A tip from a prisoner and multiple rounds of DNA testing led to Polk County Sheriff's detectives cracking a 50-year-old cold case. A body was found in 1972, and the homicide case was finally solved earlier this month. In 1972, deputies found a man's decomposing body in a field with two gunshot wounds to the head. A person fishing in the area found the body just to the south of the canal between Lake Lulu and Lake Ship in Eloise. For decades, Polk County Sheriff's detectives tried to identify the victim who was found with no wallet and no identification. The man appeared to be in his 40s to 50s but the body was in advanced stages of decomposition when it was found. Detectives did not find any leads or witnesses, and the body was buried in a pauper's grave. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/polk-county-cold-case-solved-eloise/67-17ee8174-d876-4a1e-97fb-b0a840b60f8f ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►X: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay