“A definitive determination on manner of death will be determined by the Coroner’s office following an autopsy later this week,” police said in a news release Wednesday afternoon. Crime scene investigators worked the scene for several hours on Wednesday. They did not reveal the nature of that evidence.Įmergency crews found Sullivan on the ground near the trees northwest of the intersection. Police later identified the deceased as 62-year old David Blaine Sullivan, of Lawrence, and said evidence at the scene suggested that foul play was involved in his death. after receiving a 911 call reporting what the caller believed was a dead body near the Kansas River bridge, according to a post from the department on social media just before noon.
Police responded to the intersection of Sixth and Vermont streets at about 10:45 a.m. Police believe the death may be a homicide. Lawrence police are investigating after a man’s body was found Wednesday morning near downtown Lawrence. 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.Medical personnel remove a body from the area at the southern end of the Kansas River bridge in downtown Lawrence, near the intersection of Sixth and Vermont streets. Initial and subsequent attempts to identify the deceased male through fingerprint records in national and military data bases were unsuccessful. Correspondence detailing the man's description and polaroid photos were distributed to surrounding United States Marine Corps and Naval installations. The incident was reported by newspapers in the surrounding area, including Philadelphia, PA, and Wilmington, DE. 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. He also had what was believed to be a healed bullet wound on his upper left arm.
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 was white, appeared to be between twenty and thirty years of age, dark brown hair, and hazel eyes. The deceased male carried no wallet or identification.
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