IL IL - Chicago, Male, RaceUnk, 40-60, UP12209. Lake Michigan, extensive surgery on the face to repair a Le Forte Fracture. March 2010.

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Body recovered fron the shore of Lake Michigan, Decomposed and partial skeletonization. Noted was extensive facial repair with hardware which is consistent with a (LeForte III fracture), also noted is hardware present in the left leg (Tibia), consistent with a (displaced fracture).

Note that there was extensive facial repair with hardware which is consistent with a (LeForte III fracture), also noted is hardware present in the left leg (Tibia), consistent with a (displaced fracture).

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

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Body recovered fron the shore of Lake Michigan, Decomposed and partial skeletonization. Noted was extensive facial repair with hardware which is consistent with a (LeForte III fracture), also noted is hardware present in the left leg (Tibia), consistent with a (displaced fracture).

Note that there was extensive facial repair with hardware which is consistent with a (LeForte III fracture), also noted is hardware present in the left leg (Tibia), consistent with a (displaced fracture).

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

LeFort Fractures​

Anatomy and Mechanism of Injury​

The term LeFort fractures is applied to transverse fractures of the midface. Rene' LeFort described three transverse weak lines through the midfacial skeleton as a result of his cadaver studies in 1901.

How does a Le Fort fracture occur?
High-speed deceleration crashes in which the midface or maxilla strike a stationary object (dashboard, pavement). These injuries may also be produced by striking the face with a rigid object (tire iron, baseball bat).

Some missing persons with facial fractures.

To young (30) ? Distance problem. Michael Wayne Grimes – The Charley Project missing in 1999 from Texas.

Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Grimes has reconstructive plates and screws implanted in the right side of his face. He has tattoos on his upper left arm, the top of his right shoulder, both forearms, his chest and his abdomen. Grimes has scars on his face and right wrist. His nicknames are Mike and Hammer.

35 yrs. Missing from Arkansas in 1995, nothing about tibia repair. Deastima present (nothing about dentals UID). Story is off. Douglas Eugene Kirk – The Charley Project

Kirk had reconstructive surgery to repair his facial bones with metal screws and plates as the result of a 1989 automobile accident.

 

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Keith Reynolds Thompson

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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www.namus.gov

Robert Duane Lopeman

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[Puzzleworth]

The UID's Namus page now notes:

Other distinctive physical characteristic

The decedent was edentulous and the gums well healed. Decedent had no teeth