The Lost and the Found

A motorist found the remains of the decedent in a wooded area off of Marsh Road, east of Carr Road. He had been blindfolded, wrapped and dumped along the roadside.

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/2266

NamUs UP # 2266

ME/C Case Number: 1993-N-0956
New Castle County, Delaware
25 to 30 year old Asian Male

Case Report - NamUs UP # 2266
Case Information
Status Unidentified
Case number 1993-N-0956
Date found September 13, 1993 00:00
Date created July 28, 2008 11:08
Date last modified October 19, 2015 10:51
Investigating agency
date QA reviewed November 24, 2010 04:54

Local Contact (ME/C or Other)
Agency Delaware Division of Forensic Science
Phone 302-577-3420
Case Manager
Name James Schaeffer-Patton
Phone 302-407-4633

Demographics
Estimated age Adult - Pre 40
Minimum age 25 years
Maximum age 30 years
Race Asian
Ethnicity
Sex Male
Weight (pounds) 130, Estimated
Height (inches) 70, Measured
Body Parts Inventory (Check all that apply)
All parts recovered
Body conditions
Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Probable year of death 1993 to 1993
Estimated postmortem interval 2 Weeks

Circumstances
Location Found
GPS coordinates
Address 1 Marsh Rd
Address 2 250' east of Carr Rd
City Wilmington
State Delaware
Zip code 19809
County New Castle
Circumstances
The University of North Texas Center for Human Identification – Department of Anthropology redefined the biological profile on this homicide victim. Based upon the revised biological profile, a new facial approximation has been prepared by forensic artist Michael McNicholas. The previous facial approximation was prepared by Frank Bender 19 years ago in 1994 and remains on display at the Delaware State Police Museum, Dover, Delaware.

Synopsis: Decomposed body found Sept. 13, 1993, off Marsh Road near I-95 in Brandywine Hundred. Lost motorist from Baltimore pulled over to check a map and made the discovery.

Description; 20 to 40 years old (probably 30+), 5’10”, approximately 130 pounds and of Asian ethnicity with black 4" to 6" long and straight hair. The tip of his right ring finger amputated.

Clothing: Ralph Lauren T-shirt, tan Bugle Boy pants that were size 28 medium and tan leather-like shoes with rubber soles.

A seven-digit number was written in one shoe, possibly the former phone number of a Domino’s Pizza in Brick, N.J.

Right thumb and pinkie fingers had an extra long, well groomed, nails.

Dental: Heavy tartar and tobacco deposits. No evident restorations or existing decay. Wear facets and heavy deposits suggest individual was probably over 30 yrs of age.

Forensic odontology examination produced complete charting for NCIC and NamUs. Nuclear and MtDNA profiles are currently in the CODIS system.

Physical
Hair color Black
Head hair
black, 4" to 6" long and straight.
Left eye color Brown
Right eye color Brown
Eye description
Dark brown

Amputations
The ring finger of the right hand has an absent distal phalanx with stump well healed. The absence is at the distal interphalangeal joint.

Other distinctive
physical characteristics
Right thumb and right fifth (pinkie) finger had an extra long, well-groomed nails. Circumcised male.

Skeletal findings
An inventory of the skeletal elements revealed all to be present with the exception of the hyoid bone, the skull and the bones of both hands. Anthropological examination of the skeletal elements revealed them to be consistent with that of an adult male. The post cranial skeletal traits indicative of an adult male include the following: robust long bones with significant muscle marking, innominates with large acetabular diameters, narrow sciatic notches, short and
blunt pubic symphyses, an acute sub-pubic angle, and sacral curvature.
Examination of the skull on June 13th, 2013 noted multiple morphological traits indicative of a Mongoloid (Asian) individual. Key morphological traits noted as Mongoloid include a highly rounded and compact skull, keeling of the cranial vault, rounded eye orbits, a rounded nasal aperture and inferior zygomatic projection, and an intermediate nasal sill. Cranio-meteric analysis corporates sex as male and classifies the deceased as Chinese (Fordisc- National
Skeletal Data Base Analysis). Stature of the deceased based on the maximum length of the left femur is 66.6 inches(+/- 2.1 inches-* Hispanic Males). Age at death ofthe deceased in question is estimated to be between twenty-five and thirty years of age based on the early phase of cranial suture of cranial suture closure, the phase three pubic symphyses facial morphology (Suchey-Brooks standard- mean age 28 years), and minimal evidence of costal cartilage
calcification and pitting within the sternal ends of the first ribs.
Detailed examination of the skull and present post cranial elements revealed osseous fusion between the first cervical vertebrae to the atlanto-occipital junction of the skull, evidence of a healed fracture of the nose, and an unusual osseous protuberance at the rhomboid fossa (impression site of the costclavicular ligament) at the sternal ends of the clavicles. No additional observations are present upon further examination of the remains.

Fingerprints
Status: Fingerprint information is available and entered

Clothing on body
Deceased is clad in a polo 'Ralph Lauren' light colored jacket, short sleeved t-shirt, tan 'Bugle Boy' size 28 trousers, white boxer shorts with turquoise squared design, bikini-type light colored jockey shorts
Clothing with body

Footwear
Brown slip-on shoes, rubber soles. A seven-digit number was written in one shoe, possibly the former phone number of a Domino’s Pizza in Brick, N.J.
Jewelry
None
Eyewear
None
Other items found
with body
In right front pants pocket a piece of tissue is found with three unspent .38 caliber bullets.

Dental
Status: Dental information / charting is available and entered

DNA
Status: Sample submitted - Tests complete

A seven-digit number was written in one shoe, possibly the former phone number of a Domino’s Pizza in Brick, N.J.

Address: 1769 NJ-88, Brick, NJ 08724
Open ⋅ Closes 1AM · See more hours
Phone: (732) 206-0002

Decomposed body found Sept. 13, 1993, off Marsh Road near I-95 in Brandywine Hundred. Lost motorist from Baltimore pulled over to check a map and made the discovery.


SR 3 follows Marsh Road north through Brandywine Hundred to the village of Arden. Washington Street Extension winds southwest by Bringhurst Woods