The Lost and the Found

A groundskeeper at the Pleasant Valley Memorial Park Cemetery in Annandale, Virginia found this well dressed woman near the infant's burial section. She had placed clear plastic on the ground and decorated a small Christmas tree. She had a tape player with a recording by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner from the 2000 Year Old Man. She committed suicide by drinking brandy, swallowing Valium, and covering her head with plastic to suffocate herself. She left a typed note and cash for the cemetery and the coroner.

Recovered from the Ohio River.

The decedent was discovered in Oak Hill, West Virginia on April 15, 1994.

The decedent was discovered on June 26, 1988 in Wayne County, West Virginia.

The victim was discovered on February 21, 1986 in Jefferson County, West Virginia with a gunshot wound.

The decedent was struck and killed by a vehicle while he was hitchhiking near the Fair Deal Market on US 19-21.
An individual who had previously given the unidentified male a ride stated the decedent was traveling to Bluefield to obtain a birth certificate to join the army.  The decedent claimed he was raised in Chicago, Illinois and both of his parents had died. He did not provide his name to the driver.

A man preparing a field for deer season discovered the decedent's decomposed remains lying next to an overturned flatbed dump truck. The discovery took place 300 yards off of Route 19 south, near Beverly Hills Florist. The field had last been mowed in July.

Investigators found a Georgia ID card with the remains. While they believe the picture is of the decedent they are not sure the information is correct. They ran the name on the card, Pablo Hernandez Cruz, through various databases but found no matches. No one at the address listed on the ID knew who the man was. Also found with the remains were phone numbers and personal effects, none of which led to the man's identity.

The decedent was found by Department of Health workers in a remote area, lying alongside a garbage dump west of County Route 5/7.

The decedent was found face down in a wooded area off of Warm Springs Road near Kearneysville, West Virginia, on August 24, 1986. He had been wrapped in a rug and placed along the tree line.

The decedent's skeletal remains were found intact inside a sleeping bag under the Roosevelt Bridge.  He was homeless, and may have used the name "John Hardy". During a field interview with police officers, some years before, he provided an address of Fairfax County, Virginia. All checks have failed to provide any further information.