Unidentified Remains on October 24

Unidentified Remains (54)

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Ajo, Arizona

Found Oct 24, 2016 · 10 years ago

Skeletal remains were found in the remote desert area near Growler Valley west of Ajo, Arizona by USBP.

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Male, est. age 30 · Gunsight Village, Arizona

Found Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

Skeletal remains found off of Federal Route 5 on the Tohono O'Odham Reservation. Clothing was found with the remains, but no identification media.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 65 · Ajo, Arizona

Found Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

Cranium found on a ranch near Ajo, Arizona. No other remains or personal belongings were found.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 66 · Boston, Massachusetts

Found Oct 24, 2016 · 10 years ago

Decedent with a history of chronic, intermittent homelessness, was discovered in his residence. Decedent is very decomposed. Unable to make a positive forensic identification. No family has been located.

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Unsure · Bath, Pennsylvania

Found Oct 24, 2016 · 10 years ago

A citizen was working in a barn when he discovered a skull in 2012. In 2016, the citizen reported the skull to authorities. Anthropological examination suggests that this decedent is an adult female (likely 40-65 years old at the time of death), possibly of…

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 45 · Newark, New Jersey

Found Oct 24, 2001 · 25 years ago

Body found on berm of I-78, Newark, NJ near Irvine Turner Boulevard. Found wrapped in a rug

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 45 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Found Oct 24, 1991 · 35 years ago

Skull was in possession of an individual.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · Houston, Texas

Found Oct 24, 1981 · 45 years ago

Decedent was found deceased in an alley on 10/24/1981 in Houston, Texas.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 40 · Denville, New Jersey

Found Oct 24, 1976 · 50 years ago

Body found in wooded area of I-80 at milepost 39E, Denville, NJ.

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Unidentified Female

Female · Fairfax, Virginia

Found Oct 24, 1956 · 70 years ago

Infant found in a basket in a wooded area

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Unidentified Male

Male · Covelo, California

Found Oct 24, 2023 · 3 years ago

Partial remains were located in a remote hunting area. Some clothing and other personal items were located within the vicinity of the remains.

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Male · San Juan, Puerto Rico

Found Oct 24, 2018 · 8 years ago

HOMELESS, APPARENT OVERDOSE.

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Male, est. age 99 · Clark County County, Nevada

Found Oct 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

Found behind a brick planter wall in front of the Rose Cosmetic and Family Dentistry on East Charleston Boulevard

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Male, est. age 40 · Veneta, Oregon

Found Oct 24, 2012 · 14 years ago

The partial remains of a human skeleton were discovered by Forest Products working setting beaver traps in a remote forested area of Lane County.

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Male, est. age 50 · Tucson, Arizona

Found Oct 24, 2009 · 17 years ago

Skeletal remains found by hunters in a remote desert area near Robles Junction.

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Male, est. age 50 · Long Beach, California

Found Oct 24, 2005 · 21 years ago

The decedent was found floating face down in a boat slip at the Long Beach Marina.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 55 · Williams, Arizona

Found Oct 24, 2003 · 23 years ago

Victim found in the forest by deer hunters.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 22 · Pima County County, Arizona

Found Oct 24, 2002 · 24 years ago

Skeletal remains found in desert wash by USBP in area of migrant encampment.

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Male, est. age 30 · Tucson, Arizona

Found Oct 24, 2000 · 26 years ago

Pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle on a public road.

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Male, est. age 45 · New York, New York

Found Oct 24, 1994 · 32 years ago

Unknown male was witnessed to fall to the sidewalk, hitting his head, on 8th Ave and 40th St on 10/20/1994. Taken to St Vincent's Hospital until he was pronounced on 10/24/1994.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 55 · Bronx, New York

Found Oct 24, 1993 · 33 years ago

Unknown Hispanic female was found in apartment at 500 East 171st Street. She has no tentative name.

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Male, est. age 61 · Stafford, Virginia

Found Oct 24, 1989 · 37 years ago

Skeletal remains found in a wooded area

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 40 · Elma, Washington

Found Oct 24, 1988 · 38 years ago

Remains found in a wooded area, off a logging road north of Elma, WA.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 60 · Dickinson County County, Kansas

Found Oct 24, 1987 · 39 years ago

On 10/24/1987 the skeletal remains of a Black female were found in an isolated rural area in Dickinson County, Kansas. A Forensic Anthropologist determined that the victim was a Black female between the ages of 40 and 50 years old who was approximately 5’2 ½”…

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Male, est. age 35 · McMillan Township, Michigan

Found Oct 24, 1987 · 39 years ago

This body was discovered by bird hunters in section 26 of McMillan Township, Luce County (Upper Peninsula), Michigan. The location is about 20 miles north of Newberry, MI, in a heavily wooded area about 2/10 of a mile south of Lake Superior.

