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Unidentified Black / African American Male
Age 55-85
from Brooklyn, New York

Victim Details

Created
Jun 27, 2016

Case Added
Oct 27, 2023

Case ID
17840

Case Number
K16-01174

Estimated Age Range
Adult - Pre 90

Age From
55

Age To
85

Pid
26911

Height
67 inches

Ethnicity
Black / African American

Primary Ethnicity
Black / African American

Gender
Male

Post Mortem Interval
Years

Estimated Birth From
1925

Estimated Birth To
1960

Estimated Death Year From
2010

Estimated Death Year To
2015

Date Found
2016-02-29

City
Brooklyn

State
New York

County
Kings County

Tribal Land
No

AllPartsRecovered
1

Agency ID
43726

Agency Name
Office of Chief Medical Examiner New York City

Agency City
New York

Agency State
New York

Agency County
New York County

Agency Contact

Agency Address
520 First Avenue, , New York, New York

Agency Phone
2124472030

Agency Jurisdiction
Local

Agency Type
Medical Examiner

Agency Case #
K16-01174

Hair Color
Unknown

Head/Hair
Unknown

Body/Hair
Unknown

Left Eye Color
Unknown

Right Eye Color
Unknown

Solved
Yes

Clothing & Accessories
Accessories: A black pager
Clothing: Individual was wearing multiple layers of clothing to include: A red pullover fleece jacket A tan pullover fleece jacket An orange collared short sleeved shirt (Virginia Tech) A tan T-shirt Black sweatpants with white strips along the sides Blue denim shorts
Jewelry: Dog tags with "Army Strong" on one side and a quote from Joshua 1:9 on the other side Fluorescent green rubber bracelet with "generationOn.Org" A tan bracelet

Area Recovered: allowfullscreen>

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Individual found in an upstairs bedroom of an abandoned home in Brooklyn, NY. Possible homeless individual squatting in the abandoned house. Multiple items of clothing, shoes, and backpack with toiletry items found within the room. Paperwork and food wrappers with an expiration date of Fall 2013 were also found in the room.
Date Found: 2016-02-29

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Victim Details

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