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Joseph Gates

Unclaimed

Victim Details

2012-05-21T09:41:05

2022-09-07T10:02:48.097

285

UCP285

550

Joseph

Gates

Black / African American

Black / African American

Male

03/09/2010

Charleston

South Carolina

Charleston County

No

548

Charleston County Coroner's Office

North Charleston

South Carolina

Charleston County

Brittney Martin

Chief Deputy Coroner

4000 Salt Pointe Pwky, , North Charleston, South Carolina

8437464030

County

Coroner

https://www.charlestoncounty.org/departments/coroner/index.php

2010700164

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

07/14/2026


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Joseph Gates was a male individual whose body was discovered on March 9, 2010, in Charleston, South Carolina. He passed away naturally at Driftwood Nursing Home, a healthcare facility in the area. Despite efforts to locate next of kin or claimants, Joseph Gates remained an unclaimed person, and his case was registered with the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), bearing the ID UCP285.

After his death, Joseph Gates was laid to rest at Beaufort National Cemetery, where...
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Date Found: 03/09/2010

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