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Savannah John Doe (1988)
a.k.a "Rooster John Doe"
UP17577 (NU)
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Approximate location of where the John Doe was found.
Circumstancesa.k.a "Rooster John Doe"
UP17577 (NU)
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Approximate location of where the John Doe was found.
Approximately 27 year old black male found wrapped in a red cover/bedspread in a wooded area approximately 117 feet from the intersection of Dixon and Eurell Streets* in Savannah GA. Nickname: Rooster. (per NamUs).
* NamUs and Doe Network (which has the same circumstances) say "Eurell Street" but unless the street name changed slightly, I believe this is a typo as current maps indicate the street is spelled "EWELL."
Case Numbers:
- Doe Network: 3906UMGA
- NamUs: UP17577
- ME/C: 880903549
- Location: Savannah, Georgia. (Chatham Co.)
- Date Body Found: September 7, 1988.
- NamUs Created: March 13, 2018.
- Tribal Land: NO.
- PMI: 2 weeks (1988)
- State of Remains:Not recognizable - decomposing/putrefaction.
- All parts recovered.
- Cause of Death: UNKNOWN
- Sex: Male
- Race/Ethnicity: Black
- Age: 25-30 (adult, pre-30s).
- Height: 6'0" (72 inches), est.
- Weight: 170 lbs, est.
- Hair: BLACK
- Eye: UNKNOWN
- Dentals: UNKNOWN
- DNA: UNKNOWN
- Prints: UNKNOWN
- Marks / Features: N/A
- Clothing:
- Blue Jockey Shorts *
- Blue Jockey Shorts (in mouth)
- * It is not stated if the shorts were the brand "Jockey" or just that style.
- Jewelry: NONE
- Add'l Items:
- beige phone cord (wrapped around neck)
- brown extension cord (wrapped around hands and legs, hogtie)
- navy blue cloth around the left ankle
- red bedspread or “cover” (wrapped around body)
Links:
Doe Network: 3906UMGA (ARCHIVE)
NamUs: UP17577 (ARCHIVE)