BOSTON (AP) - Police in Massachusetts are hoping to identify the torso of a man that was dumped on a Cape Cod beach nearly six years ago using a new DNA composite image.
WCVB-TV reports state police enlisted a Virginia company to generate a digital image of the victim’s face from DNA extracted from the body part.
Police hope that if someone can identify the victim, they can eventually locate a suspect.
The torso was found on June 4, 2014 in the dunes of Town Neck Beach in Sandwich.
It was dressed in a T-shirt from Windustrial Supply company in Cranston, Rhode Island, wrapped inside layers of plastic, and placed on a blue dolly.
State Police Sgt. Matt Lavoie told the station the man’s limbs had been likely removed to hinder identification.
Police say the man is believed to have been between 5-feet, 8-inches and 6-feet tall, 230 pounds with a surgical scar on the right side of his stomach.
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