AL BLOUNT JOHN DOE: WM, 33-43, found near railroad tracks in Blount, AL - 31 Oct 2005 - Alias Chad Patrick Singleton *PATRICK SPANN*

1139UMAL - Unidentified Male

Photos of the Victim

Date of Discovery: October 31, 2005
Location of Discovery: Blount County, Alabama
Estimated Date of Death: 2004 - 2005
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Cause of Death: Unknown

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 33 - 43 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 5'5" - 5'8"
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Fractured clavicle. Lower back condition

Identifiers
Dentals: Available. Numerous dental restorations
Fingerprints: Not available
DNA: Available

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: A .22 revolver

Circumstances of Discovery
Hunters found the victim's skeletal remains east of the railroad tracks near U.S. Highway 31 South, southeast of Garden City in a rural part of the edge of Blount County. Recovered near the remains was a .22 revolver with five spent cartridge cases and one in the cylinder. A woman's driver's license was also found. Investigators learned from the license's owner that her common law husband had taken her identification and she hadn't seen him since October 2004.

Investigators checked the identity of the common law husband as given by the woman and found that the identity belonged to a man who had died in 1995 (Chad Patrick Singleton, DOB: 04/01/1972)

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Blount County Coroner
Agency Contact Person: Coroner Mark Vaughn
Agency Phone Number: 205-625-4620
Agency Case Number: 06HV00323

Agency Name: Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences
Agency Phone Number: 256-539-1401

NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: UP #512
Former Hot Case Number: 776

Information Source(s)
NamUs
Cullman Times News Archive

1139UMAL

Imagine how #JohnDoe's girlfriend felt when after he committed suicide she learned that he had stolen someone's identity? WHO WAS HE? #ALABAMA 2005

Hunters found the victim's skeletal remains east of the railroad tracks near U.S. Highway 31 South, southeast of Garden City in a rural part of the edge of Blount County. Recovered near the remains was a .22 revolver with five spent cartridge...

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Remains found nearly 20 years ago identified as escaped inmate living under alias

Officials said the remains belonged to Patrick Grayson Spann from Mississippi.

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Remains found nearly 20 years ago identified as escaped inmate living under alias​

Remains found by hunters in Alabama nearly 20 years ago have finally been identified as an inmate who walked away from a detention facility before living under an alias.

Officials said the remains belonged to Patrick Grayson Spann from Mississippi.

Spann had escaped from the Hinds County detention facility in 1998.

His remains were found in October 2005 off Highway 31 near Garden City.

Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey said Spann had been living under the name Chad Patrick Singleton.

A gun and a driver’s license belonging to a woman were recovered with Spann’s remains.

The woman listed on the driver’s license was interviewed and revealed her partner, Chad Patrick Singleton, had taken her identification and abruptly vanished a year prior.

Further investigation revealed the name “Chad Singleton” belonged to a man who died in 1995.

The case was reopened in 2024, and it was discovered that the man known as Chad Singleton had two biological daughters while he was living in Blountsville.

The District Attorney’s Office submitted DNA evidence of one of the daughters for genetic genealogy testing to identify and locate possible relatives and lead authorities to the man’s true identity.

A possible biological son was found.


“Patrick Grayson Spann’s remains have been released to his family in Mississippi for proper burial. But, this does not conclude the investigation into his death. State and local law enforcement will continue to pursue and follow leads until all remaining questions surrounding his death have been resolved. I ask anyone who has information pertaining to the disappearance and death of Patrick Grayson Spann a/k/a Chad Patrick Singleton to contact the Blount County District Attorney’s Office,” Casey said.