Today, I submitted this case, and missing person Howard Vaughn Gratteau.
There's a lot of biometrics data for both cases in the system, so it seems highly likely that these two cases may already be indirect exclusions.
Although Howard is stated as being 3 inches taller, and weighing 45 more pounds, there are a few compelling details:
1. While the UID was found deceased in Jacksonville, FL, he had a business card for a gynecologist, roughly 315 miles south in Pembroke Pines, FL that was dated 5/13/1987 at 10:45 am. Pembroke Pines appears to directly neighbor Davie, FL which is where Howard Vaughn Gratteau was last seen. It may be that Howard had an affair with another woman who lived near his home, and that he had a card for an appointment with a gynecologist for this woman he may have impregnated.
2. If you look at the UID's face, you can make out a difference in skin colorization around the eyes where tinted glasses may have set. Although, I'm not sure if Howard wore tinted sunglasses, or if his prescription lenses had a slight tint to them.
3. Both men appear to have upper eyelid dermatochalasis.
4. Despite the reconstruction of the UID's face, the two men look fairly similar, especially the nose. I've also seen photos of Howard's brothers, and they resemble the UID as well.
5. Howard has a "heart pierced with an arrow and his wife's name, Rejane" tattoo on his right arm, and the UID has a "heart with an arrow on upper left arm." While the tattoos are listed on different arms, I've seen cases where family were found to be confused about details.
Also note that the UID was in a state of decomposing/putrefaction, and that lettering may not have been distinguishable.
Howard Vaughn Gratteau (NamUs #MP13803)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Jacksonville, FL Unidentified (NamUs #UP804)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
