MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – Investigators have finally put a name to a face in a mystery that has haunted the Florida Keys since the late 1980s.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, alongside the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and the local Medical Examiner, announced this week that human remains discovered in 1988 belong to Alfonso James Spikes.
The case began on May 4, 1988, when a body was discovered discarded off County Road 905 in North Key Largo. At the time, the victim—an unidentified Black man—was found wrapped in three sheets and buried under a pile of trash…