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Unidentified Remains on July 16

736 open cases in our database happened on July 16. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Unidentified Remains (44)

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Unidentified Male - Selma, California
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Selma, California
Found Jul 16, 1991 · 35 years ago

Decedent ran into the path of a 1988 Chevrolet S-10.

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Unidentified Male - Houston, Texas
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Houston, Texas
Found Jul 16, 1981 · 45 years ago

Decapitation

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 50 · Moss Point, Mississippi
Found Jul 16, 2006 · 20 years ago

Victim of pedestrian traffic fatality.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 70 · Newark,, New Jersey
Found Jul 16, 2006 · 20 years ago

Decomposed body found in an abandoned apartment complex.

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Unidentified Person

Unsure · Kenedy County County, Texas
Found Jul 16, 2001 · 25 years ago

Possibly Hispanic; decedent was found on the Kenedy Trust Ranch, 4 miles south of Sarita and 1 mile west of US 77.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 55 · Southwest Harbor, Maine
Found Jul 16, 1991 · 35 years ago

Partial skeletal remains found in a fishing net off Mt. Desert Rock.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 50 · Houston, Texas
Found Jul 16, 1991 · 35 years ago

Found in wooded area being cleared for construction.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Ocotillo, California
Found Jul 16, 1986 · 40 years ago

found in desert

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Unidentified Male - Pima County County, Arizona
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Unidentified Male

Male · Pima County County, Arizona
Found Jul 16, 2020 · 6 years ago

Partial skeletal remains found by US Border Patrol personnel along eastern boundary of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

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Unidentified Male - Ajo, Arizona
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 19 · Ajo, Arizona
Found Jul 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

Skeletal remains found in a remote desert area near Ajo, AZ by a National Forest Service employee. Additional remains recovered in 2019 determined to be from same individual.

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Unidentified Male - Anaheim, California
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 55 · Anaheim, California
Found Jul 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

This case was reported to the coroner with the decedent having the need to be positively identified.

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Unidentified Female - near Sasabe, Arizona
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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 20 · near Sasabe, Arizona
Found Jul 16, 2012 · 14 years ago

Remains recovered from a remote mountain area east of Choulic Village on the Tohono O'Odham Nation. No form of identification was found.

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Unidentified Male - Buford, Georgia
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 50 · Buford, Georgia
Found Jul 16, 2009 · 17 years ago

These initially unidentified male remains consisted only of a torso that exhibited dismemberment of the extremities and severing of the head from the neck. The torso showed no evidence of significant acute antemortem injury. The head was later recovered ( UP…

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Unidentified Male - Birmingham, Alabama
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 99 · Birmingham, Alabama
Found Jul 16, 2007 · 19 years ago

Skeletal remains of adult male found buried in a shallow grave in an overgrown area at an abandoned textile factory. Witnesses report that the decedent was an adult black male who had ridden a train to Birmingham from Texas.

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Unidentified Male - Robles Junction, Arizona
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 46 · Robles Junction, Arizona
Found Jul 16, 2005 · 21 years ago

Decomposed and mummified remains found in desert. Recent (March 2021) fingerprint match to a man who claimed to from Chiapas and was named Alonso Mendez Giron. None of this information has been confirmed yet. Apprehension photo is uploaded here.

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Unidentified Male - Houston, Texas
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 65 · Houston, Texas
Found Jul 16, 2004 · 22 years ago

Witnessed collapse.

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Unidentified Male - Carole Highlands, Maryland
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Carole Highlands, Maryland
Found Jul 16, 2003 · 23 years ago

Pedestrian struck by vehicle

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Unidentified Male - Brooklyn, New York
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 55 · Brooklyn, New York
Found Jul 16, 2002 · 24 years ago

Decedent was attempting to cross the Belt Parkway at East 6th Street at night when he was struck by a car in the westbound lanes. Taken to Coney Island hospital where he was pronounced.

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Unidentified Male - Gilroy, California
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Unidentified Male

Male · Gilroy, California
Found Jul 16, 1997 · 29 years ago

Decedent was found in a sewer drainage gate the opening of which coincided with the flow of waste material from the nearby tomato processing plant.

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Unidentified Male - Brooklyn, New York
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Brooklyn, New York
Found Jul 16, 1997 · 29 years ago

Unknown male who was found in an abandoned building at above location.

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Unidentified Male - New York, New York
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 35 · New York, New York
Found Jul 16, 1992 · 34 years ago

Unknown black male was found with gunshot wounds next to the southbound service road of the Henry Hudson Parkway at West 158th Street.

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Unidentified Male - Wesley Chapel, Florida
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 65 · Wesley Chapel, Florida
Found Jul 16, 1990 · 36 years ago

Skeletal remains found near a field in a heavy wooded area in Wesley Chapel. The remains were partially covered with a sleeping bag.

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Unidentified Male - San Diego, California
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 20 · San Diego, California
Found Jul 16, 1984 · 42 years ago

The decedent was found on the beach.

