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Unidentified Remains on March 17

626 open cases in our database happened on March 17. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Unidentified Remains (39)

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Unidentified Female - Pisinimo Village, Arizona
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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 45 · Pisinimo Village, Arizona
Found Mar 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

Remains found by US Border Patrol in remote area of the desert.

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Unidentified Male - Sells, Arizona
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Male, est. age 38 · Sells, Arizona
Found Mar 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

Incomplete skeletal remains were found by Casa Grande law enforcement in a desert wash area two miles southwest of South Mountain. They were discovered in the Kupk Village on the Tohono O'odham Nation. No means of identification were located.

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Unidentified Female - Charlotte, North Carolina
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Female, est. age 40 · Charlotte, North Carolina
Found Mar 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

Incomplete skeletonized remains found in wooded area short distance from major highway. See tab INVESTIGATING AGENCY for 3/02/2016 CMPD Press Release

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Unidentified Male - Fontana, California
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Fontana, California
Found Mar 17, 1981 · 45 years ago

This White male adult, designated John Doe #13-81, was a pedestrian struck and killed by an automobile on a city street in Fontana, CA. It is suspected that he was a transient. He is described as between 40 and 60, 5'3" to 5'5" tall, weighed approximately 150…

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Unsure · Zapata County County, Texas
Found Mar 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

The date listed as found is the date the remains were exhumed from Zapata County Cemetery in Zapata County, Texas. It is unknown when or where the remains were originally found or interred in this cemetery.

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Male · Aptos, California
Found Mar 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Skull fragment found washed up on the beach

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Unidentified Female

Female · Brooks County County, Texas
Found Mar 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Unidentified body located on March 17, 2021 in Brooks County.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 59 · Kenedy County County, Texas
Found Mar 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Partial remains located in Kenedy County, Texas on March 17, 2016.

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Unidentified Female

Female · Kilauea, Hawaii
Found Mar 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

Undetermined

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Male, est. age 60 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Found Mar 17, 1981 · 45 years ago

Found down on highway at 5400 block of Chestnut Street and transported to Misericordia Hospital by police. Had a very low body temperature and was unable to be revived.

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Male, est. age 65 · Pima County County, Arizona
Found Mar 17, 1981 · 45 years ago

Skull found in rock cairn

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Male · San Clemente, California
Found Mar 17, 1961 · 65 years ago

Decedent found near culvert under railroad tracks.

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Unidentified Female - Apache, Arizona
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Female · Apache, Arizona
Found Mar 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

Incomplete skeletal remains recovered from remote desert area with no property.

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Unidentified Male - Los Angeles, California
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Male, est. age 45 · Los Angeles, California
Found Mar 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

On 03/17/2022, this male was found with a gunshot wound on the sidewalk in the 5800 block of San Pedro St in Los Angeles and transported by paramedics to California Hospital where he remained until his death at 04/03/2022. The hospital record noted his name…

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Unidentified Female - Carson City, Nevada
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Female, est. age 71 · Carson City, Nevada
Found Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

On 03/17/2015, a passerby was walking in the area of Lone Mountain, near the Lone Mountain Cemetery (Carson City, Nevada), when he observed the decedent's tennis shoe sticking out of an apparent shallow grave. Emergency personnel responded to the scene, used…

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Unidentified Male - Vamori Village, Arizona
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Male, est. age 50 · Vamori Village, Arizona
Found Mar 17, 2012 · 14 years ago

Skeletal remains found just east of Vamori Village on the Tohono O'Odham Reservation. No personal belongings or identification media were found with the remains.

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Unidentified Male - Defuniak Springs, Florida
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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 45 · Defuniak Springs, Florida
Found Mar 17, 2004 · 22 years ago

Found in a wooded area in Defuniak Springs, Florida by property owners and authorities were notified. Decedent was believed to be Roman A. Gonzalez. (DOB possibly 05/27/1941 or 05/22/1952), a Cuban national.

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Unidentified Male - Calexico, California
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Male, est. age 30 · Calexico, California
Found Mar 17, 2003 · 23 years ago

On 3/17/2003 the decedent was found in the All American Canal/ north of the New River, in Calexico, California. The decedent is a male Hipanic adult in his 18s-30's years of age.

