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Unidentified Remains on December 28

656 open cases in our database happened on December 28. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Unidentified Remains (41)

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Unidentified Male - N of Sells, Arizona
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 70 · N of Sells, Arizona
Found Dec 28, 2021 · 5 years ago

Individual was discovered in a remote desert area north of Sells by TOPD (USBP)

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Unidentified Female - Brooklyn, New York
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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 40 · Brooklyn, New York
Found Dec 28, 1991 · 35 years ago

Partial skeletal remains recovered in Gateway Park near Flatlands ave and Fountain ave by a security guard at a construction site.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Brooks County County, Texas
Found Dec 28, 2011 · 15 years ago

Recovered by the Brooks County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) and buried in the Old Sacred Heart Cemetery.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 50 · Lake County County, Illinois
Found Dec 28, 1991 · 35 years ago

Possibly Asian or Hispanic Female.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 50 · Little Rock, Arkansas
Found Dec 28, 1986 · 40 years ago

This victim was found at the above address lying face down in an alley under some pallets.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Roanoke, Virginia
Found Dec 28, 1956 · 70 years ago

Infant found in a shopping bag on the steps of a hospital

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Unidentified Male - Blythe, Georgia
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Unidentified Male

Male · Blythe, Georgia
Found Dec 28, 2025 · 1 year ago

Partial skeletal remains located in a clearing in the woods off Deans Bridge Road in Blythe, GA by hunters who were on the property.

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Unidentified Male - Los Angeles, California
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 85 · Los Angeles, California
Found Dec 28, 2024 · 2 years ago

The decedent appears to be an unhoused elderly Hispanic male who was known as "Emilio Hernandez". He lived in an encampment near the intersection of Westmoreland Drive and Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles. He collapsed on the evening of 12/28/2024 and his friend…

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Unidentified Male - Columbia, South Carolina
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 70 · Columbia, South Carolina
Found Dec 28, 2020 · 6 years ago

Property owners were clearing underbrush from a wooded lot at 750 South Beltline Boulevard when they discovered skeletal remains and clothing. The remains were scattered over an area of several hundred square feet by scavenging animals. The area is a flood…

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Unidentified Male - NW of Toro's Ranch, Arizona
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 66 · NW of Toro's Ranch, Arizona
Found Dec 28, 2020 · 6 years ago

Individual was discovered in a remote desert location about 2 miles north of the US-Mexico border by USBP

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Unidentified Male - Pima County County, Arizona
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 50 · Pima County County, Arizona
Found Dec 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

Individual discovered in a remote desert area in the Tohono O'Odham Nation

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Unidentified Male - Houston, Texas
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Houston, Texas
Found Dec 28, 2005 · 21 years ago

Decedent was found on the bank of Braes Bayou

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Unidentified Male - Phoenix, Arizona
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Phoenix, Arizona
Found Dec 28, 2005 · 21 years ago

Found in an alley with another deceased man. The other man was identified as a Mexican National.

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Unidentified Male - Chicago, Illinois
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 75 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Dec 28, 1999 · 27 years ago

Found under the back porch of a residence in the 900 Block of West Lawrence.

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Unidentified Male - Pima County County, Arizona
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 35 · Pima County County, Arizona
Found Dec 28, 1998 · 28 years ago
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Unidentified Male - Orange, California
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 80 · Orange, California
Found Dec 28, 1995 · 31 years ago

Cause of death undetermined (skeletal remains); deceased one year or more. Orange County Sheriff-Coroner website http://ocsd.org/divisions/prof/coroner/ud/john/9507985ro

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Unidentified Male - New York, New York
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 65 · New York, New York
Found Dec 28, 1995 · 31 years ago

Unknown white male found unresponsive in lobby at 2 St Mark's place, taken to Beth Israel Hospital where he was pronounced.

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Unidentified Male - Bronx, New York
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Bronx, New York
Found Dec 28, 1994 · 32 years ago

Unknown male found unresponsive in a shack in a vacant lot at east 163rd Street and Melrose Ave. Possible name of Daniel Nieto but this name has not been verified and next of kin has not been located.

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Unidentified Male - Sonoita (Santa Cruz County), Arizona
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 45 · Sonoita (Santa Cruz County), Arizona
Found Dec 28, 1990 · 36 years ago

Decedent found in a carport of a residence

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Unidentified Male - Aiken, South Carolina
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Aiken, South Carolina
Found Dec 28, 1987 · 39 years ago

Two boys cutting wood discovered skeletal remains.

