Unidentified Remains on December 17

Unidentified Remains (33)

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Unidentified Male

Male · SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico

Found Dec 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

FOUND DEAD IN ABANDONED RESIDENCE

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 28 · Jim Hogg County County, Texas

Found Dec 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

Found on Fulbright Ranch in Jim Hogg County, Texas.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 99 · Washington, District of Columbia

Found Dec 17, 2001 · 25 years ago

Construction workers renovating an apartment found a skull in a crawl space of a ground floor apartment located at 1926 I street, NE apt 1.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 10 · Unknown, Montana

Found Dec 17, 1996 · 30 years ago

Human skull with maxilla and mandible obtained by the Lewis and Clark County Office of the Coroner in 1996. Unknown origin. Two teeth were tested for radiocarbon at the University of Arizona Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory. According to these…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 17, 1961 · 65 years ago

Recovered 35 feet from Sims bayou in heavy underbrush, in ana rea that had been recently flooded during Hurricane Carla. Property owned by Manchester terminal.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 45 · Topawa, Arizona

Found Dec 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

US Border Patrol discovered skeletal remains in the remote desert.

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · Pensacola, Florida

Found Dec 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Found in a wooded area.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 30 · Ephratah, New York

Found Dec 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Skeletal remains recovered from a shallow grave in Western Fulton County NY, Town of Ephratah. Remains were located by an excavation crew working in a small, remote gravel quarry. Remains are that of a b/f, late teens to mid twenties. Slender build. Several…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 70 · Long Beach, California

Found Dec 17, 2009 · 17 years ago

Decedent was a local transient known as "Jesus". He was found unresponsive in a tent on 12/17/2009.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 45 · New York, New York

Found Dec 17, 2007 · 19 years ago

Unknown hispanic or asian female seen by construction worker floating against the dock just north of the Williamsburg Bridge. NYPD Harbor patrol pulled her out of the water at Grand St and the East River.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 70 · Los Angeles County County, California

Found Dec 17, 2007 · 19 years ago

The decedent was crossing the street at Rosemead Blvd. and Mission Dr. when he was struck by a vehicle. The decedent was transported to the hospital where he remained until his death on 12-18-2007.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 99 · Winterhaven, California

Found Dec 17, 2005 · 21 years ago

On Saturday 12/17/2005 some male human remains were recovered in the open desert area NW of Winterhaven, Ca. Please refer to attached clothing photographs found near the remains.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 23 · Fort Bend County County, Texas

Found Dec 17, 2000 · 26 years ago

Skeletal remains found by passerby. EDD is 3-9 months/prior injury or trauma to tailbone

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 80 · New York, New York

Found Dec 17, 1989 · 37 years ago

Possible homeless woman found unresponsive riding in a subway car (A Train).

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · New York, New York

Found Dec 17, 1989 · 37 years ago

Unknown man was found on the railroad tracks at Penn Station.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 80 · New York, New York

Found Dec 17, 1989 · 37 years ago

Unknown man who had been taking shelter inside an abandoned vehicle in New York.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Arlington, Virginia

Found Dec 17, 1989 · 37 years ago

Unidentified person, likely homeless, was found unresponsive on a bench in front of a metro station. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced.

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Unsure, est. age 17 · Rye, New York

Found Dec 17, 1987 · 39 years ago

On 12/17/1987 the badly decomposed body of an unidentified male was discovered on the Exit 22, I-95 entrance ramp from Midland Avenue in the City of Rye. The body was shot multiple times with a handgun and shotgun to the head and right arm. The body was…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 70 · Gales Creek, Oregon

Found Dec 17, 1977 · 49 years ago

A fisherman found the body of an unidentified white male in Gales Creek, Washington County. The body was fully clothed wearing blue bib overalls, a gray sweatshirt, and brown leather tie on boots. This individual had been shot 3 times in the head: homicide.

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · North Charleston, South Carolina

Found Dec 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

Bone found in crawlspace of home by new homeowner

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 61 · Lancaster, California

Found Dec 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

This skeletal body was found in a grave in the Lancaster desert

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Unidentified Male

Male · Austin, Texas

Found Dec 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

An unidentified decedent was observed on a highway on 12/17/2022 in Austin, Texas.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 90 · Dolan Springs, Arizona

Found Dec 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Human mandible discovered by person walking in the desert. No other remains were located

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Manati, Puerto Rico

Found Dec 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Found deceased on the side of the road

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 25 · Kenedy County County, Texas

Found Dec 17, 2012 · 14 years ago

Human remains uncovered on a ranch in Kenedy County, TX.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 27 · Conyers, Georgia

Found Dec 17, 2010 · 16 years ago

Likely suicide. Remains found near a house that had been vacant for 2 years. Remains were directly below a hose tied into a noose and a chair that was turned over.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 42 · Cameron County County, Texas

Found Dec 17, 2007 · 19 years ago

skeletonized remains, found in Cameron County

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Borrego Springs, California

Found Dec 17, 2007 · 19 years ago

These partial skeletal remains were discovered in a campground in Borrego Springs, a remote area of San Diego County. Personal effects were also found nearby. Those personal effects belong to a missing person: John Waller, date of birth 9/29/1946. DNA is in…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Memphis, Tennessee

Found Dec 17, 2002 · 24 years ago

Remains were found scattered on ground surface. Remains found behind abandoned house at Raleigh Le Grange Rd and Coleman Rd.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Macon County County, North Carolina

Found Dec 17, 1994 · 32 years ago

Skull found December 17, 1994

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Unidentified Male

Male · Chicopee, Massachusetts

Found Dec 17, 1990 · 36 years ago

Partial skeletal remains.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 65 · San Francisco, California

Found Dec 17, 1979 · 47 years ago

A man spotted the subject floating in the waters of the San Francisco Bay just off of Pier 33.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 99 · Nueces County County, Texas

Found Dec 17, 1972 · 54 years ago

Found by Atlantic-Tichfield Company employee. Partial skeleton covered by about 6 inches of water. No skull or arms or from the knee down were found at the scene.

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