LA LA - Slidell, WhtMale 25-45, UP53947, Skull in wildlife refuge near Palm Lake, Nov'17

[JerseyGirl]

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office said that a hunter found the human skull in a wooded area in a wildlife refuge near the Palm Lake area in Slidell on Friday morning (Nov. 10). The Sheriff's Office didn't name the refuge, but the Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge is adjacent to Palm Lake.

Sheriff's investigators did not find any other skeletal remains, nor did they find any immediate signs to suggest foul play.

http://www.nola.com/northshore/index.ssf/2017/11/a_human_skull_is_found_in_the.html

 

[JerseyGirl]

The skull shows no obvious signs of trauma, but that it has been exposed to the elements for a “considerable amount of time.”

There are some open missing persons cases in St. Tammany Parish, but unless DNA matching or other forensic proof becomes available, the skull can not be connected to any of these cases with at this time.

http://wgno.com/2017/11/20/unidenti...ll-headed-to-lsu-for-forensic-identification/

 

[Moosebegoose]

Fingers Crossed we can learn more about this case so we can help find who this is.

 

[Nancy Drew RN]

Skull is now in NamUs:
White male, age 25-45, estimated to have died 2012-2016. No exclusions

Unidentified Person Case

 

[Melt71]

Still no exclusions against this case in Namus.

 

[iulia]

His NamUs page has been removed.

 

[dotr]

After 7 years, St. Tammany Parish Doe (2017) is Identified

St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office Teams with Othram to Identify a 2017 John Doe

dnasolves.com

"In 2024, forensic evidence was submitted to Othram’s laboratory in The Woodlands, Texas. Othram’s scientists successfully developed a DNA extract and then used Forensic Grade Genome Sequencing® to build a comprehensive DNA profile for the unknown man. This profile was used by Othram’s forensic genetic genealogy team in a genealogical search allowing for the development of new leads in the case.

These leads were provided to law enforcement, who located a potential relative of the man. In the course of the investigation, the relative confirmed that they had a missing relative in Louisiana. The relative then provided a DNA sample so that a comparison to the John Doe’s DNA profile could be made using Othram’s KinSNP® Rapid Relationship Testing. This investigation led to the identification of the man as Gary A. Maggio of Slidell, Louisiana. Maggio is believed to have been 67 years old at the time of his death. Gary, an avid outdoorsman, was born in 1949 and had not been heard from since 2016.

Anyone with information about Maggio’s last days or his death is asked to call St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office Cold Case Investigator Chris Knoblauch at 985-781-1150.''

 

[musicaljoke]

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After 7 years, St. Tammany Parish Doe (2017) is Identified

St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office Teams with Othram to Identify a 2017 John Doe

dnasolves.com

"In 2024, forensic evidence was submitted to Othram’s laboratory in The Woodlands, Texas. Othram’s scientists successfully developed a DNA extract and then used Forensic Grade Genome Sequencing® to build a comprehensive DNA profile for the unknown man. This profile was used by Othram’s forensic genetic genealogy team in a genealogical search allowing for the development of new leads in the case.

These leads were provided to law enforcement, who located a potential relative of the man. In the course of the investigation, the relative confirmed that they had a missing relative in Louisiana. The relative then provided a DNA sample so that a comparison to the John Doe’s DNA profile could be made using Othram’s KinSNP® Rapid Relationship Testing. This investigation led to the identification of the man as Gary A. Maggio of Slidell, Louisiana. Maggio is believed to have been 67 years old at the time of his death. Gary, an avid outdoorsman, was born in 1949 and had not been heard from since 2016.

Anyone with information about Maggio’s last days or his death is asked to call St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office Cold Case Investigator Chris Knoblauch at 985-781-1150.''

Perhaps he had become lost in the woods. I wonder if this was the only photo of him as an adult? Did he have no one in his life to cared about his disappearance? How dreadfully sad.