Body In Lakewood Car Trunk IDed: JeffCo Sheriff

LAKEWOOD, CO– The Jefferson County Sheriff's office announced that the human remains found in an abandoned car trunk Friday were identified.

Dean Clark Willis, 52, of Lakewood, was identified as the deceased person located in the car found at 3505 S. Nelson Circle June 28. Willis had been missing since May 9.

A U.S. Marshal who was searching for Wallis because he had reportedly violated his parole, found Wallis's car and called the sheriff's office after noticing the odor from the car trunk, the sheriff's office said in a statement.

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The sheriff's office did not immediately identify Wallis's cause of death.

Anyone with information regarding this crime is asked to call the JCSO tip line at 303-271-5612 or Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at (720) 913-STOP (7867).

Related: Human Remains Found In Lakewood Car Trunk: JeffCo Sheriff

This story has been updated to correct the age of Wallis.

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