Unidentified Remains on January 1

Unidentified Remains (111)

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 46 · Los Angeles, California

Found Jan 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

On 01/01/2016 @ 0530 hours the decedent was found lying unresponsive in a parking lot with multiple alcohol bottles around him by a passer-by. Paramedics responded and pronounced him dead at the scene.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 80 · Santa Monica, California

Found Jan 1, 2006 · 20 years ago

The decedent was found unresponsive on a park bench in Santa Monica on the evening of 1/1/2006. He was a known transient in Venice and Santa Monica and went by the names "Leon", "Indian Danny", and "Mexican Danny".

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Unidentified25th anniversary

Unidentified Male

Male · Brooklyn, New York

Found Jan 1, 2001 · 25 years ago

Unknown Hispanic male was found unresponsive on a mattress in an SRO apartment building.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 45 · Plaquemines Parish County, Louisiana

Found Jan 1, 1991 · 35 years ago

Found in river.

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Unidentified Male

Male · El Paso, Texas

Found Jan 1, 2021 · 5 years ago

Unidentified Hispanic make who was involved in a motor vehicle vs pedestrian accident on 01.04.2021. The decedent was struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross the street from South to North at the 7700 Block of North Loop Dr. in El Paso, Texas 79915. No…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 50 · Los Angeles, California

Found Jan 1, 2021 · 5 years ago

On 1/1/2021 the decedent was in traffic lanes of the northbound I-5 freeway in Los Angeles when he was struck by at least one vehicle. 911 was called and paramedics pronounced the decedent dead at scene.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Maverick County County, Texas

Found Jan 1, 2021 · 5 years ago

Remains found in Maverick County.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Van Horn, Texas

Found Jan 1, 2021 · 5 years ago

Complete UHR recovered in Van Horn (Culberson County), Texas. Date body found 0/101/2021 entered to satisfy NamUs minimum requirements. Actual date found was not provided.

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · Captiva, Florida

Found Jan 1, 2021 · 5 years ago

Unidentified partial skeletal remains found on Captiva Island by a beachgoer in 2021.

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · All County, Puerto Rico

Found Jan 1, 2011 · 15 years ago

Unknown

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 50 · Henderson, Nevada

Found Jan 1, 2006 · 20 years ago

An area resident walking his dog discovered remains at the Lake Mead Recreational Area in the Pabco Wash. The skull was found wedged between rocks within the wash.

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Unidentified25th anniversary

Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 50 · Rancho Cucamonga, California

Found Jan 1, 2001 · 25 years ago

John Doe #02-01 is a White male adult found under a flood control bridge in Rancho Cucamonga. Identity may only be established with fingerprints (on file and see attached), dental X-rays (on file with CA DOJ-MUPS) and DNA (refer to CODIS #BK-03-000455).…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 50 · North Port, Florida

Found Jan 1, 1996 · 30 years ago

On January 1, 1996, a dog brought a human skull to its owner and a search of the area located a skeleton without a skull on January 2, 1996. The human remains consisted of a near complete skeleton with skin still present on a few areas, specifically, the…

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Unidentified35th anniversary

Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 55 · Wilmington, Delaware

Found Jan 1, 1991 · 35 years ago

Unknown

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Unidentified40th anniversary

Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 17 · San Bernardino County County, California

Found Jan 1, 1986 · 40 years ago

These skeletal remains were reportedly dug up from a grave in the desert near Whitewater (Riverside County) by a chiropractor some time in 1986. The remains were finally delivered to the San Bernardino County Coroner in November 1999. Examination confirmed…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 45 · Somerset, Kentucky

Found Jan 1, 1986 · 40 years ago

Bones found in 1986 & initially presumed to be historic. Cold case revision in 2004.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 35 · San Diego, California

Found Jan 1, 1976 · 50 years ago

The decedent checked into a hotel room under the name "James Larkins" at Federal Hotel in downtown San Diego on 12/03/1975. He was last seen alive on 12/04/1975. A neighboring guest smelled a foul odor and got a ladder to look into the decedent's room to find…

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Unidentified Male

Male · Hulbert, Oklahoma

Found Jan 1, 1976 · 50 years ago

Found wrapped in a towel at Wildwood Recreation Point,

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Unidentified Person

Unsure, est. age 45 · Maricopa County County, Arizona

Found Jan 1, 1976 · 50 years ago

These partial skeletal remains were found in Maricopa County in 1976. Believed to be female.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona

Found Jan 1, 2026 · this year

Incomplete skeletal remains discovered in remote desert area by researchers in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 46 · Eloy, Arizona

Found Jan 1, 2025 · 1 year ago

Partial skeletal remains found in a desert area known for migrant border crossing. Possibly deceased since June 2023 or prior.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 50 · Ajo, Arizona

Found Jan 1, 2020 · 6 years ago

Partial skeletal remains found by USBP in remote desert

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Unidentified Male

Male · Oakland, California

Found Jan 1, 2014 · 12 years ago

Skull found on Grizzly Peak Road, sitting on a log

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 71 · Clinton, Massachusetts