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Male, est. age 45 · Gibsonton/ BALM, Florida

Found Oct 24, 1987 · 39 years ago

skeletal remains found in an orange grove.

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Female · Newark, California

Found Oct 24, 1985 · 41 years ago

Female found off of Mowry Avenue in Newark

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Male, est. age 28 · Orlando, Florida

Found Oct 24, 1984 · 42 years ago

Unidentified individual was found lying in a shallow drainage ditch by a cable worker.

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Male, est. age 65 · Detroit, Michigan

Found Oct 24, 1982 · 44 years ago

The deceased was found on the sidewalk in front of 21530 Grand River, Detroit, MI.

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Female, est. age 65 · Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Found Oct 24, 1977 · 49 years ago

Hunters stumbled upon skeletal remains about 20 feet off a road in a wooded, uninhabited area between Bethany and Honesdale. Early reports stated that the remains had been stuffed into two plastic bags. Some reported that they were hidden in thick underbrush…

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Female, est. age 25 · Riverside, California

Found Oct 24, 1975 · 51 years ago

This young woman was found in a drainage canal. There was about 3-4 inches of water in the canal and her upper body was above water. She was fully dressed with no discernable injury to her body. She had been wrapped in a blanket. It is believed that she was…

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Unsure · Newburyport, Massachusetts

Found Oct 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Remains consist of a nearly complete left fibula (head missing) of an adult or older juvenile in good condition with some retained grease and heavy marine decomposition. Was located on the shoreline of the Newburyport Beach. Sand is embedded in some exposed…

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Unsure · Sullivan's Island, South Carolina

Found Oct 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

A citizen found a portion of a mandible near Middle Street and contacted police.

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Male · Somerville, New Jersey

Found Oct 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

The decedent was discovered skeletonized in an abandoned building.

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Female · Raeford, North Carolina

Found Oct 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

Badly decomposed body found under the rear of tractor trailer.

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Male · Hidalgo, Texas

Found Oct 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

Body found decomposed/partial skeletal on canal bank by Border Patrol - South of Dicker Road on 23rd road, West on County Road 2910 to the closest numerical address of 1159 County Road 2910 in the City of Hidalgo.

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 60 · San Juan, Puerto Rico

Found Oct 24, 2012 · 14 years ago

White male found dead over a couch in his house

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 50 · Rural, New Mexico

Found Oct 24, 2009 · 17 years ago

On October 24, 2009; a landowner in rural Hidalgo county, near the Arizona and New Mexico border, was clearing off land to place a house and found the skull. After a search, almost the entire skeletal remains were found about 200 yards away. Mexican pesos and…

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 45 · Mission, Texas

Found Oct 24, 2007 · 19 years ago

The Decedent was a passenger in a van when she was thrown from it during a motor vehicle collision.

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Female, est. age 25 · Sells, Arizona

Found Oct 24, 2002 · 24 years ago

Cranium and vertebrae recoverd from remote desert location.

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Female · Deltona, Florida

Found Oct 24, 2000 · 26 years ago

Bones found by a dog possibly in the wooded area at the above address.

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Male · New Bern, North Carolina

Found Oct 24, 1998 · 28 years ago

Dog brought a trash bag with infant child wrapped in towels and bags.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 40 · Los Angeles County County, California

Found Oct 24, 1998 · 28 years ago

PARTIAL SKELETAL REMAINS.

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Unidentified Male

Male · Stockton, California

Found Oct 24, 1995 · 31 years ago

The deceased was a Hispanic male found on October 24, 1995 alongside a river in Stockton, California. He was wearing black jeans, purple shirt with beige collar and stripe across front with long sleeves and black athletic shoes with red and white stripe.

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Unidentified Female

Female, est. age 45 · Broward County County, Florida

Found Oct 24, 1993 · 33 years ago

Decedent found

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Unidentified Male

Male, est. age 35 · Miami-Dade County County, Florida

Found Oct 24, 1993 · 33 years ago

Decedent was found floating face down in the water five miles east of Haulover Cut.

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Male, est. age 60 · Rutherfordton, North Carolina

Found Oct 24, 1990 · 36 years ago

Found in wooded area by a hunter.

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Male · Charlotte, North Carolina

Found Oct 24, 1988 · 38 years ago

Two bags brought in to ME's office by police department containing animal bones in one and a human femur in another.

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