Identified! KY - Lexington, WhtMale, UP89470, Ducks Unlimited t-shirt, Feb '22 - Jimmy Lawrence Medlock *arrest*

[victoriarobinson642]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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Sex - Male
Race / Ethnicity - White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group - Adult
Height - 5' 1"(61 inches) , Measured
Weight - 84 lbs, Measured
Date Body Found - February 17, 2022
Location - Lexington, Kentucky, 40504
County - Fayette County
Circumstances of Recovery - found wrapped in plastic in parking lot of apartment complex near a dumpster
Hair Color - Brown
Tattoo - crude tattoo of a possible crown on lower left thigh (PM warning)
Clothing - Dark, possibly navy, Ducks Unlimited t-shirt, size M/M with map of US on back (see images) Navy blue cargo drawstring shorts with elastic waistband; tag bears “ftp feel the power, feel dry, size M”. Navy blue sock
Clothing - Navy blue small child's Abercrombie & Fitch short sleeve shirt (see images)

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[fred&edna]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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Sex - Male
Race / Ethnicity - White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group - Adult
Height - 5' 1"(61 inches) , Measured
Weight - 84 lbs, Measured
Date Body Found - February 17, 2022
Location - Lexington, Kentucky, 40504
County - Fayette County
Circumstances of Recovery - found wrapped in plastic in parking lot of apartment complex near a dumpster
Hair Color - Brown
Tattoo - crude tattoo of a possible crown on lower left thigh (PM warning)
Clothing - Dark, possibly navy, Ducks Unlimited t-shirt, size M/M with map of US on back (see images) Navy blue cargo drawstring shorts with elastic waistband; tag bears “ftp feel the power, feel dry, size M”. Navy blue sock
Clothing - Navy blue small child's Abercrombie & Fitch short sleeve shirt (see images)

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'Seems a small adult at 5'1 and 84 lbs.

ETA:

While details remain scarce, investigators say they believe the body found near a dumpster at a Lexington apartment complex last Thursday was that of a “younger male” who was the victim of a homicide.


UPDATE: Body found near dumpster believed to be 'younger male' - ABC 36 News

 

[cvaldez1975]

i think some of his size was decomposition but a younger male could be smaller too.

 

[cvaldez1975]

'Seems a small adult at 5'1 and 84 lbs.

ETA:

While details remain scarce, investigators say they believe the body found near a dumpster at a Lexington apartment complex last Thursday was that of a “younger male” who was the victim of a homicide.


UPDATE: Body found near dumpster believed to be 'younger male' - ABC 36 News

from link - "The body was found in the area of 2050 Cambridge Drive at Stone Bridge Apartments by a maintenance man who was cleaning up and found a bag containing body parts, although he didn’t realize it until he started moving it to a dumpster and realized its contents."

was he dismembered?

 

[cvaldez1975]

seems it may have been from same link - "Churches, city leaders, and others came together to pray for their community Sunday, in response to the partial body found in a dumpster at Stone Bridge Apartments last week."

 

[JurassicParker]

Makes me wonder if this person was held captive somewhere for a while. Maybe that's why they are so small. Malnourished. They were abused and possibly passed in the middle of the abuse. They had to dispose of him and so that's what they did.

 

[fred&edna]

seems it may have been from same link - "Churches, city leaders, and others came together to pray for their community Sunday, in response to the partial body found in a dumpster at Stone Bridge Apartments last week."

At first I thought maybe the body was simply decomposing but it actually sounds like he was dismembered.

From the same link I posted previously:

According to Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn, tissue and bone fragments from a foot were found closer to the apartments Friday morning, and Ginn says he believes the fragments to be a part of the body found.

According to Ginn, a maintenance worker unknowingly dragged the body in a plastic bag to the dumpster after cleaning up the parking lot. Investigators think the bones and tissue found around the apartment came from the plastic bag, which Ginn believes was dragged on the ground by the maintenance worker due to its weight.

Ginn says this discovery is a closer step to finding who placed the body at the apartment complex.

“Now we know the person who was actually placing the remains of this individual at the dumpster was not the person who was trying to dispose of the human remains,” said Ginn.

 

[l0calbear]

This has been haunting me since I saw the first news article.
I might be speculating, but it is a small child (7-13). The tattoo doesn't matter too much because there are so many people in the area who will tattoo their own child or give "permission" to scratchers to tattoo their kids.

As sad as it is, this doesn't scream "missing child", but moreso "disposing of a child that I didn't want". There's no NAMUS missing persons in the height/weight/age range for the John Doe. A child who is cared for in this area is going to be reported missing. Instead there is a body (potentially dismembered) near a dumpster.

 

[Oakie]

Is there any word on forensic genealogy efforts for this case?

 

[Professor Bell]

Any chance the person was killed elsewhere and brought there?

 

[Professor Bell]

Is there any word on forensic genealogy efforts for this case?

That’s what I was wondering because I’m starting to wonder of the possibility of him being Hispanic or another ethnicity besides Caucasian.

 

[Oakie]

That’s what I was wondering because I’m starting to wonder of the possibility of him being Hispanic or another ethnicity besides Caucasian.

There is a significant Hispanic population in that neighborhood.

 

[fred&edna]

I wonder how long the body was there. I don't see a pmi. And, the tattoo is interesting.

 

[othram]

We are on the case: Who is Fayette County John Doe (2022)?

 

[Oakie]

5'1" and only 84 pounds. Sounds like a special needs patient who was abused and starved.

 

[othram]

5'1" and only 84 pounds. Sounds like a special needs patient who was abused and starved.

We hope to find out ASAP who he was. He only died in February. Someone knows him.

 

[Snoopster]

We are on the case: Who is Fayette County John Doe (2022)?

Thank you for taking on this case, Othram.

More from the case description at the link:

Investigators believe the unknown man was 5’1” tall and weighed at 84 pounds at the time of his death. Additionally, investigators observed that he had light brown to blond hair that was approximately two inches in length. He was stabbed in the heart and so investigators have classified the case as a homicide. Advanced decomposition has made it difficult to learn anything more about the man, including his age.

bbm.

So unlikely Hispanic as someone hypothesized above.

 

[Wowza6]

Glad Othram has taken this case on, and am hopeful that in time, the decedent's identity will be known. Oakie's theory that it could be an abused and starved, special needs patient is certainly plausible.

 

[iulia]

The NamUs page for this UID has been removed. Perhaps @othram has worked their magic..

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The NamUs page for this UID has been removed. Perhaps @othram has worked their magic..

Always good news!