Identified! NC - Raleigh, WhtMale Skeletal 893UMNC, 25-45, by RR tracks, Mar'84 - Name withheld

[anthrobones]

DoeNetwork Case 893UMNC

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/893umnc.html

Unidentified White Male

• The victim was discovered on March 3, 1984 in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
• Estimated Date of Death: March 3, 1983
• Cause of Death: Homicide
• Skeletal Remains

Vital Statistics

• Estimated age: 25 - 45 years old
• Approximate Height and Weight: 5' 5" - 5' 9"; 130-160 lbs.
• Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair; small to average frame. Scar, old right mastoid; prominent tibial tubuerosities (?Osgood-Schlatter disease?)
• Dentals: Available. 8 teeth with amalgam restorations; 9 teeth missing ante-mortem.
• Clothing: Left black canvas low-top "basketball" shoe (size 8 1/2); a pair of white socks; jockey shorts (small 30-32); red "Superman" t-shirt; pair of "H.I.S." dress blue jeans.
• Fingerprints: Not Available

Case History
The victim was located in Raleigh, North Carolina on March 3, 1984.
This gentleman's body was spotted by a railroad engerineer as his train moved slowly past the area. The body was on an embankment in a small ravine between the railroad tracks and the U.S. Federal Warehouse just off of Garner Road in Raleigh.


NamUs UP Case 2198 https://identifyus.org/cases/2198

 

[CarlK90245]

Here's the DoeNet and NamUs links for this UID:

DoeNetwork Case 893UMNC http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/893umnc.html.
NamUs UP Case 2198 https://identifyus.org/cases/2198

I started looking for possibles for this UID, and came up with a couple:

Mark Skinner Clarke

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/clarke_mark.html

His height and age are within range. He has light-brown hair (consistent to the UID). His DLC is about 3 months prior to the discovery of the remains. He was wandering around throughout the GA, SC, NC area, so Raleigh NC is very consistent. The beard makes it a little difficult to evaluate his chin and jawline, but from what I can see, His facial shape is pretty close, although his temples seem slightly narrower than the UID's.


Alexander Edwin Shaw

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/shaw_alexander.html

His facial shape is closer to the UID than Mark Skinner's is. The circumstances are not inconsistent, and the distance between his last known location and Raleigh is about 100 miles.

However, He is a couple years younger than the lower age limit, and an inch taller than the upper limit.

ETA: On second look, his jaws are much more squared.

 

[Cubby]

Both good possibles Carl. I think Mark Skinner Clarks hairline makes it too difficult to determine of the temples are narrower or not.

 

[carbuff]

Here's the DoeNet and NamUs links for this UID:

DoeNetwork Case 893UMNC http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/893umnc.html.
NamUs UP Case 2198 https://identifyus.org/cases/2198

I started looking for possibles for this UID, and came up with a couple:

Mark Skinner Clarke

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/clarke_mark.html

His height and age are within range. He has light-brown hair (consistent to the UID). His DLC is about 3 months prior to the discovery of the remains. He was wandering around throughout the GA, SC, NC area, so Raleigh NC is very consistent. The beard makes it a little difficult to evaluate his chin and jawline, but from what I can see, His facial shape is pretty close, although his temples seem slightly narrower than the UID's.


Alexander Edwin Shaw

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/shaw_alexander.html

His facial shape is closer to the UID than Mark Skinner's is. The circumstances are not inconsistent, and the distance between his last known location and Raleigh is about 100 miles.

However, He is a couple years younger than the lower age limit, and an inch taller than the upper limit.

ETA: On second look, his jaws are much more squared.

Based on the recent photos where we've seen a formerly unidentified person next to his or her sketch, I doubt whether the sketch conveys the degree of precision to eliminate either of these guys on the slight differences. Clarke looks like a really good possibility based on circumstances as well.

