Man’s body was found 50 years ago in a Broward County field. Now, he’s been ID’d
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A body found dumped in a Broward County field 51 years ago has been identified as 18-year-old Robert Russell Freese of Long Island, New York.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office is now asking the public for help locating his family and solving his killing.
FULL STORY: Body found in Broward field in 1975 now ID’d as New York man. BSO seeks tips
Here are key takeaways:
- ATV riders discovered the partially clothed body in the summer of 1975 off a dirt road four miles west of the 4400 block of University Drive in Lauderhill. Detectives say Freese was killed elsewhere and dumped at the location.
- Cold Case Homicide Det. John Curcio revived the case months ago, and BSO’s Crime Lab Latent Fingerprint Unit matched prints to Freese, who had been arrested on two misdemeanors in Pompano Beach four months before his death.
- Freese was born in 1957, had blonde hair and blue eyes, stood 6 feet tall and weighed about 170 pounds. He was living near the 700 block of NW Sixth Street in Pompano Beach at the time of his arrest.
- A subpoena for Freese’s birth certificate in Nassau County did not turn up enough information to locate the document, leaving investigators searching for relatives.
- Anyone who knew Freese or his family is asked to call Curcio at 954-321-4212 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.
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