ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.- The final unidentified person mystery on the St. Petersburg Police Department’s cold case list has been laid to rest. After nearly half a century of anonymity, the man previously known only as a “John Doe” has been identified as 29-year-old Johnny Bradshaw of Tennessee.
The breakthrough concludes a saga that began in April 1980 at the Siesta Motel on 34th Street. Bradshaw was discovered shot in the head alongside another man, Jack Roy Davis.
While Davis was identified by investigators almost immediately, Bradshaw’s identity remained a blank slate. For decades, the only clues detectives had to work with were an artist’s sketch and a distinct Italian horn pendant found with his body…