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Navy still trying to solve 11-year mystery

12:14 PM EDT on Wednesday, October 29, 2008

By 13News

2008 digital composite by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

This is a new composite of a man found dead in the water at Naval Station Norfolk in 1997.

NORFOLK – Naval investigators have new images of a man found dead in the water at Naval Station Norfolk 11 years ago.

They still don’t know who he is, though.

“John Doe’s” body was recovered during a dredging of the piers in May 1997. He had on a multi-colored jacket and a long-sleeved Nautica shirt.

Doe is thought to have been last seen in late 1996 or early 1997

Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents recreated his face from the skull in hopes that someone would recognize him, but so far, no one has come forward with that information.

Wednesday, they released a new computer software image, created by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Doe is thought to have been last seen in late 1996 or early 1997.

Video: NCIS releases new images of "John Doe"
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He had a bag from a Naval Exchange in a pocket, so he might have been at the NEX prior to his death.

Also in a pocket was the rap tape “Ill Style Live” produced by Elektra Entertainment and a pack of cigarettes.

Investigators revealed “John” may have been staying at the Breakers Inn in Ocean View and could have been at the Little Creek Family Service Center just before he disappeared.

John Doe was 5’10” to 6’ 1” tall and was between 21 and 25 years old.

Anyone who can help with the investigation can call NCIS Headquarters at 757-462-2488 or e-mail at ncistipline@ncis.navy.mil

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