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NamUs UP # 7716ME/C Case Number: 2010-S-1065
Sussex County, Delaware
18 to 99 year old Male
Case Report - NamUs UP # 7716Case Information
Status Unidentified
Case number 2010-S-1065
Date found August 25, 2010 09:05
Date created August 30, 2010 09:32
Date last modified December 15, 2014 10:26
Investigating agency
date QA reviewed August 30, 2011 11:32
Local Contact (ME/C or Other)Agency Delaware Division of Forensic Science
Phone 302-577-3420
Case Manager
Name Patrick Quigley
Phone 302-933-3050
DemographicsEstimated age Adult
Minimum age 18 years
Maximum age 99 years
Race Unsure
Ethnicity
Sex Male
Weight (pounds) , Cannot Estimate
Height (inches) 66, Estimated
Body Parts Inventory (Check all that apply)
Head not recovered
Torso not recovered
One or more limbs not recovered
One or both hands not recovered
Body conditions
Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only
CircumstancesLocation Found
GPS coordinates
Address 1
Address 2
City
State Delaware
Zip code
County Sussex
Circumstances
On August 25, 2010, at 10:00 A.M., DE-OCME was contacted by Sgt. John McCarty of DNREC in reference to a possible human bone that was hooked and pulled to shore by a fisherman at 9:05 AM. Location was south side of the Indian River Inlet, approximately three hundred yards west of the Indian River Bridge and thirty yards from the shore.
Area was search by Delaware State Police Divers on 082710; no further remains were found.
Bode DNA Analysis of femur from NamUs UP7716 was cross referenced to four DNA compared (but negative matched) NamUs MP cases which originated in the same general geographic proximity; Gregory Ryan Forte NamUs MP #5622, David Whitehair NamUs MP#7872, Joel Thompson Jr. NamUs MP#7642, Myung Ki Kim NamUs MP#6945.
PhysicalHair color Unknown or Completely Bald
Head hair
Hair not recovered.
Left eye color Unknown or Missing
Right eye color Unknown or Missing
Eye description
Decomposition (skull only) precluded assessment of eye color.
Skeletal findings09/29/11; Bone shipped via UPS in sealed transport container (toolbox), bearing red wire-tie seal 0029549 and UPS tracking number K183 267 1961 to Dr. Marcela Sorg, Department of Anthropology, 5773 S. Stevens Hall, 106A, Orono, Maine 04469-5773 for forensic anthropology examination.
Organ absent
FingerprintsStatus: Fingerprint information is currently not available
Clothing and AccessoriesNo clothing or accessories
DentalStatus: Dental information / charting is currently not available
DNAStatus: Sample submitted - Tests complete