Feaster Jewel "Jack" Eaton was an elderly man whose skeletal remains alongside his dentures were found by a bulldozer operator clearing a wooded area on Bilnoski Road in Willis, Texas, near Afton Park and the Walker County line.
He was identified in 2013 through DNA testing.
Case[]
In 1982, Eaton was recorded in government documents to have been living in Willis, Texas, and working as a machinist with his family living 2 hours away in Temple, Texas. Sometime during the early 1980s, a member of Eaton's family traveled to Conroe, a town 15 minutes away from Willis, to go look for Eaton. The relative had reported that they had found Eaton's car at a gas station with his items inside, though the man driving it was not Eaton. Upon investigation, the relative found the driver to be a Native American man who claimed Eaton had given him the car. This man had minimal details on the decedent's whereabouts at the time but informed the relative that he had last seen Eaton with a Hispanic man. The relative returned home shortly afterward, with Eaton not being reported missing.
On January 20th, 2001, a bulldozer operator clearing away trees in a wooded area near Afton Park in Willis, Texas, came across a set of partial dentures on the ground. Curious, the operator would investigate further until they stumbled across skeletal remains and pieces of decayed clothing. Upon investigation by authorities, the dentures were found to have been labeled "Eaton" and originated from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Despite this discovery, the case would go cold until many years later.
In 2013, DNA testing conducted on the remains connected them to Eaton's family and positively identified them as belonging to Jack Eaton. It is currently suspected that the decedent was killed, likely with the man he had last been seen with. No further details about the case have since been released.
Characteristics[]
- Partial dentures with the name "Eaton" inscribed on them including the serial number "1330841" that were issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Clothing[]
- Underwear zipper.
- A piece of a pants pocket.
- A belt buckle.