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05/20/90, the crew of the MV Pocahontas Cargo Ship at Norfolk International Terminal discovered two unidentified persons (UP6602) in the refrigerated cargo hold. The men had started a fire in the hold in attempt to keep warm but died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The ship's last port of call was Columbia South America.
Date Found: 1990-05-20

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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP6634

Victim Details

Created

Feb 03, 2010

Case Added

Jul 08, 2024

Case ID

49097

Case Number

T1990-45702

Estimated Age Range

Adult - Pre 40

Age From

Age To

Pid

17653

Height

65 inches

Weight

113 lbs

Ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino

Primary Ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino

Gender

Male

EstimatedPostmortemInterval

Post Mortem Interval

Hours

Estimated Birth From

1955

Estimated Birth To

1970

Estimated Death Year From

1990

Date Found

1990-05-20

Description

Norfolk International Terminal

City

Norfolk

State

Virginia

County

Norfolk City

Zip Code

23505

Tribal Land

AllPartsRecovered

Agency ID

8580

Agency Name

Norfolk Police Department

Agency City

Norfolk

Agency State

Virginia

Agency County

Norfolk City

Agency Contact

Jonathan Smith

Contact Job Title

Detective

Agency Address

100 Brooke Avenue, , Norfolk, Virginia

Agency Phone

7576643277

Agency Jurisdiction

Local

Agency Type

Law Enforcement

Agency Website

https://www.norfolk.gov/police

Agency Report Date

1990-05-20

Hair Color

Black

Head/Hair

medium length

Left Eye Color

Brown

Right Eye Color

Brown

Clothing & Accessories

Clothing: White tube socks and blue socks. Blue jeans with a brown belt. Grey pants. White underpants. Black t-shirt. Blue & black long sleeve shirt. Blue & white pullover shirt. Pair of orange gloves.
Footwear: Black sneakers
Jewelry: A brown string medallion.

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