Inside the NYC Medical Examiner's coldest unidentified persons cases
They are the faces of the victims that have been unidentified by the New York City Medical Examiner for years.
abc7ny.com
''NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Inside an office of the New York City Medical Examiner dozens of clay faces are perched on shelves. They're the faces of people whose skeletons have been found in New York City, but whom have never been identified. The facial reconstructions represent what the people may have looked like when they were alive.
Eyewitness News Investigative Reporter Kristin Thorne sat down with members of the Medical Examiner's Office to go over some of their most challenging anthropology cases - the cases represented by the faces in their office. They're hoping to identify the individuals.''
''Queens, 2000: 20-30 year-old White male found shot and rolled up in a carpet by the old Flushing airport. The man had a healed fracture to his arm from a surgical procedure.''
This medallion was found on the body that was found rolled up in a carpet by the old Flushing airport. It's believed the individual died between 1990 and 1999.
March 7 2023