Found Jan 1, 2013 · 13 years ago

found in residence

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 39 · Sandy, Oregon

Found Jan 1, 2009 · 17 years ago

A human cranium was discovered off a roadway 300' down steep ravine in woods, near SE Bluff Rd and SE Olson Street, near Sandy Oregon.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 35 · Lynchburg, Virginia

Found Jan 1, 2008 · 18 years ago

Witnesses believe the decedent is Aberzai Lopez-Arellano. No identification, no known family or friends. Interval between death & discovery is hours.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

Had a stroke and identity has not been determined. "Shannon Night," who suffered a stroke and has organic brain damage, lives at Chicago Read Mental Health Center on the Northwest Side. Though he appears lucid, details of his past escape him. He has an arrest…

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 60 · Sherman Oaks, California

Found Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

The decedent suffered a brain injury on an unknown date and was treated at an unknown hospital. She was transferred to a nursing home on 03/21/2007. On 07/22/2015 the decedent was transported to a local hospital from the nursing facility and remained in the…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Casa Grande, Arizona

Found Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

Cranium recovered in desert

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 59 · Fountain Hills, Arizona

Found Jan 1, 1997 · 29 years ago

Remains found in the desert.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Heber, California

Found Jan 1, 1995 · 31 years ago

found in heber beach area

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 50 · Bronx, New York

Found Jan 1, 1995 · 31 years ago

Unknown undomiciled man was found unresponsive in a van in front of above location. He was known in the area to sleep in this van.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Brooklyn, New York

Found Jan 1, 1994 · 32 years ago

Unknown male was found in lot at North 9th Street and Kent Avenue.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 55 · Queens, New York

Found Jan 1, 1994 · 32 years ago

Unknown male was attempting to cross South Conduit Ave on foot when a car traveling eastbound struck him. The decedent was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 90 · New York, New York

Found Jan 1, 1990 · 36 years ago

Unknown white male found unresponsive on street (location unknown). Taken to St Clare's Hospital, where he was pronounced.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Brunswick County, Virginia

Found Jan 1, 1990 · 36 years ago

Skeletal remains found by a hunter. Interval between date of death and date of discovery approximately 8-12 months.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 75 · New York, New York

Found Jan 1, 1988 · 38 years ago

Unknown hispanic male was found unresponsive on the southbound subway platform at 42nd Street and 7th Avenue (subway line unknown).

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · Near Quartzsite, Arizona

Found Jan 1, 1987 · 39 years ago

Weathered cranium found in desert

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 80 · Clackamas County County, Oregon

Found Jan 1, 1980 · 46 years ago

One human cranium with dentition was discovered.

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · Port St. Joe, Florida

Found Jan 1, 1974 · 52 years ago

On an unknown date in 1974, a woman living in Florida went to the beach at the T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park in Port St. Joe, Florida to collect seashells. The woman was walking on the Gulf of Mexico side of the beach and discovered a…

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 50 · Pascagoula, Mississippi

Found Jan 1, 1972 · 54 years ago

This body was not washed ashore and may have been buried. Was found under the sand laying on a blanket with only a leg protruding from the sand. Hair found under the body. No clothing noted in the article

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Unidentified Person

Unsure, est. age 70 · Brownsville, Texas

Found Jan 1, 2026 · this year

Skeletal remains found under an overpass in an improvised encampment in a bushy area at the 1700 block of International Blvd., Brownsville, TX.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Rankin County County, Mississippi

Found Jan 1, 2023 · 3 years ago

Unidentified human remains located in Rankin County, Mississippi.

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Unidentified Female

Female · Harrison County County, Mississippi

Found Jan 1, 2022 · 4 years ago

Discovery date and location are unknown, although they most likely pre-date 2006. No provenience or information associated with the case. Cranial remains were retrieved from an out-of-state institution in 2022. Preliminary DNA testing suggests female…

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Unidentified Male

Male · Harrison County County, Mississippi

Found Jan 1, 2022 · 4 years ago

Discovery date and location are unknown, although they most likely pre-date 2006. No provenience or information associated with the case. Postcranial remains were retrieved from an out-of-state institution in 2022. Preliminary DNA testing confirms biological…

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · Seaside, Oregon

Found Jan 1, 2022 · 4 years ago

A fragmentary, right human ulna was located on a beach off the coast of Clatsop County, Oregon. Circumstances of recovery are unknown, but the bone is thought to have originated near Seaside, Oregon several years ago (estimated 2022).

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Pearl, Mississippi

Found Jan 1, 2018 · 8 years ago

Unidentified human remains, unknown provenience and date of discovery.

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Unidentified Person

Unsure, est. age 55 · Pearl, Mississippi

Found Jan 1, 2018 · 8 years ago

Unidentified human remains, unknown provenience and date of discovery.

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