Martin County Sheriff ids homicide victim through DNA

Martin County, Fl- The Martin County Sheriff has identified the homicide victim through DNA.

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HOMICIDE VICTIM IDENTIFIED THROUGH DNA

Martin County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations Detectives have positively identified the man whose body was found in a shallow pond earlier this week.

Through DNA confirmation, the victim has been identified as 40-year old Leodere Verdisca of Port St. Lucie. His body was found in wooded area in a shallow body of water near Cove Road and Willoughby Boulevard. His death has been ruled a homicide.

Detectives will continue their investigation through interviews and by reviewing evidence found at the scene.

If you have any information about Mr. Verdisca that might assist detectives with this case, please call 220-7060.

Original Story:

NEED TO IDENTIFY – SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP

Martin County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations Detectives are seeking information to help identify a man whose body was found in a shallow pond in a wooded area near Cove Road and Willoughby Boulevard last night.

The victim was in the advanced stages of decomposition limiting multiple factors that would normally help us make identification. We are asking the public to share what we do have, (such as distinctive tattoos) in an effort to identify him.

The victim is a white male, 5’10” – 5’11” tall, with an average build. He was wearing a white tank top, black sweat pants, and brown leather shoes. He had two distinctive tattoos that we are showing you in the photos.

On his left arm is the King of Spades. On his his right arm is a tattoo of what appears to be a candelabra, and a pirate’s skeleton that reads “No Mercy” over the pirates head. The victim was also wearing a wooden rosary around his neck.

Criminal Investigations Detectives are working this case as a homicide. If you have any information about this, please call the Martin County Sheriff’s Office at 772-220-7060