Decades-Old Lake Mystery Unraveled: Fugitive's Body Found, Identity Confirmed
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The body of a man found wrapped in tire chains and anchored with a hydraulic jack in Kentucky's Lake Barkley in 1999 has been identified as Roger Dale Parham, a fugitive accused of rape who had been missing for over a decade. Advanced genealogy DNA testing linked the unidentified body to a relative of Parham, leading investigators to solve the mystery of his disappearance. However, the cause of Parham's death remains undetermined, and the case is now being investigated as a homicide due to the suspicious circumstances surrounding the discovery of his body.
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