A mix of traditional police investigative work and cutting-edge DNA technology came together to positively identify a mutilated body discovered in 1997 near Arab.
An intentionally mutilated body discovered on Apr. 15, 1997, in Marshall County Alabama has been identified on Wednesday as Jefferey Douglas Kimzy, 20, of Santa Barbara.
Although the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim, it has not been able to identify how Kimzy ended up deceased near the creek.
UNION GROVE, Ala. (AP) A body found in the woods in Alabama 26 years ago was finally identified on Wednesday as a 20-year-old California resident, officials said. Investigators with the Marshall County Sheriff's Office and the State Bureau of Investigation announced in a post on Facebook that the body is that of Jefferey Douglas Kimzy, of Santa Barbara, California.