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A-4 Town Talk, Alexandria-Pineville, Tuesday, June 17, 1975 Officials End Bid to Identify Dead 'John Doe' THE SUN NEW ORLEANS (AP) youth who penned a care ful plea for anonymity, then took his own life has finally been buried in an unmarked grave. AUNAVS SHINES ON DISCOUNTS LIKE THESE! But first, officials launched a four-month na tional search to identify the youth, who hung himself from a persimmon tree on St. Valentine Day. Their only clue was a four- page note addressed to an unidentified "Mom and Dad," explaining in unhurried script why he had to kill himself. EQUfS "I feel I have acted very methodically and coolly in my action and my words," he wrote.

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