Unidentified Remains on August 17

Unidentified Remains (32)

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · Brooks County County, Texas

Found Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Brooks County decedent #71 found on August 17, 2021 on the Mariposa Ranch.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Hidalgo, Texas

Found Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Decedent found in the Rio Grande River Severely Decomposed.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 35 · Bronx, New York

Found Aug 17, 1991 · 35 years ago

Unknown male found unresponsive in 3rd floor hallway at above location.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Brooks County County, Texas

Found Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

An adult deceased Hispanic man was found about one hundred yards from County Road 108, about fifteen feet away from a ranch fence line. The decedent had an identification card from El Salvador, with the name Reynaldo Antonio Merino Calderon. This is decedent…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 99 · Ipswich, Massachusetts

Found Aug 17, 2001 · 25 years ago

Isolated femur washed up on beach.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Manhattan, New York

Found Aug 17, 2026 · this year

Found unresponsive in apartment. Tentative name of Dang Xing Wang and Qiu-Wei Wang, but these names have not been verified and family has not been notified.

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Unsure · Maverick County County, Texas

Found Aug 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

The remains were found on Heavenly Farm Ranch on August 17th, 2022. The remains were exhumed on January 9th, 2023 in Maverick County, Texas

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Unidentified Male

Male · Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Found Aug 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

A worker found a skull and scapula behind a hotel that was being demolished.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 99 · Marana, Arizona

Found Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Remains discovered in remote desert wash near Marana, AZ

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Chandler, Arizona

Found Aug 17, 1999 · 27 years ago

This man is believed to be a smuggler that was transporting 32 immigrants in a van that flipped over on the I-10 freeway near Chandler. No one would or could provide information about his identity.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 50 · Queens, New York

Found Aug 17, 1997 · 29 years ago

Unknown female found floating in the Flushing River at Roosevelt Avenue and Van Wyck Expressway.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 65 · Brooklyn, New York

Found Aug 17, 1993 · 33 years ago

Unknown male found unresponsive behind 160 Van Brunt Street. Taken to Long Island College Hospital, where he was pronounced.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 70 · Salem, Oregon

Found Aug 17, 1993 · 33 years ago

Decedent was found deceased in a sleeping bag in an obscure region north of Kubler Road near 36th Street SE in Salem, Oregon. Subject wore a "Nike" T-shirt and jeans.

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Male, est. age 35 · Near Bowie, Arizona

Found Aug 17, 1992 · 34 years ago

The decedent was a passenger involved in a vehicular accident involving a semi-tractor trailer. The driver of decedent's vehicle was also killed and has been identified as Ismael Ortiz, who had been living in Phoenix.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 55 · Atoka, Oklahoma

Found Aug 17, 1972 · 54 years ago

Very badly decomposed body of male showing advanced decomposition and skeletonization. Found along the highway.

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Male, est. age 32 · Baltimore, Maryland

Found Aug 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

Skeletal remains found in a vacant residence.

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Male · Winter Park, Colorado

Found Aug 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

The decedent was found by mushroom hunters in a very moist and wet area. The area was covered with thick loam, shaded, swampy, with moss, ferns, and downed trees. Found at the scene was a cranium with mandible nearby. Both had intact teeth. Three feet from…

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Male · Haleiwa, Hawaii

Found Aug 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

The decedent was discovered in a makeshift tent in dry brush on 08/17/2023.

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Male · Poteau, Oklahoma

Found Aug 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

Located in a trash container at a sewer plant.

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Male, est. age 36 · Fresno, California

Found Aug 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

The decedent was homeless. He was allowed to stay in the backyard of the property owners. They only knew him as "Beto". He was found deceased in the backyard.

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Unsure · Brooks County County, Texas

Found Aug 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Unidentified 2022 Brooks County decedent number 75 located on the "Cage Ranch" on August 17, 2022.

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Unsure, est. age 19 · West Palm Beach, Florida

Found Aug 17, 2019 · 7 years ago

On 8-17-2019 a homeless person discovered skeletal remains in the brush behind an industrial park.

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Unsure, est. age 60 · Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Found Aug 17, 2012 · 14 years ago

Police were called for the discovery of a bone on the beach. The bone was located on top of the sand in the dune grass portion of the beach.

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Male, est. age 60 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Found Aug 17, 2009 · 17 years ago

Found at local residence. Previous owner was in law enforcement and collected item from a farmer's field.

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Male, est. age 40 · Bakersfield, California

Found Aug 17, 2008 · 18 years ago

Decedent was in a MVA, major trauma to head and torso.

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Male · Sodus Point, New York

Found Aug 17, 2007 · 19 years ago

Human foot inside a boot and sock found on the shore of Lake Ontario.

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Male, est. age 50 · Quincy, Illinois

Found Aug 17, 2005 · 21 years ago

Remans found partially buried along the Mississippi Riverbank about 1/3 of a mile south of Lock & Dam #21.

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Unsure, est. age 6 · Spring Valley, California

Found Aug 17, 2000 · 26 years ago

The remains were found in a remote area of a business in Spring Valley.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Found Aug 17, 1995 · 31 years ago

the employee's of Jack's Step In Lounge were cleaning and threw some trash. At approx 1545 they threw more trash and found the decedent in the dumpster in back of the lounge. The PD were not notified until approx 1730. They found the decedent wrapped in a…

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Male, est. age 45 · Bellaire, Texas

Found Aug 17, 1993 · 33 years ago

DECEDENT F0UND AT AN UNAUTH0RIZED DUMPING SITE WHERE SEVERAL TRANSIENTS APPEARED T0 LIVE

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 59 · Fort Worth, Texas

Found Aug 17, 1987 · 39 years ago

The decedent was found on a creek bank in a decomposed state. He had the phone number of a cab co. and a driver name in his pocket. The cab driver knew him as a customer, but didn't know his name.

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Male, est. age 39 · Thomas County County, Kansas

Found Aug 17, 1979 · 47 years ago

Unidentified male found in Thomas County, KS on 08/17/1979.

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