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Female Ernestine Shields is listed in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System as an unclaimed person case associated with Birmingham, Alabama, under NamUs case number 149482. The entry indicates that the decedent has been identified by name but remains without a legally recognized next of kin to take custody of her remains. The case appears in the NamUs Unclaimed Persons database, which tracks decedents whose identities are known yet remain unclaimed by family, and it is tied to loc ...Read More
Date Found: 07/05/2025
Date Found: 07/05/2025
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149482
UCP149482
54494
Ernestine
Shields
Black / African American
Black / African American
Female
07/05/2025
Birmingham
Alabama
Jefferson County
35205
No
48271
Jefferson County Medical Examiners Office
Birmingham
Alabama
Jefferson County
1515 Sixth Avenue South, , Birmingham, Alabama
2059303603
County
Medical Examiner
2025-3493
2025-07-05
Black
Brown
Brown
12/02/2025
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