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Unidentified White / Caucasian Male
Age 18-22
from Shepherdsville, Kentucky

Case Description

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On May 9, 1976, the nude body of a young white male was found, badly burned and partly decomposed, in Bullitt County, KY. The hands were so badly burned that processing by our lab was impossible at that time. The hands were severed from the body and forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Identification Unit for special processing. A fingerprint classification was made and is as follows: 17 L 1 U III 4. M 1 U III In 1976, the F.B.I. ran this classification throu ...Read More
Date Found: 1976-05-09

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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP14560

Victim Details

Created

Dec 08, 2015

Case Added

Sep 17, 2024

Case ID

18006

Case Number

04-76-0526

Estimated Age Range

Late Teen/Young Adult

Age From

Age To

Pid

27113

Height

67 inches

Weight

150 lbs

Ethnicity

White / Caucasian

Primary Ethnicity

White / Caucasian

Gender

Male

EstimatedPostmortemInterval

Post Mortem Interval

Days

Estimated Birth From

1954

Estimated Birth To

1958

Estimated Death Year From

1976

Date Found

1976-05-09

City

Shepherdsville

State

Kentucky

County

Bullitt County

Zip Code

40165

Tribal Land

AllPartsRecovered

Agency ID

12439

Agency Name

Kentucky State Police

Agency City

Elizabethtown

Agency State

Kentucky

Agency Contact

Agency Address

, , ,

Agency Case #

04-76-0526

Agency Report Date

1976-05-09

Hair Color

Red/Auburn

Head/Hair

Full Head of Hair. From Autopsy Report: "Examination of hair reveals it to be brown in color with red appearance to ends, which appear to be changed secondary to heat."

Body/Hair

"The hair within the axilla has a brownish to auburn appearance." "Pubic hair appears auburn in coloration."

Left Eye Color

Unknown

Right Eye Color

Unknown

Area Recovered:

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