Unidentified Remains on January 20

Unidentified Remains (27)

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · New York, New York

Found Jan 20, 1996 · 30 years ago

Unknown male who was struck by a #6 train at Grand Central Station.

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Unidentified Male

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

Found Jan 20, 1996 · 30 years ago

Unknown male found unresponsive in the alleyway under the Manhattan Bridge.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 50 · Hillsboro, Texas

Found Jan 20, 1986 · 40 years ago

The decedent was walking along the roadway when she was struck by an oncoming motor vehicle.

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Unidentified Female

Female · Clinton County County, Ohio

Found Jan 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

A property owner was cleaning out a desk in the basement of a house he bought and located a mandible with teeth.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Clark, Wyoming

Found Jan 20, 1996 · 30 years ago

The body, contained in plastic bags, was found by volunteer workers along highway 120 near Clark, Wyoming.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 50 · Ajo, Arizona

Found Jan 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

Scattered skeletal remains discovered by US Forest and Wildlife personnel in remote desert. Decedent was missing his upper four front teeth and wore a removable denture.

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Unidentified Male

Male · SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico

Found Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

DESCONOCIDO, ENCONTRADO EN VILLA PALMERAS Y TRANSLADADO AL HOSPITAL MUNICIPAL

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Manhattan, New York

Found Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

Found unresponsive at 96th street southbound express 1 train subway station. Tentative name of Alex Sanchez, but this name has not been verified and family has not been notified.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Amado, Arizona

Found Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

Incomplete skeletal remains found by hunter northeast of Amado, AZ

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Male, est. age 35 · Baltimore, Maryland

Found Jan 20, 2002 · 24 years ago

The decedent was found in a vacant, boarded up, row house, which was likely frequented by drug users and/or homeless persons.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 80 · Santa Cruz County County, Arizona

Found Jan 20, 2000 · 26 years ago

Decedent was found in a remote desert area about 3 miles west of Tumacacori

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 31 · Gregg County County, Texas

Found Jan 20, 1994 · 32 years ago

Hispanic, straight hair. Wearing gray sweatshirt, trimmed in purple/blue over black t-shirt. Blue sweatpants with "Winters Blizzard" logo, over black sweatpants. Gray socks, size 7 1/2 "Reebok" sports shoe. Found in rural northeast Gregg County.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 55 · Tuxedo, New York

Found Jan 20, 1969 · 57 years ago

Badly decomposed body found in densely wooded secluded area off of State 17 in Town of Tuxedo.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 84 · Lithonia, Georgia

Found Jan 20, 2026 · this year

A construction worker was in the woods behind a construction site looking for deer sheds/antlers when he stumbled upon a human skull. The state Anthropologist assisted with the examination of the skull.

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Unsure · Tacna, Arizona

Found Jan 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

On 1/20/2024 the Yuma County Sheriff's Office contacted the Medical Examiner's Office regarding skeletal remains located in the desert area south of Tacna, Arizona, southwest of Betty Lee Mine. The remains were initially located by archeologists working in…

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 60 · Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

Found Jan 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Unidentified human skull was discovered during the excavation of a foundation of a home in Wauwatosa, WI. The anthropological assessment was completed and determined the postmortem interval to be "many years to potentially decades", the sex is female, has an…

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 89 · Pinal County County, Arizona

Found Jan 20, 2012 · 14 years ago

The commingled partial skeletal remains of at least two adults and several children were recovered from a remote desert location. It appears that these remains were collected and then placed in a pile. Per the Pinal County Sheriff's Office, no missing persons…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 45 · Atlantic City, New Jersey

Found Jan 20, 2003 · 23 years ago

Found in Data Room on 34th floor of casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 45 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Jan 20, 1999 · 27 years ago

Found in a vacant property with a syringe in her hand. Possible first name of "Tara"

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Winterhaven, California

Found Jan 20, 1998 · 28 years ago

found in all american canal

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 35 · Newark, New Jersey

Found Jan 20, 1997 · 29 years ago

Pedestrian fatality. Female had residual red-pink fingernail polish.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 90 · Johns Island, South Carolina

Found Jan 20, 1997 · 29 years ago

On 20 January 1997, one left human innominate was recovered from 3327 Freeman Hill Road, Johns Island. A complainant reported that her dog went into an unknown location in a wooded area outside her residence and returned with the innominate. The complainant…

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Unsure · Garden Grove, California

Found Jan 20, 1990 · 36 years ago

Partial skeletal remains found on January 20, 1990 in the wheel well inside a 1971 Concord Travel Trailer in the city of Garden Grove, California.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 28 · Glendora, California

Found Jan 20, 1989 · 37 years ago

SOME SKELETAL REMAINS FOUND ON GLENDORA MOUNTAIN ROAD.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 50 · Washington D.C., District of Columbia

Found Jan 20, 1988 · 38 years ago

Body found in a vacant school at 128 M Street, NW.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 55 · Glendale, California

Found Jan 20, 1988 · 38 years ago

FOUND IN H0LLYW00D HILLS NEAR F0REST LAWN CEMETERY

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Unidentified Male

Male · Pelahatchie, Mississippi

Found Jan 20, 1980 · 46 years ago

John Doe was found in a creek. Autopsy at the time determined he died approximately one week before he was found. He was estimated to be 25 years old at the time he was found.

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