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In the bustling city of Memphis, Tennessee, the quiet of an otherwise ordinary winter day on January 7, 2017, was disrupted by the discovery of a body on the sidewalk in front of 7 West Carolina. Identified through fingerprint analysis, the deceased was named John Douglas Ball, a 56-year-old male. Despite the identification, a sense of mystery lingered around his life and death, rendering him unclaimed and largely forgotten.

While the identification process brought a name to the man found ...Read More
Date Found: 01/07/2017
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Victim Details

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3780

UCP3780

3844

John

Douglas

Ball

Black / African American

Black / African American

Male

01/07/2017

Memphis

Tennessee

Shelby County

38114

3830

Shelby County Medical Examiner's Office

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2017-0028

Brown

Short, natural style

Black

Black

11/22/2025


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