General Information
Date of Discovery - 11/11/1997
Location of Discovery - Fountain Inn, Greenville County, South Carolina
Estimated Date of Death - 1989 - 1996
State of Remains - Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only
Cause of Death - Homicide
Physical Description
Estimated Age - 32 -55
Race - White / Caucasian
Gender - Male
Height - 5'5 - 5'10, Estimated
Weight - Cannot Estimate
Hair Color - Unknown
Eye Color - Unknown or Missing
Distinguishing Marks / Features - No Teeth (Unclear if Antemortem or Postmortem)
Clothing and Personal Items
Clothing - Light-colored swim trunks, cutoff blue jean shorts, burgundy low-cut cowboy boots (approximate size 10.5) and dark-colored socks.
Jewelry - Gold rimmed sunglasses
Additional Personal Items - Black comb.
Circumstances of Discovery
The nephew of a property owner collecting river sand found the remains of the man in a heavily wooded area four miles south of Simpsonsville near the line for Greenville and Laurens County. The remains were found near a path leading to Paynes Branch Creek, leading to speculation that the man had been washed down from further upstream due to the low-lying nature of the area in which he was located.
Authorities recovered most of the skeleton (including two thigh bones, one upper arm bone, one shinbone, sixteen vertebrae, a scapula and bones from the left and right feet) as well as some decayed clothing, and ruled that the cause of the death was multiple gunshot wounds to the head. Despite searches of state and national databases, the man has not been identified.
Date of Discovery - 11/11/1997
Location of Discovery - Fountain Inn, Greenville County, South Carolina
Estimated Date of Death - 1989 - 1996
State of Remains - Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only
Cause of Death - Homicide
Physical Description
Estimated Age - 32 -55
Race - White / Caucasian
Gender - Male
Height - 5'5 - 5'10, Estimated
Weight - Cannot Estimate
Hair Color - Unknown
Eye Color - Unknown or Missing
Distinguishing Marks / Features - No Teeth (Unclear if Antemortem or Postmortem)
Clothing and Personal Items
Clothing - Light-colored swim trunks, cutoff blue jean shorts, burgundy low-cut cowboy boots (approximate size 10.5) and dark-colored socks.
Jewelry - Gold rimmed sunglasses
Additional Personal Items - Black comb.
Circumstances of Discovery
The nephew of a property owner collecting river sand found the remains of the man in a heavily wooded area four miles south of Simpsonsville near the line for Greenville and Laurens County. The remains were found near a path leading to Paynes Branch Creek, leading to speculation that the man had been washed down from further upstream due to the low-lying nature of the area in which he was located.
Authorities recovered most of the skeleton (including two thigh bones, one upper arm bone, one shinbone, sixteen vertebrae, a scapula and bones from the left and right feet) as well as some decayed clothing, and ruled that the cause of the death was multiple gunshot wounds to the head. Despite searches of state and national databases, the man has not been identified.
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