FL: Identifying homicide victims sometimes a challenge
Identifying homicide victims sometimes a challenge
By TRACY X. MIGUEL
Posted August 14, 2009 at 8:15 p.m.
Dead or alive, verifying a person’s true identity is not easy.
Such was the case of last weekend’s killing of a 22-year-old Bonita Springs man.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office originally identified the body found in a driveway as Andres Pedro Juan.
A day later, after a family member recognized the picture, detectives discovered his real name was Gregorio Diego.
Fact or fiction, identifying victims is one more hurdle for law enforcement.
“People who are trying to obscure their identity can take longer,â€