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Unidentified Female - Rural area near Las Cruces, NM, New Mexico
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Female, est. age 35 · Rural area near Las Cruces, NM, New Mexico
Found Mar 17, 2002 · 24 years ago

Pedestrian struck by motor vehicle

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Unidentified Female - Queens, New York
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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 50 · Queens, New York
Found Mar 17, 1999 · 27 years ago

Unknown female found at above location. Taken to Jamaica Hospital where she was pronounced.

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Unidentified Male - New York, New York
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Male, est. age 50 · New York, New York
Found Mar 17, 1993 · 33 years ago

Unknown male was struck by a southbound F train approximately 600 feet from the 2nd Avenue station.

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Unidentified Male - Brooklyn, New York
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Male, est. age 50 · Brooklyn, New York
Found Mar 17, 1992 · 34 years ago

Unknown white male found unresponsive at McCarren Park Pool area.

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Unidentified Male - Atlanta, Georgia
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Male, est. age 60 · Atlanta, Georgia
Found Mar 17, 1990 · 36 years ago

Found on floor of vacant house. Essentially mummified.

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Unidentified Male - New York, New York
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Male, est. age 70 · New York, New York
Found Mar 17, 1988 · 38 years ago

Unknown male was found in the New York Harbor near Slip 5 of Governor's Island.

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Unidentified Male - Globe vicinity, Arizona
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Male, est. age 55 · Globe vicinity, Arizona
Found Mar 17, 1988 · 38 years ago

Mummified remains discovered by hunters in remote mountainous region. The decedent may have been back-packing through the area. A small blue note pad with the name "Louie T Valdivio" written on it was found nearby. Also written on the sheets of this note pad…

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Unidentified Male - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Male, est. age 55 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Found Mar 17, 1979 · 47 years ago

The skeletonized body of a black male was found in a vacant house at 504 N. 11th Street.

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Unidentified Male - Miami-Dade County County, Florida
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Male, est. age 40 · Miami-Dade County County, Florida
Found Mar 17, 1967 · 59 years ago

Found by Metro Harbor Patrol floating in the water.

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Unidentified Female

Female · Detroit, Michigan
Found Mar 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

Remains found on the back porch of a home, in the city of Detroit

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Unsure · Tacna, Arizona
Found Mar 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

On 3/17/2023 the Yuma County Sheriff's Office contacted the Medical Examiner's Office in reference to skeletal remains located in the desert area southeast of Tacna, Arizona, northwest of the North Pinta Tank. The remains were initially located by Deputy…

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Unsure · San Ygnacio, Texas
Found Mar 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

Remains found in 266 A Los Potrerritos Road in San Ygnacio.

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Unsure · Moorehaven, Florida
Found Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

mandible with no dentition found on the bank of a canal in Glades County, FL

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Unidentified Female

Female · Atlanta, Georgia
Found Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

bones recovered when trash & debris cleared from an undeveloped lot

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Male, est. age 50 · Aransas County County, Texas
Found Mar 17, 2005 · 21 years ago

Skull found in Aransas Co. on Johnson Road a mile North of the San Patricio Co. Line. White with possible American Indian ad mixture.Time since death is in excess of 20 years, possibly much longer.

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Unsure, est. age 99 · Aransas County County, Texas
Found Mar 17, 2005 · 21 years ago

Bones found during excavation of land

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Unsure · Boron, California
Found Mar 17, 2000 · 26 years ago

Decedent was located by a group of workers cleaning a dirt area in Boron CA.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 35 · Lakewood, California
Found Mar 17, 1989 · 37 years ago

DECEASED WAS INV0LVED IN A SH00TING WITH AN ARM0RED CAR TRANSP0RTATI0N 0FFICER AT A V0NS MARKET AT 4001 HARDWICK ST IN THE CITY 0F LAKEW00D,

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Unidentified Male

Male · Bayonne, New Jersey
Found Mar 17, 1984 · 42 years ago

Found in water by Pier 216 at Texaco Refinery.

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Male, est. age 40 · San Francisco, California
Found Mar 17, 1975 · 51 years ago

The subject was spotted by a vessel floating in the waters of the San Francisco Bay just below the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 75 · Baltimore, Maryland
Found Mar 17, 1968 · 58 years ago

Subject found lying in doorway on March 13, 1968, likely after falling down stairs in a brick row house that was used as a multiple unit residential rental.

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