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Johnnie Lee Smith

Unclaimed

Victim Details

2020-02-10T17:14:28.977

2023-03-29T17:56:55.777

65152

UCP65152

15431

Johnnie

Lee

Smith

Black / African American

Black / African American

Male

01/02/2020

Far Rockaway

New York

Queens County

11691

No

15077

Office of Chief Medical Examiner New York City

New York

New York

New York County

520 First Avenue, , New York, New York

2124472030

Local

Medical Examiner

https://www.nyc.gov/site/ocme/index.page

Q-20-000504

Other

Other

Other

08/01/2026


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On January 2, 2020, the community of Far-Rockaway, New York, was shaken by the discovery of an unidentified male body. The individual, later identified as Johnnie Lee Smith, left behind a mystery that would soon become a case managed by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in New York City. With no known contacts or family to claim the body, the case took on a somber tone, a reminder of the lives that sometimes remain unnoticed until it is too late.

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Date Found: 01/02/2020

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