MN MN - Minneapolis, WhtMale, UP102933, 25-35, Boxcar Fire, May '86

[victoriarobinson642]

NAMUS:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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www.namus.gov

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Sex - Male
Race / Ethnicity - White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Range (Years) - 25-35
Height - 5' 7"-5' 9"
Date Body Found - May 6, 1986
Location - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Circumstances of Recovery - The decedent and another individual were in a retired railroad boxcar that caught fire due to a charcoal grill.

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(No NAMUS case for the other person, unsure if they were IDed)

 

[dotr]

Who is Hennepin County John Doe (1986)?

Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office Teams with Othram to Identify a 1986 John Doe

dnasolves.com

''In May 1986, a call was received about a fire at 24th and Elm Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, just east of downtown between I-35W and Highway 280. When fire department officials arrived at the scene, they found a retired railroad boxcar engulfed in flames. The bodies of two individuals were discovered inside of the boxcar, which had caught fire due to a charcoal grill. While one of the individuals was identified, one was not. The unidentified individual was determined to be a white male who stood between 5’6” and 5’10” and weighed between 140 and 150 pounds. No other identifying characteristics for the man could be determined, and he became known as a John Doe.

Details of the case were entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) as UP102933. Despite the efforts of investigators, with few leads to go on, the man's identity is still unknown after nearly forty years. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office is seeking Othram's assistance in hopes that advanced DNA technology will provide new leads about the man’s identity.''

 

[MarziPanda]

I wonder if there's anything public (newspapers etc) that says who the other person was identified as. It might give some clues - like if that person was homeless, this person was likely to have also been homeless.