The Lost and the Found

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/7646/details



Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP7646 Male, Black / African American

Date Found May 27, 1992
Location Found Cincinnati, Ohio
Estimated Age Range 50-70 Years

Case Information

Case Numbers
NCMEC Number--
Case Number H-247-92; CC-14-1064

Demographics
Gender Male
Race / EthnicityBlack / African American
Estimated Age Group Adult - Pre 80
Estimated Age Range 50-70 Years
Estimated Year of Death 1992
Estimated PMI Minutes
Height 6' 1"(73 inches) , Measured
Weight 206 lbs, Measured

Circumstances
Type Unidentified Deceased
Date Found May 27, 1992
NamUs Case Created August 26, 2010
Agency QA Reviewed August 31, 2014

Location Found Map
Street Address 500 Linn Street (near RR tracks)Cincinnati, Ohio
County Hamilton County
GPS Coordinates--
Circumstances of RecoveryAdmitted to the emergency room at University Hospital on 5-27-92 after being found near railroad tracks by yard workers. The admitting diagnosis was coma, due to brain stem infarction. He was pronounced brain dead around 20:00 on 5/29/92. The EMS paperwork shows the name "Bill" in the box marked "First Name", but a question mark in the box for "Last Name", however, there is no mention that the man was conscious when found or how that name was known or provided.
Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains All parts recovered
Condition of Remains Recognizable face

Physical Description
Hair Color Gray or Partially Gray
Head Hair Description Curly black and gray, about 1" in length
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description Full beard and moustache
Left Eye Color Brown
Right Eye Color Brown
Distinctive Physical Features
Finger and toe nails
Loose fingernails observed in August 2014 (post-exhumation) show some nails were unusually long.

Clothing and Accessories
Accessories
One penny with a hole punched in it (as if to put it on a chain or string); year is possibly 1947.
Near the Body

Clothing
Pants "Sansabelt by Jamar" (black/navy) - 100% pure wool. Second pair of pants (black/navy), thinner material. Blue denim coveralls "Sears" on button and tag with number 7792314 inside pocket. Long-sleeved striped sweater "Shillito-Rikes" (gray with dark blue and maroon repeating stripes, see images page). Second blue sweater, thin fabric and long-sleeved. Plaid overcoat, thick material "McAlpin's Varsity Town Clothes", tan background with black intersecting lines (see images page).
On the Body

Clothing
All of the above clothing is assumed to have been on the body, as all of it showed evidence of being cut off by emergency personnel.
Near the Body

Footwear
Pair of knit socks, blue argyle-type pattern. Pair of work shoes, brown with toes cut out of both (number inside shoe 124419).


Case Contributors
Elizabeth Murray, Forensic Anthropologist
M.E. Consultant (anthropologist)
513-244-4948

516 Linn Street, Cincinnati, OH