward Hurse, 33, of Benton Harbor, Mich., reported missing more than two months ago, Porter County Coroner Chuck Harris told the Chesterton Tribune on Saturday.



The Indiana State Police crime lab made the identification by running a usable fingerprint obtained from the body through the Integrated Automated Fingerprint System (IAFIS), Harris said.



The cause of death remains undetermined, however, and how, when, and under what circumstances Hurse entered Lake Michigan are unknown, Harris added. The results of a toxicology screen are pending.



Benton Harbor Det. Lt. Delmar Lange

said today that Hurse’s mother reported her son missing on Feb. 3, after he left to run some personal errands and never returned.


Hurse was dressed in bib overalls, a black tee-shirt, and a black do-rag when he was found around 7:30 a.m. April 11 by a Florida woman taking photographs in the 600 block of Lakeshore Drive. Hurse was wearing a single hiking boot and a black wristwatch and in his pockets investigators found a Swiss Army knife, an all-in-one tool, and 35 cents in change.


The body had been in the water for some time, Harris has said.

http://www.chestertontribune.com/Pol...michigan_m.htm

[Abroad]

Two months gone and he still had usable finger-prints? Could he really have been dead all that time?

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Two months gone and he still had usable finger-prints? Could he really have been dead all that time?

I suspect the cold weather had a bit of play in preservation.

[Abroad]

I suspect the cold weather had a bit of play in preservation.

You are, of course, right....

I forget that spring is not nearly as far advanced in some part of the US as it is here.