Mystery lingers about unidentified body

By Elna Seabrooks
Staff Writer
    HOULTON — A single clue to the identity of a man whose badly decomposed body was discovered in Stacyville leaves state police asking the public for help to determine who he was. Deer hunters discovered the body three weeks ago in woods off Route 11.
    According to police spokesman, Steve McCausland, the man was wearing a blue and white knit cap with the name “CHRIS” knitted into the design.  McCausland said the State Medical Examiner’s Office found no signs of foul play and put the death at sometime in early September. The man is believed to have been in his 50s, about 5 feet, 9 inches tall weighing about 150 pounds.
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WHO WAS HE? — A blue and white knit cap with the name “CHRIS” in the design has not yielded the identity of man whose badly decomposed body was found in the Stacyville woods Nov. 4.
    Police found a black briefcase near the body that contained three empty juice and water bottles, two spray cans of “OFF” insect repellant and a medium brown sweater. He was wearing a blue and white plaid button-down, long sleeve shirt, St. John’s Bay khaki pants (33 inch waist and 30 inch inseam), a dark brown St. John’s Bay medium-size canvas jacket and white New Balance sneakers size 10EE.   
    Maine State Police are asking anyone with information on the man’s identity to call the Houlton barracks at 532-5400.