Boston Police report murder detectives and an FBI crime lab have recognized a person whose stabbed physique was present in Boston Harbor close to Thompson Island on Dec. 4, 1991 as Toussaint Gonsalves, a graduate of the outdated Boston Excessive Faculty and presumably a resident of Dorchester.
Mr. Gonsalves was born on October 2, 1970. On the time of his dying, he was described as 5’11,” roughly 225 lbs., with brief cropped brown hair and brown eyes. He was sporting a heavy gray multi-colored knit sweater and a blue, white and inexperienced rugby shirt, black pants over purple operating shorts, and two pairs of black socks and black high-top sneakers. He had three scars on his left hand and his eyebrow appeared to have been shaved.
Police add:
Mr. Gonsalves’ identification is a direct results of the FBI’s use of investigative genetic family tree, a singular technique used to generate new leads in unsolved homicides, intercourse assaults, and different violent crimes. It combines the usage of DNA evaluation with conventional genealogical analysis and historic data to generate investigative leads. Investigators solely receive what another buyer utilizing a publicly accessible genealogical service would obtain from utilizing it.
Since his identification, investigators have discovered Mr. Gonsalves attended the previous Boston Excessive Faculty and will have been residing in Newton or Dorchester on the time of his homicide. He additionally might have been employed working in a kitchen.
Though he was not initially recognized, police say an post-mortem on the time confirmed he was the sufferer of a murder.
Anyone with data can name detectives at 617-343-4470 or contact the nameless tip line by calling 800-494-TIPS or by texting TIP to CRIME (27463).