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Unidentified Male - Reno/ Sparks, Nevada
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 35 · Reno/ Sparks, Nevada
Found Jul 16, 1980 · 46 years ago

On 07/16/1980 at 0926 hours, the decedent reportedly robbed a savings and loan bank and then left the scene driving a stolen vehicle. The decedent was located by local police (Sparks Police Department) and a high speed pursuit was initiated. The decedent and…

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Unidentified Female - Perris, California
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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 30 · Perris, California
Found Jul 16, 1969 · 57 years ago

One of two bodied found in a vacant building in Perris, CA .,following a structure fire in that building. The fire is believed have been intentially set after the two drugged females were place inside. Identify has not been established on either woman.

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Unidentified Female - Perris, California
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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 24 · Perris, California
Found Jul 16, 1969 · 57 years ago

This young woman was found with another deceased woman by firefighters while putting out a fire in a vacant building in Perris, CA. Both bodies were damaged by the fire but further investigation revealed both women had a high level of drugs in their system.…

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Unidentified Male

Male · Waipahu, Hawaii
Found Jul 16, 2022 · 4 years ago

The decedent's partially skeletonized body was found in high brush in a drainage ditch near a strip mall.

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Unidentified Female

Female · Nicholasville, Kentucky
Found Jul 16, 2020 · 6 years ago

On July 16, 2020 a worker trimming trees along a power line saw a human skull lying in a barn through a hole in the barn boards.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 69 · Huntington, West Virginia
Found Jul 16, 2020 · 6 years ago

This 1st paragraph was from Case# 20-4601 (Doe# 2459) “Decedent was found by passer by in a wooded area approximately 75 yards from the 4 1/2 mile marker on I64 West. The passer by saw a skull at 1805 on 07/15/2020 and called 911. WVSP responded and…

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Unidentified Female

Female · San Juan, Puerto Rico
Found Jul 16, 2017 · 9 years ago

UNKNOWN AGE OF A WOMAN, WHO RECEIVES SEVERE BODY TRAUMA.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 70 · Austin, Texas
Found Jul 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

On 7/16/14, a Goodwill employee discovered a white bucket which contained a human skull and mandible mixed in with donations to the store. The remains were fully skeletonized. The store contacted law enforcement and the remains were submitted to TCME. No…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 99 · Brooks County County, Texas
Found Jul 16, 2005 · 21 years ago

Found on Cage Ranch

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 45 · Deming, New Mexico
Found Jul 16, 2005 · 21 years ago

Law enforcement called local investigator, and stated that this skull was located in one of the evidence lockers. Possibly found by hiker, and never reported prior.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 23 · South Charleston, West Virginia
Found Jul 16, 2003 · 23 years ago

Recovered from the Ohio River.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 44 · Vamori Village, Arizona
Found Jul 16, 2002 · 24 years ago

An off-road motorist discovered the decedent in a remote desert wash.

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Unidentified Female

Female · Hempstead, New York
Found Jul 16, 1997 · 29 years ago

The decedent is a third trimester fetus discovered at or around the time of birth.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Albuquerque, New Mexico
Found Jul 16, 1994 · 32 years ago

A father and his 2 sons had come to the irrigation ditch to fish, when they saw the body of the decedent floating face down in the water, caught on a branch. He was discovered wearing only underpants and tennis shoes. No ID/tattoo. Area known to transients…

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 30 · Wayne, New Jersey
Found Jul 16, 1990 · 36 years ago

Found at construction site off of Galesi Drive, Wayne, New Jersey.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 29 · White Pine County County, Nevada
Found Jul 16, 1988 · 38 years ago

On 07/16/1988, a cattle rancher was horseback riding approximately 1 mile west of Geyser Ranch in rural White Pine County, Nevada when he came accross the decedent's clothed skeletal remains.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Henderson, Nevada
Found Jul 16, 1985 · 41 years ago

On 07/16/1985, this decedent was discovered in a desert wash by persons driving in the area at the end of a dirt road extension of Eastern Ave., 1.2 miles south of SR 146. A piece of sheet metal was resting across the wash, as if to provide shade/shelter.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 55 · McKinley County County, New Mexico
Found Jul 16, 1984 · 42 years ago

Remains were found approximately 20 feet deep in a rock crevice 3.5 miles south of the "cigarette store" in Luptin, AZ, near a known hangout/party spot.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Brian Head, Utah
Found Jul 16, 1965 · 61 years ago

Human remains were found by two park rangers near a climbing area of Cedar Break cliffs near Sunset View Lookout at the Cedar Breaks National Monument. The body was situated between two logs, doubled-over, about 300 feet from the highway. There was $1.51 and…

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Unidentified Male

Male · Thermal, California
Found Jul 16, 1953 · 73 years ago

On the evening of 07/16/1953, the decedent's remains were found on the S.P. Railroad tracks at the intersection of Ave 56 and US 111, Thermal. It appeared he had tried to board a train and had an unwitnessed fall.

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