Cold Case – It was a police inspector who found his fingerprints while searching through an old file and who was able to ask the FBI to give a name to the “Pinacle Man”
On January 16, 1977, hikers found the frozen body of a man in a cave in Pennsylvania (United States). This Tuesday, nearly 50 years after this discovery, the Berks County Medical Examiner’s Office announced that it had identified the individual previously nicknamed “Pinacle Man”, in reference to the summit of the Appalachian Mountains near which his body was found, reports CNN.
The suspect is believed to be Nicholas Paul Grubb, 27 at the time. Technology played no role in identifying the man from Fort Washington. It was a Pennsylvania State Police detective who, while searching through files in early August, was able to find the fingerprint card lost during the examination of the young man’s body in 1977.
Lost fingerprints at the time
A preliminary autopsy failed to identify the deceased by appearance, clothing or personal effects, according to George Holmes, Berks County deputy chief medical examiner. An overdose, however, was reportedly determined to be the cause of death. His dental records and fingerprints were taken, but the latter were misplaced.
After its discovery this summer, the in(…) - 20minutes
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