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Investigators with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation are seeking the help of community members in Cedar Rapids and two other U.S. cities to identify a man who was found dead last year in a Colorado.

The body was discovered in a remote camping area near Bailey, Colorado, in Park County, on May 28, 2024. A botanist estimated the human remains had been in the area since 2022 or 2023, according to a news release from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

Investigators have determined the dead individual — who is being calling John Doe — was male, likely of Eastern European descent, between 5’11” and 6’8,” and between 30 and 60 years old. A forensic facial reconstruction expert was called on to

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