Skeletal remains believed to be missing homeless veteran

Skeletal remains believed to be missing homeless veteran in Riviera Beach

By ADAM PLAYFORD

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Thursday, July 30, 2009

RIVIERA BEACH — The police made two announcements about Gary Dale Wilson this week, back to back: Person lost, remains found.

Person lost: Homeless, veteran, 61, 5-foot-10, 140 pounds, missing two months, very ill, needs medicine.

Remains found: In woods, south of Martin Luther King Boulevard. Near a dozen bottles of medicine and cans of liquid food and a little wooden shelter just big enough for someone to sleep comfortably. Still seeking his family.

The medical examiner has not yet given the skeleton a name. But the bottles' labels said Gary Dale Wilson, and Gary Dale Wilson's Veterans Affairs Hospital medication card was there.

OK, then. So who was Gary Dale Wilson?
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Skeletal remains believed to be missing homeless veteran