Overview
- Clarksville police named the man Thursday as 54-year-old Jyronna “JD” Parker after a March 22 discovery on the Ashland Park shoreline.
- A wallet was recovered, but the body’s condition blocked on-scene identification, and a dentist later confirmed the match using a jawbone and dental records.
- Parker disappeared Oct. 17, 2025, when Lexington police issued a Green Alert for a missing veteran, a public notice used for missing service members, that was canceled the next month.
- His son says the state of the remains may prevent learning what happened, and the family plans a funeral Friday at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home in Lexington.
- Reporters have asked police to explain the canceled alert and to share cause-of-death findings, but no substantive updates have been released.