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       Re: WILLIAMS COUNTY JOHN DOE: WM, 30-40 - Found in the Missouri
       River - June 22 1982 
   DIR By: Scorpio
       Date: August 14, 2020, 1:08 am
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       Williams County Sheriff’s Office identifies John Doe from 1982
       BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - A deceased man who's body went
       unidentified for 38 years in Williams County has finally been
       identified.
       The Williams County Sheriff’s Office opened the cold case up six
       weeks ago, and just started forensic investigations when a
       family member from Montana came forward and helped solve the
       case.
       After reading an article about a body being exhumed at the
       Riverside Cemetery in Williston Monday, a woman came forward and
       said the tattoos on the body were something her uncle Philip
       Peterson would've had.
       "We were able to positively identify him through fingerprints.
       He'd never been reported as missing because his family thought
       he kind of just left," said Williams County Sheriff's Office
       Sgt. Detective Caleb Fry.
       Philip Peterson’s body was found on the Missouri River east of
       Williston on June 22, 1982. Sgt. Detective Caleb Fry says the
       family was happy they finally knew where their uncle was, and
       they didn’t give the Sheriff’s Office a lot of details about
       him.
       "We didn't really get a very large profile of him; just that he
       was a fun guy and that he just left one day," added Sgt.
       Detective Caleb Fry.
       The man's body will no longer have to lay in an unmarked grave,
       because the family is now deciding where he will permanently lay
       to rest.
       The sheriff’s office says they are happy to have been able to
       get word out so quickly about the case. Detectives say they
       probably won’t be digging up any more cold cases, as this is the
       only one they’re aware of in the county.
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