Joseph “Joey” Norman Spears, originally of Harrison County, was identified by his mother from faded photos of his body, taken after he was hit by a car in Texas City, Texas, in 1973, according to the SunHerald.com. Officials with the Galveston medical examiner’s office requested that cold case investigators from Harrison County compile what they knew about Spears to compare notes with their counterparts in Texas. “I have mixed emotions,” Harrison County Sheriff’s Investigator Kristi Johnson told the site. A month later, authorities now know, he was struck and killed by a vehicle as he crossed a highway in Texas City. If every cemetery had an employee like Chelsea, we would be able to solve a lot more cases.”Click for more from the Sun Herald

Source: Fox News August 16, 2016 18:56 UTC