The unidentified remains were found on 31 October 2023 within a reusable grocery shopping bag at a local cemetery in Lorain Ohio. On 01 November 2023 the Lorain Police Department transported suspected human remains to the Lorain County Coroner’s Office where they were examined. Initial examination evidences mummified and partially skeletonized remains consisting of a complete skull and mandible with retention of the C1 and C2 cervical vertebrae, the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage, the manubrium, and the left clavicle. The remains were examined for evidence of antemortem, perimortem, and postmortem pathology or trauma. The remains evidence partially skeletonized and partially mummified skeletal elements with evidence of advanced decomposition, mummification, and desiccation of bone and residual soft and connective tissues. There is no evidence of funerary intervention of the residual skin and soft tissue of the mouth or jaw. Following partial maceration and radiology, the mouth is identified as edentulous with artificial maxillary and mandibular dentures are present in situ. The skeletal elements do not evidence any decompositional odor. Based on the examination of the residual soft tissues and skeletal elements available for analysis, the remains appear to be several years or more postmortem.
Date Found: 2023-10-31
