GENESEO, N.Y. (AP) - A decomposed body found in western New York may be that of a North Carolina fugitive who fled police more than a year and a half ago, authorities said.
The body is likely that of David Clyde Morgan, of Wilmington, North Carolina, who disappeared into a cornfield after pointing a handgun at a police officer in Geneseo, New York, in July 2018, Sheriff Thomas Dougherty said at a news conference Sunday evening. Dental records and DNA will be used to confirm the body is Morgan’s.
Morgan was driving with his girlfriend, Sandra Brown, in a stolen SUV when he was pulled over for a traffic violation, authorities said. He allegedly pointed a gun at the officer, who fired a shot at the couple as they ran away. Brown was captured, but Morgan vanished.
Two hunters who were searching for deer antlers in heavy brush off Route 20A found the skeletal remains of a human around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, police said. The remains were not far from where Morgan was last seen.
Morgan served 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in 2002 to a felony charge of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. He was on probation at the time of the traffic stop.
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