Tucson escrow agent Charles C. Morgan's body was found lying near his new Mercury Cougar 40 miles west of Tucson 11 days after he disappeared in 1977. Morgan, 39 was wearing a bulletproof vest, a belt buckle that concealed a knife and a holster when he was shot in the back of the head with his own .357-caliber Magnum revolver. No fingerprints were found on the gun next to him.
In his car, Pima County sheriff's investigators found a cache of ammunition, several weapons, CB radios and one of Morgan's teeth wrapped in a handkerchief. The car was modified so it could be unlocked from the fender. A $2 bill with several Spanish surnames and a map of the area written on it was found pinned to his underwear.
In newspaper articles at the time, Morgan was said to have done escrow work for members of organized-crime families.
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