CT CT - Cromwell, CT River, BlkMale 21-35, UP13320, black sock used as belt, scars, Asics shoes, clothes, Nov'14

[rats]

WARNING: Postmortem photo at link
NamUs: https://identifyus.org/en/cases/13320

Case #: 14-16789
Date found: November 9, 2014
Location: Connecticut River, Cromwell, CT (Middlesex Co.)
Estimated age: 21-35
Race: Black/African American
Sex: Male
Height: 70 in.
Weight: 200 lbs
Hair color: Black
Head hair: Kinky
Facial hair: Black kinky mustache and beard.
Eye color: Brown
Body conditions: Recognizable face
Probable year of death: 2014 to 2014
Estimated postmortem interval: 1 Week

Circumstances: Deceased was found in water by kayakers.

Scars and marks: curvilinear 1-1/2" scar over left elbow
1-1/4" hypertrophic scar of right dorsal hand extending up from between thumb and index finger with suture scars around it

Clothing on body: Blue jeans
white nylon shorts over the jeans
blue checkered boxer shorts
a black sock was attached to his belt loop to act as a belt
Footwear: White Asics Sneakers

Dental: Dental information/charting is available and will be entered later.
DNA: Sample submitted - tests complete

Finally, a CT doe with a picture, even if it is a postmortem (and a picture of one of his scars). This guy seems so solvable.

One rule out:

Jean Michaud 1984 Massachusetts

 

[macrauchenia]

Was the sock used to tie two belt-loops together? As a simple way of tightening pants?

 

[rats]

Was the sock used to tie two belt-loops together? As a simple way of tightening pants?

That's very likely how it was. Though I can't see that being super effective. I'm mostly surprised he hasn't been identified yet...

 

[digitective]

A few ideas...

Raajih Brown
26 years old, 5'11", 160 lbs
Missing from New London, CT (42 miles from Cromwell) since 5/31/09
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/3679/

Darryl Cedeno
28 years old, 6' - 6'2", 145 - 165 lbs
Missing from New Jersey since 5/14/14
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/33306/

Gerald Hamilton
32 years old, 5'8", 195 lbs
Missing from Brooklyn, NY since 9/12/07
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/37678/

 

[rats]

Fingerprints were entered, I just got the email about them!

 

[Melt71]

www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/13320?nav

Still unidentified and still no really good matches in this age range in Namus.

 

[aThousandYearsWide]

Clothing on body: Blue jeans
white nylon shorts over the jeans
blue checkered boxer shorts
a black sock was attached to his belt loop to act as a belt
Footwear: White Asics Sneakers

I am trying to imagine the white shorts over his jeans. Is there any reason someone might wear shorts over jeans? Or was it a fashion trend at some point? I know in Seattle wearing shorts over longjohns was a huge trend during the late 80's.

With the sock used as a belt leads me to believe he was homeless and using what he had available. You'd think a sock belt would be memorable to someone that knew him.

 

[YaYa_521]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

3 exclusions:
MP23127 Jean Michaud 1984 Massachusetts
MP 27668 Monkeith Mayer 2014 Michigan
MP42169 Jamaal Nelson 2014 Connecticut

 

[othram]

Othram will be crowdfunding and working this case: Who is Middlesex County John Doe (2014)?