The National Park Service is asking the public for help in an ongoing homicide investigation on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Investigators with the National Park Service are asking the public to provide photos or videos that they took on the Blue Ridge Parkway. On Saturday afternoon, October 9th, parkway personnel received a report from a park visitor of a body near a parkway overlook. Law enforcement rangers responded to the scene and located a deceased male below Yadkin Valley Overlook at Milepost 298.8. Investigators identified the victim as Josue Calderon, age 33 of Rhode Island. An autopsy, conducted by the North Carolina State Examiners Office determined the cause of death to be homicide. Though no further details are available at this time, information from other travelers and visitors is often very helpful to investigators. If you took photographs or videos on the Blue Ridge Parkway anywhere in North Carolina on October 9, 2021, or if you have any other information that could help, please submit a tip. You can remain anonymous.
CALL or TEXT 888-653-0009, or go to go.nps.gov/SubmitATip
or email nps_isb@nps.gov