 

[webrocket]

both Clarke and Shaw are on the rule-out list:

Myron Alberding 1944 New York
Steve Arrowood 1956 North Carolina
David Bacon 1946 New York
Steven Chait 1951 New York
Mark Clarke 1954 North Carolina
Clarence Dellis 1940 Louisiana
Edward Dubbs 1927 Connecticut
James Egan 1954 Wisconsin
Maxwell Graham 1950 South Carolina
Reed Jeppson 1949 Utah
Reeves Johnson 1951 Maine
Ryan Kemp 1951 Pennsylvania
Ron Knutson 1955 California
Roger Madison 1953 California
Edward Maps 1923 Pennsylvania
Douglas Meer 1957 Colorado
Mark Merritt 1961 Texas
Daniel Naylor 1968 California
William Newman 1955 Louisiana
Bill Neyenesch 1944 California
Douglas Rubin 1957 New York
James Schroeder 1960 Idaho
Alexander Shaw 1959 North Carolina
Claude Shelton 1934 Kentucky
Perry Stokes 1962 Kentucky
John Troha 1963 Michigan

 

[JeannieC]

I know California is a long way from NC but who knows.
The spacing of the eyes look close to me and the nose. The chin appears sharp like the john doe too. What do you think?


The Doe Network:
Case File 1972DMCA

Donald James Gregory
Missing since February 1, 1983 from Banning, Riverside County, California
Classification: Missing •Date Of Birth: April 18, 1959
•Age at Time of Disappearance: 24 years old
•Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'10"; 150 lbs.
•Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Brown hair; blue eyes.
•Marks, Scars: Scar on ear, and scar on stomach.
•AKA: Donald James Geddes Jr.
•Dentals: Not available

 

[webrocket]

the distance is not so much an issue as the lack of a stomach scar on the UID and the fact that Gregory is taller than the upper range of the estimate for the UID.

 

[CarlK90245]

the distance is not so much an issue as the lack of a stomach scar on the UID ...

since the remains were skeletal with a PM interval of about a year, we wouldn't know one way or the other regarding whether he had a stomach scar.

 

[webrocket]

unless his bone was scarred, I'm wondering how they concluded the UID had a "right mastoid scar"?

I read that to mean he had flesh still. keep in mind we've seen UID which were supposedly skeletal remains yet they got tattoos and fingerprints.

 

[pokypuppy67]

Here's the DoeNet and NamUs links for this UID:

DoeNetwork Case 893UMNC http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/893umnc.html.
NamUs UP Case 2198 https://identifyus.org/cases/2198

I started looking for possibles for this UID, and came up with a couple:

Mark Skinner Clarke

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/clarke_mark.html

His height and age are within range. He has light-brown hair (consistent to the UID). His DLC is about 3 months prior to the discovery of the remains. He was wandering around throughout the GA, SC, NC area, so Raleigh NC is very consistent. The beard makes it a little difficult to evaluate his chin and jawline, but from what I can see, His facial shape is pretty close, although his temples seem slightly narrower than the UID's.


Alexander Edwin Shaw

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/shaw_alexander.html

His facial shape is closer to the UID than Mark Skinner's is. The circumstances are not inconsistent, and the distance between his last known location and Raleigh is about 100 miles.

However, He is a couple years younger than the lower age limit, and an inch taller than the upper limit.

ETA: On second look, his jaws are much more squared.

Whoa! Edwin Shaw looks like a DEAD RINGER for this guy! I can't believe how much it looks like him. And Shaw was ruled out? Could they have made a mistake in excluding him? I don't mean to doubt their skills but humans make mistakes all the time. It happens.

 

[carbuff]

unless his bone was scarred, I'm wondering how they concluded the UID had a "right mastoid scar"?

I read that to mean he had flesh still. keep in mind we've seen UID which were supposedly skeletal remains yet they got tattoos and fingerprints.

The mastoid is the part of the skull below the ear, more or less, so I suspect they do mean the bone was scarred. HealthLine describes mastoidectomy: http://www.healthline.com/health/mastoidectomy

So it might indicate somebody who had hearing problems in life.

 

[hayaletcatcher]

Exclusions
The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent:
First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA
Myron Alberding 1944 New York
Steve Arrowood 1956 North Carolina
David Bacon 1946 New York
Gerald Bradshaw 1960 Virginia
Steven Chait 1951 New York
Mark Clarke 1954 North Carolina
Kyle Clinkscales 1953 Georgia
Clarence Dellis 1940 Louisiana
Edward Dubbs 1927 Connecticut
James Egan 1954 Wisconsin
Maxwell Graham 1950 South Carolina
Reed Jeppson 1949 Utah
Reeves Johnson 1951 Maine
Ryan Kemp 1951 Pennsylvania
Christopher King 1950 California
Ron Knutson 1955 California
Randall Leach 1960 Idaho
Roger Madison 1953 California
Edward Maps 1923 Pennsylvania
Harold Mays 1959 North Carolina
Douglas Meer 1957 Colorado
Mark Merritt 1961 Texas
Daniel Naylor 1968 California
William Newman 1955 Louisiana
Bill Neyenesch 1944 California
Douglas Rubin 1957 New York
Frank Santmyer, Jr. 1952 Maryland
James Schroeder 1960 Idaho
Randolph Sedlack 1960 Virginia
Alexander Shaw 1959 North Carolina
Claude Shelton 1934 Kentucky
Perry Stokes 1962 Kentucky
John Troha 1963 Michigan
Paul Vogen 1953 Arizona

https://identifyus.org/cases/2198

 

