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Unidentified Remains on January 1

1,664 open cases in our database happened on January 1. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Unidentified Remains (111)

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Unidentified

Unidentified Male

Male · Portal, North Dakota
Found Jan 1, 1980 · 46 years ago

Date found is approximate. Skull located in an out building of a family farm, possibly in 1980. The skull was turned over to Sheridan County Sheriff's Office in 2016.

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Unidentified

Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Hidalgo County County, Texas
Found Jan 1, 1980 · 46 years ago

Unknown - Date Found is indicated as 1/1/1980 as the exact date found in 1980 is unknown.

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Unidentified

Unidentified Male

Male · Edgefield, South Carolina
Found Jan 1, 1977 · 49 years ago

On an unknown exact date in 1977 a skeleton was uncovered by a bull dozer in Edgefield County. The skeleton was found buried in a field appoximately 1 1/2 - 2 feet deep. This location was said to have been within a mile of a migrant labor camp. The remains…

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Unidentified

Unidentified Male

Male · Peshastin, Washington
Found Jan 1, 1975 · 51 years ago

A partial cranium was reportedly found sometime between 1975 and 1978 (the exact date is unknown) by a road cutting crew near Peshastin, WA. It was taken home by an employee of the associated lumber mill, until the employee's son came into possession of the…

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Unidentified

Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 69 · Sugar Loaf Key, Florida
Found Jan 1, 1974 · 52 years ago

Found floating 200 yards off Beau Channel on Ocean side in Sugar Loaf Key

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Unidentified

Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 65 · Claiborne County County, Tennessee
Found Jan 1, 1972 · 54 years ago

Unknown

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Unidentified

Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 23 · Anaheim, California
Found Jan 1, 1972 · 54 years ago

Decedent possibly jumped or fell from Euclid St. Bridge onto N/B I-5, struck by multiple autos Orange County Sheriff-Coroner website http://ocsd.org/divisions/prof/coroner/ud/john/7200006S

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 49 · Durango, Colorado
Found Jan 1, 1970 · 56 years ago

Skull found in Colorado in the 1970's. Turned over to police in Balch Springs, Texas.

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Unidentified

Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 45 · Highland County County, Virginia
Found Jan 1, 1959 · 67 years ago

In 1998 an unidentified human cranium was transferred from law enforcement to the OCME. According to a previous officer, the cranium had been found prior to 1959-1960 (hence the DBF entered). It was subsequently stored in the closet of the county jail. Once…

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Unidentified

Unidentified Person

Unsure · Broward County County, Florida
Found Jan 1, 1959 · 67 years ago

Email communication from private citizen: "Growing up, my parents used to take my sister and me to Ft. Lauderdale (Lauderdale-By-the-Sea was where we stayed) for winter vacations. One year, it was probably around 1959, I found a human jaw bone washed up on…

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Unidentified

Unidentified Female

Female · Hurt, Virginia
Found Jan 1, 1952 · 74 years ago

Found in a small stream underneath railroad tracks

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Unidentified

Unidentified Person

Unsure, est. age 15 · Vilas County County, Wisconsin
Found Jan 1, 1950 · 76 years ago

Partially damaged skull found in the archives at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Only identifying label "Vilas County SP 10278" Looks to be between ages 12-15, unknown gender, date, or ethnicity. Thought to be given to UW-Madison around the mid-20th century.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 25 · Calico, California
Found Jan 1, 1947 · 79 years ago

Human skull turned into BLM. Subject said his friend found the skull and mandible in 1947 and the friend recently died. The RP indicated the skull was found in the Calico area.

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Unidentified

Unidentified Male

Male · Des Moines, Iowa
Found Jan 1, 1924 · 102 years ago

Unidentified male remains found in Des Moines, IA on 01/01/1924.

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