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

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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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP1738

Victim Details

Created

May 10, 2008

Case Added

Jun 22, 2023

Case ID

4843

Case Number

78-591

Estimated Age Range

Adult

Age From

Age To

Pid

8437

Height

68 inches

Weight

160 lbs

Ethnicity

Black / African American

Primary Ethnicity

Black / African American

Gender

Male

EstimatedPostmortemInterval

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

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

Area Recovered:

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

Case Description

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Victim Details

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