Post by Scumhunter on Jun 15, 2016 10:48:31 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: Crime Stoppers of Pennsylvania website)
From the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers website (crimewatchpa.com):
On November 18, 1968, shortly before 11:00 a.m., a Pennsylvania State Trooper, while on routine patrol along the Pennsylvania Turnpike spotted a male in a semi-seated position against a fence about a mile east of the Downingtown interchange in Uwchlan Township, Chester County. The Trooper stopped to check on the man and found that he was deceased. An autopsy determined that he had been stabbed once through the heart.
The deceased male carried no wallet or identification. He was white, appeared to be between twenty and thirty years of age, dark brown hair, and hazel eyes. He had two tattoos; one being a bird in flight with a heart in the background and the other being a bulldog wearing a World War I helmet and the letters "USMC" printed below it. He also had what was believed to be a healed bullet wound on his upper left arm. An investigation into the man's death and his identity was conducted by the Pennsylvania State Police, Criminal Investigation Unit, at which time it was called the Troop J, Exton Substation. The incident was reported by newspapers in the surrounding area, including Philadelphia, PA, and Wilmington, DE. Correspondence detailing the man's description and polaroid photos were distributed to surrounding United States Marine Corps and Naval installations. Initial and subsequent attempts to identify the deceased male through fingerprint records in national and military data bases were unsuccessful. The deceased male became a "John Doe" and was laid to rest at Longwood Cemetery in an unmarked grave where he remained unidentified for 44 years.
On July 29, 2009, in an effort to further the investigation, members of the Pennsylvania State Police, Criminal Investigation Assessment/Missing Persons Unit, with assistance from the Chester County District Attorney's Office and Chester County Coroner's Office, exhumed John Doe's body. Bone samples were sent to the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification where a DNA profile was obtained and entered into a national missing persons DNA database. Additionally, because it was believed that John Doe had served in the United States Marine Corps, a request for assistance was sent to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).
In October 2011, NCIS and the United States Marine Corps Absentee Collection Unit discovered a potential match to John Doe while reviewing records of individuals that were reported Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) in October 1968. In December 2011, surviving family members of the potential match were located and interviewed by the Pennsylvania State Police. A DNA sample was obtained from a family member and sent to the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification for comparison to John Doe's DNA.
Through the combined efforts of the Pennsylvania State Police, Criminal Investigation Assessment/Missing Persons Unit, NCIS, USMC, University of Texas Center for Human Identification, Chester County District Attorney's Office, Chester County Coroner's Office, and family members, John Doe was positively identified via DNA as United States Marine Cpl. Robert Daniel Corriveau.
Cpl. Corriveau, originally from Lawrence, Massachusetts was twenty years old at the time of his death. He enlisted in the USMC in March 1965. He served several tours in Vietnam, was injured in the line of duty and was awarded two purple hearts. He received treatment for his wounds at the Chelsea Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
In October 1968, Cpl. Corriveau was admitted into the Philadelphia Naval Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was receiving psychiatric treatment. It has been determined that Cpl. Corriveau was discovered missing by hospital personnel at approximately 7:50 a.m., on November 18, 1968, which was the same day his deceased body was discovered along the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
The Pennsylvania State Police is attempting to contact anyone who may have information concerning this incident. This would include members of the United States Marine Corps or Navy who may have served with Cpl. Corriveau and Naval personnel or patients who were present at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital in October and November 1968. Individuals with information are asked to contact the Pennsylvania State Police at 610-268-5158, or e-mail SP1968marinedeath@pa.gov.
www.crimewatchpa.com/316/cases/cold-case-homicide-victim-robert-corriveau-uwchlan-township-chester-county-pennsylvania
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