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Unidentified Male - Cook County County, Illinois
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 65 · Cook County County, Illinois
Found Dec 28, 1985 · 41 years ago

Decedent was found down on the street by an unnamed bystander and taken to Illinois Masonic where he was pronounced deceased.

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Unidentified Male - Houston, Texas
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Houston, Texas
Found Dec 28, 1984 · 42 years ago

Found under Scott St Bridge.

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Unidentified Male - San Bernardino, California
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 67 · San Bernardino, California
Found Dec 28, 1984 · 42 years ago

John Doe #31-84 is a White male adult found collapsed on the sidewalk along a city street in San Bernardino. Death resulted from natural causes. Multiple tattoos present.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Opelika, Alabama
Found Dec 28, 2024 · 2 years ago

Human Skull was found by over the road truck driver in wooded area near the Walmart Distribution Center on Andrews Rd in Opelika, AL. Multiple searches were performed and no other skeletal remains were located.

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Unidentified Female

Female · Indianapolis, Indiana
Found Dec 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

On December 28, 2014 the Marion County Coroner's Office and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department investigated infant remains that were found at Eagle Creek Park. The remains were collected by the Marion County Coroner's Office for examination.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 45 · Valley Center, California
Found Dec 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the afternoon of December 28, 2014, a skull, which was determined to likely be an Asian male between the ages of 30-40-years-old, was discovered in a shed of a newly purchased property in Valley Center. Law enforcement was contacted and dispatched to the…

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · Camp Pendleton, California
Found Dec 28, 2009 · 17 years ago

The partial skeletal remains of this deceased was discovered on 12/28/09 along the railroad right of way in Camp Pendleton by a member of an environmental survey.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 70 · Las Vegas, Nevada
Found Dec 28, 2008 · 18 years ago

When the decedent's landlord had not seen him in several days, she went to his apartment and knocked on the door several times. Receiving no answer, she attempted to open the door but found it locked and contacted authorities for a welfare check.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Spring Valley, California
Found Dec 28, 1995 · 31 years ago

On 12/28/1995, the decedent's skeletal remains were found in a canyon of the Bonita Sweetwater area by San Miguel Fire Fighters who had responded to a report of a car accident.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 50 · Washoe County County, Nevada
Found Dec 28, 1993 · 33 years ago

On 12/28/1993 at approximately 1019 hours, a jogger was running in a desert area in rural Washoe County, Nevada when he found the decedent lying dead in a semi prone position at the bottom of a hill. A 9mm Astra semi-automatic handgun (no serial #) was found…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 35 · River Rouge, Michigan
Found Dec 28, 1992 · 34 years ago

Body of a unknown male was found in the Detroit River near Great Lakes Steel.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 40 · Kern County County, California
Found Dec 28, 1988 · 38 years ago

Female decedent found decomposed.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Hutchins, Texas
Found Dec 28, 1988 · 38 years ago

Body found on Witt Road off Lancaster, Hutchins Road.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 65 · Davenport, Florida
Found Dec 28, 1987 · 39 years ago

Found in grove under a tree. Items recovered at the scene indicate the victim may be a homeless transient.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 55 · Los Angeles County County, California
Found Dec 28, 1987 · 39 years ago

The decedent was found in an abandened building that had caught fire. Decedent charred. Per autopsy report the decedent appeared to be "middle aged"

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Millard County County, Utah
Found Dec 28, 1983 · 43 years ago

In June of 1983 a transient was observed getting off a stalled freight train and trying to cross the flooded Sevier River. The transient fell in the river and was washed away; the body was never found. A skull was found in the Sevier River in December 1983.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Found Dec 28, 1982 · 44 years ago

Infant decedent found behind Beth Zion Beth Israel Synagogue.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 35 · Los Angeles County County, California
Found Dec 28, 1980 · 46 years ago

On 12/28/1980 these partial skeletal remains were found in near the San Gabriel Dam @ mm22.46.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 24 · Norwood Park Township, Illinois
Found Dec 28, 1978 · 48 years ago

Skeletal remains were found buried on 12/28/1978.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Nueces County County, Texas
Found Dec 28, 1973 · 53 years ago

Wearing khaki shirt, gold sweater, tan cord pants, brown belt, brown socks, brown shoes. "Inez" tattooed [on] left chest; "Eddie" tattooed [on] right chest.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 35 · Twenty-Nine Palms, California
Found Dec 28, 1970 · 56 years ago

Jane Doe #05-70 was found as fragmented skeletal remains scattered on the surface near a shallow grave at a mining claim near the desert city of Twenty-Nine Palms on 12/28/70. Evidence suggests that she may have been buried. She is described as a White…

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