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For 22 years, his identity has baffled the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.
The man’s severed head had been stuffed in a Billy Boot shopping bag and buried in a dump site in Conception Bay, near St. John’s. Two men looking for tree saplings discovered those remains in 2001.
The unknown victim has been known as Conception Bay John Doe ever since.
Now, a significant development in the police investigation may help resolve the enduring mystery.
“Based off the research, the ethnic origin of the person is Cuban and they’re most likely from the United States,”
