The Pembroke Pines Police Office needs your help cracking cold cases.
The investigation into two suspicious deaths remains open because police don't know who the victims are. Identifying them could help identify the suspects.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, Officer Donna Velazquez is hoping each picture she’s collected will spell major leads.
"I believe the identity unlocks the whole entire case," she said, referring to cases that have gone cold.
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“There is new technology available with regards to forensic artistry and forensic anthropology," she explained.
It’s lead to new sketches of how the victims would look today. The first is a man shot and burned beyond recognition on 184th and Pines back in 1984. Investigators found his body next to 19 year old Tammy Crider's body. A suspected gang member, now deceased, was charged in her death.
Authorities found another unidentified victim face down in the woods away from traffic on 172nd and Pines in 1982. Officers call both deaths suspicious.
Both victims’ remains are still stored at the Broward County morgue, nearly 30 years after the crimes.
"These men need a proper burial. They belong to somebody…my gut feeling is, somewhere along the line, someone is missing a son, someone's missing a brother, an uncle, a friend," Velazquez said.
It's why Pembroke Police continue their efforts to keep the cases open.
"Sometimes we just have to dust things off, dig a little deeper and bring them home. That's what we want to do," she said.
If you have any information about either victims, you’re asked to call Pembroke Police at 954-436-3279.
