Unidentified Remains on February 23

Unidentified Remains (44)

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Unidentified Male

Male · Ajo, Arizona

Found Feb 23, 2021 · 5 years ago

Mandible and long bones discovered from a remote desert area near Ajo, AZ by USBP

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Linn, Texas

Found Feb 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

Skeletal remains found on Hidalgo County & Brooks County line "Chara Rosa Ranch" in Hidalgo County, Texas. Decedent may have been an illegal immigrant.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 57 · Tucson, Arizona

Found Feb 23, 2011 · 15 years ago

Skeletal remains found in desert area inside city limits

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 50 · Calexico, California

Found Feb 23, 2001 · 25 years ago

Subject may have occupied area for some time before death

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Del Mar, California

Found Feb 23, 1986 · 40 years ago

A man was walking in the area when he smelled a foul odor and found the decedent.

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Unidentified Female

Female · Nordheim, Texas

Found Feb 23, 2021 · 5 years ago

Skeletal remains recovered by DCSO near Cabeza Creek on John Pokluda Rd. in Nordheim, TX (DeWitt County) on February 23, 2021.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 70 · New Cumberland, West Virginia

Found Feb 23, 2011 · 15 years ago

Barge Operator spotted a body approx. 100 yards south of the Damn in the area of the 700 Block of Ohio River Blvd., New Cumberland.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 34 · Los Angeles County County, California

Found Feb 23, 1996 · 30 years ago

BODY FOUND - RACE ESTIMATED - M0NG0L0ID W/PERHAPS S0ME SLIGHT CAUCAS0ID ADMIXTURE

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 16 · Los Angeles, California

Found Feb 23, 1981 · 45 years ago

Partial skeleton found at the bottom of a cliff

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Unidentified Male

Male · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Feb 23, 1961 · 65 years ago

Found by unspecified persons in a vacant residence. Body was prone on the floor of the 3rd floor with head on a board below adjacent window. Room/location was sparsely furnished with no personal items of identification. Body was in the middle to advanced…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 70 · Brooklyn, New York

Found Feb 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

Found unresponsive near the shore at Coney Island.

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Unsure · Ajo, Arizona

Found Feb 23, 2022 · 4 years ago

Incomplete and fragmentary skeletal remains found in remote desert by US National Parks ranger.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 80 · Millbrae, California

Found Feb 23, 2017 · 9 years ago

Unidentified male died as a hospice patient. No suspicious circumstances surrounding the death. Subject has multiple aliases and no known next of kin.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 22 · Pima County County, Arizona

Found Feb 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Incomplete skeletal remains found in remote desert.

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Male, est. age 20 · Cowlic Village, Arizona

Found Feb 23, 2013 · 13 years ago

The cranium was found by a USBP agent in a plastic shopping bag hanging from a tree in a remote desert location known for migrant activity. No other skeletal elements or personal effects were located.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Silnakya Village, Arizona

Found Feb 23, 2009 · 17 years ago

Remains found in remote desert area on the Tohono O'Odham Reservation.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Tucson, Arizona

Found Feb 23, 2000 · 26 years ago

Skeletal remains found in February 2000 by a truck driver. Additional skeletal remains found by passerby in December 2001.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 45 · College Park, Georgia

Found Feb 23, 2000 · 26 years ago

Skeletal remains found in a wooded area several hundred yards behind a residential cul-de-sac by a survey crew.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 80 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Feb 23, 1993 · 33 years ago

Found sitting between two vehicles holding two bags of groceries.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 52 · Newport, Michigan

Found Feb 23, 1992 · 34 years ago

Body of a white female wearing a red coat and black pants was found floating along the shoreline of Lake Erie near Newort .

