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Unidentified Black / African American Male
Age 18-99
from Birmingham, Alabama

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On 11/01/1997, while unloading steel beams from a railroad car, employees of O'Neal Steel discovered the decomposing remains lying underneath the steel beams inside the railroad car. The railroad car was loaded at Northwestern Steel and Wire Company in Sterling, IL on 9/29/1997 and had been sitting on the O'Neal Steel lot since approximately 10/28/1997.
Date Found: 1997-11-01

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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP15001

Victim Details

Created

Apr 19, 2016

Case Added

Nov 01, 2019

Case ID

17774

Case Number

1997-1545

Estimated Age Range

Adult

Age From

Age To

Pid

26866

Height

68 inches

Weight

123 lbs

Ethnicity

Black / African American

Primary Ethnicity

Black / African American

Gender

Male

Post Mortem Interval

Days

Estimated Birth From

1898

Estimated Birth To

1979

Estimated Death Year From

1997

Date Found

1997-11-01

City

Birmingham

State

Alabama

County

Jefferson County

Zip Code

35202

AllPartsRecovered

Agency ID

12366

Agency Name

Birmingham PD

Agency City

Birmingham

Agency State

Alabama

Agency Contact

Agency Address

, , ,

Agency Case #

9711-20539

Agency Report Date

1997-11-01

Hair Color

Black

Head/Hair

Tightly curled black hair.

Left Eye Color

Unknown

Right Eye Color

Unknown

Area Recovered:

Unidentified Black / African American Male
Age 18-99
from Birmingham, Alabama

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Unidentified Black / African American Male
Age 18-99
from Birmingham, Alabama