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Unidentified Black / African American Male
Unidentified Black / African American Male
Age 18-99
from Birmingham, Alabama
Case Description
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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
Date Found: 1997-11-01
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Apr 19, 2016
Nov 01, 2019
17774
1997-1545
Adult
18
99
26866
68 inches
123 lbs
Black / African American
Black / African American
Male
Days
1898
1979
1997
1997-11-01
Birmingham
Alabama
Jefferson County
35202
1
12366
Birmingham PD
Birmingham
Alabama
, , ,
9711-20539
1997-11-01
Black
Tightly curled black hair.
Unknown
Unknown
Area Recovered:
