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Unidentified Black / African American Male
Age 30-60
from 12 miles west of Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Victim Details

Created
May 10, 2008

Case Added
Jun 22, 2023

Case ID
4843

Case Number
78-591

Estimated Age Range
Adult

Age From
30

Age To
60

Pid
8437

Height
68 inches

Weight
160 lbs

Ethnicity
Black / African American

Primary Ethnicity
Black / African American

Gender
Male

EstimatedPostmortemInterval
1

Post Mortem Interval
Weeks

Estimated Birth From
1918

Estimated Birth To
1948

Estimated Death Year From
1978

Date Found
1978-08-15

City
12 miles west of Rocky Mount

State
North Carolina

County
Nash County

AllPartsRecovered
1

Agency ID
4245

Agency Name
Nash County Sheriff's Office

Agency City
Nashville

Agency State
North Carolina

Agency County
Nash County

Agency Contact

Agency Address
222 W. Washington St., , Nashville, North Carolina

Agency Phone
2524594121

Agency Jurisdiction
County

Agency Type
Law Enforcement

Agency Website
https://nashcountync.gov/251/Sheriffs-Office

Hair Color
Black

Head/Hair
black

Clothing & Accessories
Clothing: pants

Area Recovered: allowfullscreen>

Case Description

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Located in a pond on a farm in Nash County. He was thought to perhaps be a migrant worker who was observed roughly a week before walking along the highway and who was taken to a migrant camp only to shortly thereafter disappear during the night.
Date Found: 1978-08-15

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