The identification of a young man found dead in a Lauderhill field more than 50 years ago could lead to solving an old murder mystery, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Now that they know the victim’s name, detectives are asking for help.
In 1975, two people riding ATVs in an open field near Lauderhill found the body, but with no evidence or identification investigators searched for some way to ID him. The case eventually grew cold and sat untouched for decades.
That was until BSO’s Cold Case Homicide Detective John Curcio recently identified the man as Robert Russell Freese…