Body found on the BW Parkway decades ago finally identified with the help of volunteers

A man whose body was found along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway 45 years ago has finally been identified, with help from a group of volunteer genealogists.

Earlier this month, U.S. Park Police and the DNA Doe Project identified 24-year-old Eddie Devone as the man found along the northbound lanes of the highway near the interchange with the Capitol Beltway back in 1981.

“They checked local hospitals, any missing persons reports, took fingerprints, did all their investigatory work.