Unidentified Remains on May 31

Unidentified Remains (34)

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 99 · Pima County County, Arizona

Found May 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Partial skeletal remains found in a remote desert area by USBP near the Nogales Canyon of the Baboquivari Mountains.

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Unidentified Person

Other, est. age 40 · Chambers County County, Texas

Found May 31, 1986 · 40 years ago

Partially skeletonized/mummified White or Black individual found by a passer-by. This individual is genetically male, but may have identified as female.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Boston, Massachusetts

Found May 31, 1981 · 45 years ago

found in Boston Harbor at Lewis Wharf.

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Unsure, est. age 24 · Luna, New Mexico

Found May 31, 2021 · 5 years ago

Two teens were out hiking and came across a shotgun, shoes, long johns, jacket, and partial skull remains in a remote mountain area of Catron County.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Houston, Texas

Found May 31, 1976 · 50 years ago

drowning, recovered in a waste water sewer beneath a man hole cover

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 55 · Roanoke City County, Virginia

Found May 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Skeletal remains found in a homeless encampment.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 60 · W of Tucson, Arizona

Found May 31, 2022 · 4 years ago

Individual was discovered on the Tohono O'odham Nation by humanitarians in a remote desert area west of Tucson (USBP)

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Sells, Arizona

Found May 31, 2022 · 4 years ago

Skeletal remains discovered by USBP in remote desert area on the Tohono O'odham Nation northwest of Sells. Personal effects recovered and distinctive dental work (yellow metal windows) observed.

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Unidentified Female

Female · Culberson County County, Texas

Found May 31, 2022 · 4 years ago

Remains found on the Lado ranch

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Unidentified Male

Male · Ajo, Arizona

Found May 31, 2022 · 4 years ago

Incomplete postcranial remains recovered from remote desert area west of Ajo, AZ

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Near Ajo, Arizona

Found May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

Weathered and broken cranium discovered by humanitarian group volunteer.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 99 · North Hollywood, California

Found May 31, 2010 · 16 years ago

Decedent found on sidewalk outside of metro train station in at Lankershim Blvd. Possibly a transient.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 60 · Portland, Oregon

Found May 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

Body was discovered in the Willamette River near the Swan Island boat ramp, in the NE corner of Swan Island Lagoon.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Flushing, New York

Found May 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

Found unconscious and intoxicated laying on ground. He had no identification. Was removed from scene and transported to Flushing Hospital on 5/31/09. Transferred to North Shore University Hospital-Manhasset that same day for further evaluation and treatment.…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 75 · Brooklyn, New York

Found May 31, 2007 · 19 years ago

Black or possibly Hispanic decedent found by homeless services on the side of the westbound Belt Parkway just before the Knapp Street exit (#9).

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Queens, New York

Found May 31, 2007 · 19 years ago

Decedent found washed up on rocks on shoreline of Con Edison Plant (31-01 20th Ave) by worker at the plant.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Momence, Illinois

Found May 31, 2002 · 24 years ago

Skull found in a ditch along the railroad tracks.

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Unsure, est. age 50 · Atlanta, Georgia

Found May 31, 2002 · 24 years ago

Part of a calvarium (top of skull) was found by a tree removal service. No other parts were found. No jaw or facial bones were present. Possibly female but uncertain.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 59 · Tucson, Arizona

Found May 31, 1999 · 27 years ago

Decedent found buried in a shallow grave.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Winterhaven, California

Found May 31, 1997 · 29 years ago

found in all american canal

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 33 · Jefferson Parish County, Louisiana

Found May 31, 1994 · 32 years ago

Remains found in unknown location in Jefferson Parish. Found in May 1994 on unknown day. Individual may be Hispanic or Asian.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Dorchester (Boston), Massachusetts

Found May 31, 1993 · 33 years ago

Found in a public place

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Miami-Dade County County, Florida

Found May 31, 1973 · 53 years ago

The deceased was found lying down in the field.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Cidra, Puerto Rico

Found May 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

FOUND IN HIS "HOUSE" WHICH WAS A CONVERTED CARGO WAGON.

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Male · Wewahitchka, Florida

Found May 31, 2022 · 4 years ago

During site work for new construction, small fetus/baby found

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Male · Baltimore, Maryland

Found May 31, 2022 · 4 years ago

Skeletal remains found in a vacant residence.

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Male, est. age 30 · Hidalgo County County, Texas

Found May 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

A Hidalgo County deputy was dispatched to Stewert Road to be escorted by the Border Patrol to the decedent Floating in the Rio Grande River.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 99 · Dumas, Arkansas

Found May 31, 2004 · 22 years ago

A subject was driving on Pickens bridge on Highway 65 when subject noticed the victim floating face down in Walnut Lake.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 42 · Yuma, Arizona

Found May 31, 1998 · 28 years ago

Body found floating in river.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 70 · Baldy Mesa, California

Found May 31, 1994 · 32 years ago

Skull (without mandible) found by investigators during a drug search. It was contained in a cardboard box under a bed. Anthropologist suspects that it could be a “souvenir skull, possibly a museum/teaching specimen." Bullet hole to right posterior parietal…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 35 · San Bernardino, California

Found May 31, 1992 · 34 years ago

John Doe #20-92 was found in a shallow grave dug into a wash under a roadway overcrossing in San Bernardino, CA. The remains were estimated to those of a male adult between the ages of 20 and 35 years, with a stature between 5’6” and 5’10”. The head…

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 55 · Davidson County County, Tennessee

Found May 31, 1987 · 39 years ago

Remains found behind ME office

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 30 · Doña Ana County County, New Mexico

Found May 31, 1984 · 42 years ago

Mummified remains were located approximately 2 miles from Sunland Park, New Mexico, about half a mile off a dirt trail following the Southern Pacific railroad tracks.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 34 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Found May 31, 1982 · 44 years ago

Body was found on Golf Dr. near Roosevelt Mall in City Park. Age based on jaws only.

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