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Property owners were clearing underbrush from a wooded lot at 750 South Beltline Boulevard when they discovered skeletal remains and clothing. The remains were scattered over an area of several hundred square feet by scavenging animals. The area is a flood plain near a creek.
Date Found: 2020-12-28

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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP83843

Victim Details

Created

Sep 01, 2021

Case Added

Apr 25, 2024

Case ID

40272

Case Number

2020-004663

Estimated Age Range

Adult - Pre 70

Age From

Age To

Pid

55858

Height

66 inches

Height To

67 inches

Ethnicity

White / Caucasian

Primary Ethnicity

Multiple

Gender

Male

EstimatedPostmortemInterval

Post Mortem Interval

Months

Estimated Birth From

1950

Estimated Birth To

1970

Estimated Death Year From

2020

Date Found

2020-12-28

Description

750 South Beltline Boulevard

City

Columbia

State

South Carolina

County

Richland County

Zip Code

29205

Tribal Land

Agency ID

37014

Agency Name

Columbia Police Department

Agency City

Columbia

Agency State

South Carolina

Agency County

Richland County

Agency Contact

Agency Address

1 Justice Square, , Columbia, South Carolina

Agency Jurisdiction

Local

Agency Type

Law Enforcement

Agency Case #

803-545-3500

Agency Report Date

2020-12-29

Hair Color

Unknown

Left Eye Color

Unknown

Right Eye Color

Unknown

Physical Descriptions

Scar/mark: The skeletal remains have healed facial and nasal fractures suggesting that the individual may have had facial scarring. Additionally, the remains have healed right rib fractures indicating blunt trauma to the chest.
Other distinctive physical characteristic: The individual was missing all of his teeth antemortem and probably did not wear dentures based on significant bone loss in his jaws. His jaw may have appeared crooked during life due to asymmetry of the lower jaw.

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