A shallow grave in Masardis, Maine, turned up human remains on August 15, 1997 that ended a three-year mystery. The remains were identified as Louis D. Alexander, 60, and his associate Joseph Savitch, both from the Fall River, Massachusetts, area. The state medical examiner ruled both deaths homicides by gunshot.

Known as Miami Beach Louie, Alexander and Savitch, nicknamed Joe the Animal, had disappeared in 1994 after being indicted that year in Aroostook County on a string of burglaries said to have taken about $1 million in cash and property. Some observers speculated their killings were a mob hit, though no official confirmation of that theory exists in the case file. Investigators later questioned two suspects arrested in Connecticut, but those individuals were not extradited to Maine and no charges in the murders have been resolved.

Anyone with information about Alexander, Savitch, their activities in 1994, or the Masardis area in August 1997 is asked to come forward.