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Melvyn Ray Cook

Unclaimed

Victim Details

2019-08-21T18:47:11.58

2019-08-21T18:53:46.24

59574

UCP59574

12545

Melvyn

Ray

Cook

Black / African American

Black / African American

Male

06/11/2019

Bessemer

Alabama

Jefferson County

35020

No

12368

Jefferson County Medical Examiners Office

Birmingham

Alabama

Jefferson County

Bill Yates

Chief Deputy Coroner

1515 Sixth Avenue South, , Birmingham, Alabama

2059303603

County

Medical Examiner

https://www.jccal.org/Default.asp?ID=236

Black

Brown

Brown

09/17/2026


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In a poignant case of an unclaimed person, Melvyn Ray Cook was a male whose body was discovered on June 11, 2019, in Bessemer, Alabama. His death was determined to be from natural causes while residing at the Oak Trace Care and Rehabilitation Center. Despite the efforts to trace his family or next of kin, Cook's remains have yet to be claimed, leaving the circumstances surrounding his personal history and connections shrouded in uncertainty.

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Date Found: 06/11/2019

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