Dead cyclist finally ID'd.

I-10 hit-run victim was Navy veteran


ARIZONA DAILY STAR

Authorities on Tuesday identified a bicyclist killed earlier this month when
he was struck on Interstate 10 by a big rig.

Edward William Rose, 63, was riding his bicycle on the interstate near
Marana on Dec. 13 when he was killed in a hit-and-run collision.

The last known address for Rose was in Bisbee, though investigators said
they believe he has not lived there for some time. Rose was originally from
California and had been living in southeastern Arizona since 1980. He was a
Navy veteran who served on the USS Enterprise. His last known occupation was
in-home caretaker, according to a news release from the state Department of
Public Safety.

Rose was identified by his fingerprints.

Detectives still are looking for the truck that hit Rose and are
interviewing witnesses, said DPS Officer Frank Torres.

Anyone with information may call 746-4500 or 88-CRIME, the anonymous tip
line of the Pima County Attorney's Office.

On 22 Dec 2004 21:49:56 GMT, (J999w) wrote:

Rose was identified by his fingerprints.

Ouch. That says a lot.

jw

Not necessarily. In-home caretakers can easily have a low social
profile and the fingerprints going to an arrest or Department of
Defense record may have been the only easily available public record.

Besides, for the person that died, the quicker the better. The nurses
assistant that had the man stuck in her windshield comes to mind as a
much less acceptable alternative. I never saw the results of that, but
if anyone deserves a long separation from society...

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

"Curtis L. Russell" wrote in message
...
On 22 Dec 2004 21:49:56 GMT, (J999w) wrote:

Rose was identified by his fingerprints.

Ouch. That says a lot.

jw

Not necessarily. In-home caretakers can easily have a low social
profile and the fingerprints going to an arrest or Department of
Defense record may have been the only easily available public record.

Besides, for the person that died, the quicker the better. The nurses
assistant that had the man stuck in her windshield comes to mind as a
much less acceptable alternative. I never saw the results of that, but
if anyone deserves a long separation from society...

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

Sort of pathetic that when this guy was just some bicyclist who was run over
on the highway no one thought anything about him. Find out that he was a
real person and all of a sudden he gains stature almost to human being.

Sort of pathetic that when this guy was just some bicyclist who was run
over
on the highway no one thought anything about him. Find out that he was a
real person and all of a sudden he gains stature almost to human being.


it was just roadkill till the fingerprints, in the computer, revealed a
name and resume. in fact, a few of the motorists that drove over, what was
left of him, called the police, after the story came out. they said they
thought they went over a dead animal. in one of the followup stories, it
was revealed that 75% of the body is still missing. what they had to work
with was some arms, a head, and one leg.

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:47:53 GMT, "Tom Kunich"
wrote:

Sort of pathetic that when this guy was just some bicyclist who was run over
on the highway no one thought anything about him. Find out that he was a
real person and all of a sudden he gains stature almost to human being.

We start as statistics and to statistics we will return. Chung will
triumph in the end - I can only hope to be a dot somewhere on my own
in the fourth quadrant. I'm dedicating the rest of my life to
developing non-correlative attributes, but my wife is starting to
worry.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:47:53 GMT, "Tom Kunich"
wrote:

Sort of pathetic that when this guy was just some bicyclist
who was run over on the highway no one thought anything about
him. Find out that he was a real person and all of a sudden
he gains stature almost to human being.

"We start as statistics and to statistics we will return."

That's true but what continues to go through my mind is that some
drugged out hippy walked out onto the freeway by my house near midnight
back in the 70's.

He was struck by a car and killed. This was unfortunate but
understandable. The driver was somewhat high himself but had the walker
not been on his way to the fast lane there wouldn't have been a death.

But the absolutely shocking thing to me was that there was a line of
cars behind the body stopped. They began DRIVING OVER THE CORPSE!
Perhaps 3 cars did this before I went ballistic. Luckily a cop got
there about that time and the rest routed around the deceased or else
there's a good chance that there'd have been some related deaths.

But I NEVER forgot what people are willing to do to other people they
don't know.