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Unidentified Remains on December 2

703 open cases in our database happened on December 2. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Unidentified Remains (35)

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Unidentified Male - Tom Green County County, Texas
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Tom Green County County, Texas
Found Dec 2, 1996 · 30 years ago

Found in north Tom Green County. Wavy hair, fragile build, small ears. Wearing maroon and white pullover sweatshirt; 31 x 34 light blue "Levi's"; size 7 1/2 "Brahma" hiking boots; green sports bag with "Wayne Rudd, Austin, TX and damn proud of it" handwritten…

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Unidentified Female - Hubert, North Carolina
Unidentified35th anniversary

Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 30 · Hubert, North Carolina
Found Dec 2, 1991 · 35 years ago

Found by hunters on wooded area off of Bear Creek Rd.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 30 · Baltimore, Maryland
Found Dec 2, 2021 · 5 years ago

Skeletal remains found in a vacant dwelling.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Los Angeles, California
Found Dec 2, 2016 · 10 years ago

John Doe #314 was found at a bus stop at 955 S. Alvarado St on 12/2/16 at 1257 hours after suffering a medical event. He was transported to a hospital where he later died.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 55 · Baker, California
Found Dec 2, 1981 · 45 years ago

Decomposed remains found in cesspool, designated "Jane Doe #20-81.' Identity may only be established with dental X-rays (on file and see attached) and DNA (refer to CODIS #BK-05-000631). Possible comparison with "smiling photographs" or "talking video"…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 25 · Los Angeles, California
Found Dec 2, 1971 · 55 years ago

Decedent was found unresponsive in alley on morning of 12/02/1971.

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Unidentified Male - Ajo, Arizona
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 45 · Ajo, Arizona
Found Dec 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Incomplete skeletal remains found by humanitarian group in remote desert area near Ajo, AZ. No personal effects recovered.

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Unidentified Male - Los Angeles, California
Unidentified

Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 55 · Los Angeles, California
Found Dec 2, 2017 · 9 years ago

The decedent is an adult Hispanic male found unresponsive in a grocery store parking lot near Slauson Ave and Western Ave in Los Angeles suffering from head and chest trauma. On 12/02/2017 at 1720 hours the decedent was brought into the emergency department…

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Unidentified Male - Las Vegas, New Mexico
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Unidentified Male

Male · Las Vegas, New Mexico
Found Dec 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

Found by rancher checking his fence. Rancher had last been in this area 3 weeks prior, with body not there. Pieces of possible t-shirt/underpants located.

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Unidentified Male - Elfrida, Arizona
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Elfrida, Arizona
Found Dec 2, 2004 · 22 years ago

Subject was found by local trapper lying on back beneath Oak tree. Body was partially covered by black plastic tarp and lying on top of a Mexican style blanket. Believed to be Border Crosser. Paper with name and number written on it found with body, "Paco…

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Unidentified Male - Ocotillo, California
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Ocotillo, California
Found Dec 2, 2004 · 22 years ago

On 12/02/2004 human bones were found in the mountains west of Ocotillo, California. A study revealed that the bones pertained to an adult male subject in his 30's to 50's.

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Unidentified Male - Bronx, New York
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 38 · Bronx, New York
Found Dec 2, 1994 · 32 years ago

Unknown black male found on fire in bottom of stairwell at 1504 Metropolitan Ave. There was drug paraphenalia at the scene.

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Unidentified Male - New Lenox, Illinois
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 80 · New Lenox, Illinois
Found Dec 2, 1984 · 42 years ago

This person was found about 12 hours after being deposited in a wooded area. Deceased most likely died somewhere else. Person was fully clothed and appears to have been carried to the scene.

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Unidentified Female - Manhattan, New York
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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 25 · Manhattan, New York
Found Dec 2, 1979 · 47 years ago

Found deceased in a hotel room.

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Unidentified Male - Mountain City, Tennessee
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Mountain City, Tennessee
Found Dec 2, 1977 · 49 years ago

Body found near a stream in a Shady Valley apple orchard, Mountain City, TN

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Unidentified Male - Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Unidentified Male

Male · Lake Oswego, Oregon
Found Dec 2, 1975 · 51 years ago

The skeletal remains of an adult male were found near Lakeridge High School on December 2, 1975.

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Unidentified Female - South of Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 19 · South of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Found Dec 2, 1974 · 52 years ago

The victim was located just south of Santa Fe, NM. The body was found just off the US 285 highway by a Colorado couple who stopped to pick up Pinon nuts. No clothing was found with the body. She was buried in Glorieta several months after her body was found.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Farmington, New Mexico
Found Dec 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Decedent was located on 12/02/2025 and there is charring to most of the body.

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Found Dec 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

Skull discovered by hunters in the area

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · River Forest, Illinois
Found Dec 2, 2022 · 4 years ago

On December 2, 2022 the River Forest Police Department located an unidentified infant skull.

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · John's Island, South Carolina
Found Dec 2, 2019 · 7 years ago

Partial human femur found by an individual who was clamming off a creek bed on John's Island.

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · Springwater, New York
Found Dec 2, 2019 · 7 years ago

Skull discovered in out-of-business bookstore during property transfer. Owner contacted; determined that skull was originally given to owner's grandfather in the 1920's.

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Unidentified Person

Unsure, est. age 99 · Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Found Dec 2, 2018 · 8 years ago

Bone found on the beach

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 69 · Detroit, Michigan
Found Dec 2, 2018 · 8 years ago

Human skull discovered outside of a church.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Brownsville, Texas
Found Dec 2, 2018 · 8 years ago

Decomposing, recovered from the Rio Grande River.

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Unidentified Female

Female · Lehigh Acres, Florida
Found Dec 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

A cranium was recovered by a teacher that was rummaging around a closed school in Lehigh Acres, FL. The specimen was quite old and was possible that several decades may have elapsed since death.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 99 · Rural, New Mexico
Found Dec 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

Remains were found by hunters prior to snow storm. Unabe to get to area due to the snow. Hunters took law enforcement back out to area. Remains were laying on sheep skin, wrapped in pendleton blanket, quilt on top of that, then a canvas tarp was laid over.…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 36 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Dec 2, 2003 · 23 years ago

Co-mingled skeletal remains were uncovered during the excavation of former Rainbo Roller Center on 11/26/2003 (ME case 448 Nov 03, NamUs UP129259). Additional remains were recovered on 12/2/2003 (ME case 034 Dec 03, NamUs UP129260) as excavation of the…

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · Virginia Beach, Virginia
Found Dec 2, 2003 · 23 years ago

On 12/02/03, a human femur was found in Virginia Beach and turned over to OCME in Norfolk, Virginia. On 10/13/09, it was submitted for nuclear and mitochondrial DNA analysis.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 55 · Indio, California
Found Dec 2, 1989 · 37 years ago

This man was found lying under some chicken wire at a fence line bordering the railroad tracks. There was a brush fire there about two months prior to this man being found, and no one discovered this body. This is an area frequented by transients and the body…

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 40 · Miami, Florida
Found Dec 2, 1988 · 38 years ago

Police responded to a call reference a burning building. Fire rescue extinguished the fire of found the deceased's remains.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · West Palm Beach, Florida
Found Dec 2, 1983 · 43 years ago

Found floating face down in intercoastal waterway by fisherman.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Live Oak County County, Texas
Found Dec 2, 1975 · 51 years ago

Found dead at bottom of ladder after he had been painting a house.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 55 · Smyrna, Delaware
Found Dec 2, 1965 · 61 years ago

Complete human skull without mandible found by two hunters on shoreline.

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