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Kevin Alvin Jude Carroll

Case from Ridley-township, PA dated Dec 13, 1978

Victim Details

Kevin Alvin Jude Carroll

Male

White / Caucasian

Ridley-township

PA

1978-12-13

18

Kevin

Alvin Jude Carroll

07/27/2026

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For more than four decades, the identity of a young man found deceased in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania, remained a mystery. On December 13, 1978, the body of 18-year-old Kevin Alvin Jude Carroll, a male, was discovered in Crum Creek. He had been shot multiple times, and his death was ruled a homicide. For 44 years, he was known only as 'John Doe,' a nameless victim in a cold case.

Kevin, who was from Salem, Oregon, had been discharged from the U.S. Air Force at McGuire Air Force Base in ...
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  • CBS3 Mysteries: Veteran Doe Helps Delaware County ID Man Found In Ridley Township Creek In 1978
  • NBC10 Philadelphia: Homicide Victim ID'd as Man Who Went Missing From Air Force Base in 1978
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