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Click to enlarge KISS Badges Play Role In Identifying Remains
From: Edmonton Sun

Posted: July 20, 2008

GENE SIMMONS doesn't know it yet, but his legendary rock band had a major role in helping to solve the mysterious discovery of a man's remains in Vegreville.

And now friends and relatives of Robin Douglas Goodwin, who would have turned 47 in February, want to thank the tongue-wagging KISS frontman.

It all started last Nov. 3, when the body of an unknown man was discovered in a wooded area near Vegreville.

Eleven days later, RCMP released several photos in an attempt to identify the man.

The pictures showed a denim jacket with several badges - including several for KISS.

"Once I saw the jacket I knew that was my friend's jacket," said Ken Peterson, who grew up with Goodwin in rural Saskatchewan.

"There (are) not too many people who have that amount of badges all on one denim jacket."

Now with Simmons coming to Edmonton to marshall the Indy race this week, Goodwin's friends and family are hoping to meet up with the rock legend and thank him.

"In some ways it's to thank them and it's to let them know what happened to a big fan of theirs. We know he's a very busy man but maybe he'll show some concern," said Peterson.

Goodwin was last seen Sept. 22, 2006, just after his shift as a heavy-duty mechanic in Nisku. His remains would turn up 13 months later.

Family had spent that time combing newspapers and obituaries looking for any sign of Goodwin.

"We watched bodies and unidentified remains show up in Vancouver," said brother-in-law Garry Boe, who said it was difficult every time family and friends heard of unidentified bodies turning up and not knowing whether it was Goodwin.

When police released photos of the jacket last November, Boe happened to spot the picture in a newspaper at the same moment that his wife happened to be writing an e-mail to the Edmonton Police Service. She added in a line about the photo and that they were positive it was Goodwin's.

DNA tests on June 24 concluded that the remains indeed were Goodwin's.

RCMP are investigating Goodwin's death as suspicious but are not releasing a cause.

Goodwin was a huge KISS fan, said Peterson.


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