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Male, est. age 70 · Queens, New York

Found Feb 23, 1992 · 34 years ago

Unknown black male witnessed to collapse on street at Sutphin Blvd and Linden Blvd. Taken to Mary Immaculate Hospital, where he was pronounced.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 70 · Bronx, New York

Found Feb 23, 1990 · 36 years ago

Unknown black female was struck by a tractor trailer in the southbound lane of the Major Deegan Expressway, near East 149th Street.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 75 · Bronx, New York

Found Feb 23, 1990 · 36 years ago

Unknown hispanic male was found at Bruckner Blvd and Hunts Point Ave on 2/19/90, taken to Lincoln Hospital where he never regained consciousness.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Dateland vicinity, Arizona

Found Feb 23, 1988 · 38 years ago

Remains found by passersby. Possible name of Eferen Contreras Portillo.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 79 · Virginia Beach, Virginia

Found Feb 23, 1983 · 43 years ago

Skeletal remains were found in a marshy and wooded area.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 45 · Doswell, Virginia

Found Feb 23, 1982 · 44 years ago

Highway workers found an unidentified person in a wooded area on the east side of I-95 N of Doswell, Hanover County VA. Interval between death & discovery is months. The remains are believed to belong to a Hispanic male, likely married to a woman named Lucy…

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Male, est. age 80 · Hinkley, California

Found Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

A biologist was performing a survey of an open desert area when they found skeletal human remains and a partial recovery was made.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 99 · Manchester Township, New Jersey

Found Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

Found in a wooded area.

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Male · Hinkley, California

Found Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

On 02/23/2024, A biologist for the department of Fish and Wildlife was performing a survey of an open desert area in Hinkley when human remains were found. A Deputy from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department (SBCSD) arrived on scene and observed…

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Unsure · Bound Brook, New Jersey

Found Feb 23, 2022 · 4 years ago

Human cranium found in woods in area which floods from nearby river.

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · Brooks County County, Texas

Found Feb 23, 2022 · 4 years ago

Brooks County unidentified decedent number 13 located on February 23, 2022 on the "AP Ranch."

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · Brooks County County, Texas

Found Feb 23, 2022 · 4 years ago

Brooks County unidentified decedent number 14 found on February 23, 2022 on the "AP Ranch."

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 61 · Naples, Florida

Found Feb 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Found unresponsive by bystander. Some response when spoken to in Spanish. Provided possible alias name "Fernando Sorita" (correct spelling unknown).

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 50 · Maverick County, Texas

Found Feb 23, 2012 · 14 years ago

Decedent is believed to be an undocumented resident who died while attempting to cross the border between Mexico and the United States. It is possible that she was crossing with a child.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 45 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Feb 23, 2008 · 18 years ago

A mandible is discovered in a vacant lot by a passerby. No other skeletal remians were recovered.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 55 · Pacoima, California

Found Feb 23, 2002 · 24 years ago

DECEDENT F0UND IN A PARK IN PAC0IMA 0N 02-23-2002. TRANSP0RTED T0 H0SPITAL & DIED 1 WEEK LATER.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 35 · Winterhaven, California

Found Feb 23, 1999 · 27 years ago

Decedent found in All American Canal

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Unsure · Galveston, Texas

Found Feb 23, 1998 · 28 years ago

Right human femur found on the beach shoreline between Spanish Grant and Bermuda Beach

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 35 · Winterhaven, California

Found Feb 23, 1997 · 29 years ago

skeletal remains found in open desert

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Los Angeles County County, California

Found Feb 23, 1992 · 34 years ago

THE REMAINS WERE IN AND NEAR A FL0WING STREAM IN A HILLSIDE AREA NEAR THE VENTURA C0UNTY LINE

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 35 · Malibu, California

Found Feb 23, 1980 · 46 years ago

LASD deputies found bones at the above location on 2/23/1980 and later transported them to the Los Angeles Medical Examiner-Coroner. A fire occurred at the location on 10/23/1978 and it appears that the decedent died after the fire. Bones indicate that the…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 70 · Norfolk, Virginia

Found Feb 23, 1980 · 46 years ago

Decedent was found floating in a river inlet; the inlet had frozen over and was thawing at the time found.

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · Chaparral, New Mexico

Found Feb 23, 1977 · 49 years ago

A partial skull was turned over to the local authorities, which was then turned over to another agency. The skull remained in evidence storage for 8 years and was then turned over to the NM OMI.

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Unidentified Female

Female · Shawano, Wisconsin

Found Feb 23, 1969 · 57 years ago

Located near Wolf River.

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