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MOSS POINT JOHN DOE: BM, 18-22 - found in the Escatawpa river un
der bridge on I-10 - Dec 8, 1982 *Gary Simpson*
By: Scorpio Date: February 12, 2020, 10:25 pm
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Skeletal remains found in the Escatawpa river under bridge on
I-10
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Re: MOSS POINT JOHN DOE: BM, 18-22 - found in the Escatawpa rive
r under bridge on I-10 - Dec 8, 1982
By: Scorpio Date: February 12, 2020, 10:25 pm
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Date of Discovery: December 8, 1982
Location of Discovery: Moss Point or Pascagoula, Jackson County,
Mississippi
Estimated Date of Death: Six months to three years prior
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete
skeleton
Cause of Death: Homicide by gunshot
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 18-22 years old
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 120-170 lbs.
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Healed injury on the front of his
head which would have left a scar on the left side of his
forehead. Most likely left-handed.
Identifiers
Dentals: Available. Advanced periodontal disease. Strong
overbite and fillings in several teeth.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Available.
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: A Converse shoe with red trim on the sole (size 7.5)
for the right foot (the left shoe was not found), brown slacks
28x30), and a faded Hawaiian-themed sport shirt.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Circumstances of Discovery
The victim's skeletal remains were found in the Dog or Escatawpa
River under the eastbound I-10 bridge by divers shortly after
the recovery of a little girl's body. The bodies were about 60
yards apart.
Investigators believe the young man's body was thrown from the
bridge.
Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Pascagoula Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Det. Darren Versiga
Agency Phone Number: 228-938-6682
Agency Name: Jackson County Coroner’s Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 228-769-3197
Agency Name: Mississippi Chief Medical Examiner
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 601-987-1440
NCMEC Case Number: 1219914
NCIC Case Number: N/A
NamUs Case Number: UP #10451
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Re: MOSS POINT JOHN DOE: BM, 18-22 - found in the Escatawpa rive
r under bridge on I-10 - Dec 8, 1982
By: Scorpio Date: February 12, 2020, 10:26 pm
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Pascagoula-Dog River, skeletal remains, reconstruction photo
December 08, 1982
The Pascagoula Police Department is asking for your help in
identifying the person depicted in this picture. This is a
reconstruction of the victim. He was between 19 and 25 year of
age, around 5`5" and between 120 and 130 lbs. His remains were
found in Dog River on 12/8/1982. This is a homicide victim. He
had a predominate overbite and appears to have had extensive
dental work.
Do you remember a young man that fits his description and that
you have not seen in years?
Please call 1-877-787-5898, www.mscoastcrimestoppers or download
the free app, P3 Tips. You remain anonymous! No caller id or
recording of phone calls.
Please bring closure to this man`s family!
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Re: MOSS POINT JOHN DOE: BM, 18-22 - found in the Escatawpa rive
r under bridge on I-10 - Dec 8, 1982
By: Scorpio Date: February 12, 2020, 10:26 pm
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Jackson County John Doe was a young adult who was discovered in
Moss Point, Mississippi. His remains were found after police
searched the Dog river after the discovery of Delta Dawn. The
two cases are not likely related, as this victim had died months
or years prior.
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Re: MOSS POINT JOHN DOE: BM, 18-22 - found in the Escatawpa rive
r under bridge on I-10 - Dec 8, 1982
By: Scorpio Date: December 6, 2022, 10:31 pm
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Moss Point John Doe has been identified as 20 year-old Gary
Simpson of New Orleans, Louisana.
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Re: MOSS POINT JOHN DOE: BM, 18-22 - found in the Escatawpa rive
r under bridge on I-10 - Dec 8, 1982
By: Scorpio Date: December 6, 2022, 10:32 pm
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Moss Point John Doe identified 40 years after his body was found
By Shelby Myers
Published: Mar. 24, 2022 at 2:38 PM AEDT
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) -A body found in the Escatawpa River in
Mississippi in 1982 has now been identified as Gary Simpson.
Simpson was a John Doe with the Jackson County Sheriff’s
Department for 40 years. His body was found around the same time
the body of a baby, Jane Doe was found.
Simpson’s youngest sister, Tanya Leal said, “I always bragged
that that was my best sibling.”
Leal said Gary, the oldest brother, was not only her favorite,
but their mother’s too. The beloved 20-year-old vanished around
1982.
Leal recounts what happened when she was just 11 years old, “I
remember his girlfriend coming over and telling my mom and dad
that some people came and kidnapped him.”
Gary lived around the corner from them in the 7th ward of New
Orleans.
Leal said their mother filed a missing person’s report and
rumors circled for years, but there were never any real signs of
Gary.
“This part I do remember, people would tell my mama, they just
saw him here and there and mom and dad would go and look and
nothing and so I don’t know who was playing these games with my
mother...” said Leal.
Little did they know, two hours away, in Mississippi, Simpson
was found in the swamps of the Escatawpa River underneath
Interstate 10. Simpson’s cause of death was homicide. They just
had no clue who he was. He was labeled a John Doe for forty
years.
With the help of Othram, a company that uses DNA and genealogy
to identify Jane and John Doe’s, Jackson County investigators
let Leal and her siblings know they had their missing brother.
“I always thought one day he would come home,” Leal said, “It
was very emotional for all of us because that was the first time
we heard he was dead.”
Leal said she believed her brother did get into some trouble,
but didn’t deserve to die.
Now, her family’s focus shifts on who did this to him.
Leal said she’ll hold tight to the good memories she shared with
her brother all those years ago.
“He would dance like he was, I called him, the black John
Travolta. He was the life of the party,” said Leal.
Leal said March 10th would have been Simpson’s 60th birthday.
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