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Body found near Apex ID’d

Monday, Oct. 21, 2002 | 9:49 a.m.

The body of a man found dead Oct. 5 in the desert just south of Apex near Interstate 15 has been idenfied as J.R. Smith, the Clark County coroner's office said this morning.

Smith, 87, was last seen by his family on Oct. 1. Smith's automated teller machine card was used Thursday at the Gold Coast, Metro Police said.

Police had issued a bulletin on Smith as missing.

An autopsy showed Smith died of stab wounds and blunt trauma, the coroner's office said.

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