[Eddie99]

I can't seem to post a link, but what about Frank Lamont Fox, missing from New York, in January of 83. timing is dead on, age is close, and height is close.

 

[stereot]

Whoa! Edwin Shaw looks like a DEAD RINGER for this guy!

I thought exactly the same thing....

 

[Houston Mom]

I can't seem to post a link, but what about Frank Lamont Fox, missing from New York, in January of 83. timing is dead on, age is close, and height is close.

Eddie99 Frank seems plausible. Maybe you should submit as dentals are available for Frank and UID

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/8030/6/

 

[carbuff]

I agree, Frank is definitely worth submitting.

 

[Coffee56]

What about Ricky Eugene Osborn


http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/3264dmfl.html

The Doe Network:
Case File 3264DMFL

Osborn, circa early 1980's

Ricky Eugene Osborn
Missing since about 1982 or 1983 from Apopka, Orange County, Florida
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: June 2, 1954

Age at Time of Disappearance: 29 years old

Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5' 6"; 150-160 lbs.

Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Brown hair; blue eyes. Left eye unique pupil; bad balance - walks with limp. No sense of smell; bad reaction to alcohol due to bad balance.

Marks, Scars: Head scar from surgery on left forehead back and over the left ear, obscured by hair; puncture scar lower back; trachea scar; ankle scar.

Dentals: Teeth in bad shape or may have dentures.

Circumstances of Disappearance

Osborn was last seen by a family member who dropped him at the bus terminal in Apopka, Florida about 1982 or 1983. Ricky had a bus ticket to Santa Cruz, California.
Since that time two calls were received by family members. The first call came from an unknown law enforcement agency on an unknown date to his mom to confirm Ricky's identity. The second call was from Ricky to his Aunt claiming he feared for his life when the phone went dead on his end. The date and location of that call is also unknown.
The family has been trying to get a missing person report filed for Ricky, but because of the circumstances of his disappearance, have so far, been unable to.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Wayne J. Osborn
518-731-8396
Email

Source Information:
Wayne J. Osborn

 

[Houston Mom]

hmm... Ricky not on NamUs?

 

[carbuff]

hmm... Ricky not on NamUs?

It's my understanding that if there's no police report, they can't be included?

 

[carbuff]

Exclusions
The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent:
First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA
Myron Alberding 1944 New York
Steve Arrowood 1956 North Carolina
David Bacon 1946 New York
Gerald Bradshaw 1960 Virginia
Steven Chait 1951 New York
Mark Clarke 1954 North Carolina
Kyle Clinkscales 1953 Georgia
Clarence Dellis 1940 Louisiana
Edward Dubbs 1927 Connecticut
James Egan 1954 Wisconsin
Maxwell Graham 1950 South Carolina
Reed Jeppson 1949 Utah
Reeves Johnson 1951 Maine
Ryan Kemp 1951 Pennsylvania
Christopher King 1950 California
Ron Knutson 1955 California
Randall Leach 1960 Idaho
Roger Madison 1953 California
Edward Maps 1923 Pennsylvania
Harold Mays 1959 North Carolina
Douglas Meer 1957 Colorado
Mark Merritt 1961 Texas
Daniel Naylor 1968 California
William Newman 1955 Louisiana
Bill Neyenesch 1944 California
Douglas Rubin 1957 New York
Frank Santmyer, Jr. 1952 Maryland
James Schroeder 1960 Idaho
Randolph Sedlack 1960 Virginia
Alexander Shaw 1959 North Carolina
Claude Shelton 1934 Kentucky
Perry Stokes 1962 Kentucky
John Troha 1963 Michigan
Paul Vogen 1953 Arizona

Unidentified Person Case

Updated Namus link: Unidentified Person Case

I don't see any new names on the ruleouts list.