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Forensic facial reconstruction shows the likely features of a man, pictured with and without facial hair, who may have died in Anderson County 35 years ago. State and area law enforcement are working to identify the man and hope someone has information.

KBI searching for answers in 35-year-old death mystery

Who is this man?

By CLEON RICKEL, Herald Senior Writer

GARNETT — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has released photos of a forensic facial reconstruction of man who may have been the victim of a murder in Anderson County 35 years ago.

Robert E. Blecha, KBI director, released the photos Tuesday in hopes of dredging up clues in the long-standing mystery.

A forensic artist with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has been working on the reconstruction since the skull was sent to them, Anderson County Sheriff Scot Brownrigg said.

Little is known about the man since his body was discovered by accident in a ravine southeast of Garnett 35 years ago, Brownrigg said.

The body had been scattered by time and wild animals, he said.

About all is know is that the man was a white male, 18-20 years of age, 5-8 to 5-10 inches tall, 150 pounds, and had brown wavy, below-the-ear length hair. Investigators treated the case as a homicide, he said.

The case quickly grew cold and authorities have never gotten many leads over the years, Brownrigg said.

The man was buried in Garnett Cemetery and locals chipped in to buy a gravestone for him. The gravestone is marked “known only to God.”

However, his body was exhumed after the new KBI agent for the area, Jeff Hupp, decided to reopen the case in hopes of finding new clues, Brownrigg said.

A DNA examination is being done at the University of North Texas Health Center, Fort Worth, he said.

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