Violet – Cherokee County authorities are puzzling over the fate of a Knoxville, Tenn., man whose decomposed remains were found a half-mile off of a remote dirt road in a heavily wooded area in late January.
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office is working with the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation concerning the discovery of skeletal remains in a wooded area off of Burrell Mountain Road.
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office described Kamron Peter Rondon as “African American male with dreadlocks who also goes by Boy Blue or V.I.,” in a Feb. 12 release that was updated Monday.
“V.I.” was short for Virgin Islands because Rondon was originally from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
Body found
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On Jan. 23, the sheriff’s office was contacted by the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation following the discovery of a human skull by a hiker off Burrell Mountain Road, a single-lane dirt and gravel road that winds through remote, mountainous, forested terrain in northwest Cherokee County north of Violet.
Authorities conducted a thorough search of the area on Jan. 27 with assistance from the SBI. A second search was conducted on Feb. 4, with additional support from Western Carolina University anthropology students, leading to the recovery of additional human remains.
“Following an extensive forensic investigation, the SBI has positively identified the deceased as Kamron Peter Rondon, a 35-year-old African American male with dreadlocks who also goes by Boy Blue or V.I.,” according to the sheriff’s office news release. “According to available information, Rondon had not been reported missing to any law enforcement agencies.”
His cause of death remains undetermined.
Seeking information
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information from the public to assist in the ongoing investigation.
Sheriff’s Lt. “Sport” Teasdale said a wallet was found among the remains that included identification.
The sheriff’s office believes Rondon was homeless at the time of his death, while online sources show that he had been from the Knoxville, Tenn., area.
Published reports show a marriage license for Rondon and Yassema Lydie Amos in June 2016, 13 months after he was released after serving a three-year prison sentence for an unspecified conviction in Tennessee in 2015.
An online booking mug website shows that he was arrested for driving while under the influence in 2018.
His Facebook page has little information but includes three pictures of a baby girl without further information posted in 2010.
