Authorities ID Key Largo remains as Miami man who vanished in 1988

KEY LARGO, Fla. — Authorities in the Florida Keys announced the identification of human remains related to an unsolved case from the 1980s.

According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the department’s Major Crimes Unit detectives, along with investigators from Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Monroe County Medical Examiner Office identified the remains of a previously unidentified Black man who was found on May 4, 1988 off County Road 905 in north Key Largo.

Deputies said the remains have been confirmed as Alfonso James Spikes, 61, of Miami…

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