Last month a Georgia mother was left with plenty of unanswered questions after discovering her son had been murdered in California. 2,000 miles away, Iris Flowers said her son was found in Death Valley, California with all of his internal organs missing.
Ryan Singleton, a 24-year-old aspiring model, left Atlanta in early July and headed off to follow his dreams of becoming an actor in Hollywood. While on his way to California, Singleton made stops in New Mexico, Arizona and Las Vegas before going missing in Baker, California.
Singleton’s body was discovered on September 21 by a couple of joggers running in the desert near Baker, the city right in between Los Angeles and Vegas.
Police immediately contacted Flowers and explained to her that not only was her son deαd, but his organs were missing.
“There were no organs. He said ‘Ma’am, there were no eyes, there was no heart, there was no lungs, there was no liver, there were no kidneys’”, said Flowers.
A spokesman for the San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office told Fox 5 that there is no word on a cause of deαth for Singleton, however the body was badly decomposed and investigators believe animals might have gotten a hold of Singleton’s organs.
The spokesman also exclaimed that the case has been sent to the specialized case division because it needs more attention.
Despite the work on her sons case, Flowers doesn’t believe that her sons organs were tampered with by animals.
“I don’t know of any animal that comes to a body and just picks out certain parts of the body. I don’t think it was animal activity at all,” said Flowers.
Flowers told Fox that Singleton left metro Atlanta early July and traveled to Los Angeles in a rented car. He drove pass New Mexico, Arizona and lastly, Las Vegas.
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His car was found a few miles from Baker in Death Valley, California.
Singleton was last seen in a gas station in July near Baker, and his body was found a month later.
The San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office has not disclosed when their investigation will be closed.
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| Back in December of 2012 Singleton had married his partner Kithe Brewster during a private ceremony in New York. |
Back in December of 2012 Singleton had married his partner Kithe Brewster during a private ceremony in New York. Cynthia Bailey of Bravo's Real Housewives of Atlanta, had attended.
Re-newsit got into contact with the authorities of San Bernardino back in October, and this is what they told him in regards to the investigation of Singleston's death:
I just got off the phone with Sgt. Newport with the San Bernardino Sheriff's department. Sgt. Newport was in charge of the investigation into Ryan Singleton's death. According to him, Ryan was found on September 21, 2013, in Death Valley, California. After an autopsy was performed and after a thorough investigation, no foul play was determined. Mrs. Flowers, Ryan's mother, has spoken to Sgt. Newport and has been fully apprised of their findings. Mr. Singleton's body had been in the desert, exposed to temperatures well over 120 F, and various animals known to scavenge carrion in that area, for approximately one month. His organs are missing because of the natural postmortem process with a little help from the animal population.However the rising model's mother believes otherwise.
Sgt. Newport advised me that the people who had been with Ryan days before his death were spoken to. They told investigators that nothing seemed out of the ordinary with Ryan, and investigators found nothing out of the ordinary about them. Although the autopsy showed no signs of foul play, the toxicology reports have not come back yet, and may not ever come back with significant findings due to the condition of the body.
Mrs. Flowers is asking for funds to return Ryan's body for burial, (please note, I am not taking donations, nor am I encouraging donations to this mother), this much I could verify - if his husband is not going to pay to have the body returned, the expense would be left to her. That would be a shame, he seems pretty well situated in life. She is also saying a pathologist needs to examine the body, but a pathologist has examined the body and she was told the results, so I'm not sure why she is adding this unfounded information.
Bottom line - no foul play and Mr. Singleton's organs were scavenged and decomposed through natural processes. No organ harvesting. Stop it. Please.
Since her son's death, She has however been paying close attention to the rising number of cases of people's bodies being found in the desert, with many of them missing organs.
After seeing one of these stories on November 15, Flowers posted via Facebook, "Not in vain! Seems like remains are being found a lot more since my son's story was told to the media. Still I have no answers pertaining to his death. Still waiting for results from investigation."
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