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It makes a pretty significant difference from 6' to 6'4", I would say. 6' is not a super unusual height for an adult male in WI, whereas 6'4" would be noticeable and thought of as "very tall".I noticed NamUs currently gives 6'0" for the height for this UID -- not that it makes a huge difference.
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Hey! Could this be a playing card? Like from a casino??
View attachment 224809
of course I haven’t been able to find the exact one...
IBEW International Brotherhood Electrical Workers 2 Playing Card Decks Poker NIP • $21.97
Another thing I noticed were the dates....
“1880” seems to be when the first house was lighted by electricity.
“1980” looks to be when the card was made?
“Our 89th Anniversary”, I’m assuming ‘our’ refers to IBEW? And that they weren’t a thing in 1880? Otherwise the 89th anniversary would have been 1969. Right? (I think I just answered my own question) But I do believe this could be a playing card...who knows where its 51 other friends are!
I just found an article from March....he died of exposure and hit his head after he slipped on the side of the road. There was also a sketch of him from the initial investigation, I wonder why it's not on NamUs?
41 years later: search for John Doe 1980 continues // WJFW Newswatch 12
Detective hoping to identify victim of 40-year-old cold case
Foul play is not suspected, but something seems suspicious, seeing that he was in a field. Maybe he died naturally or of an overdose and was dumped?
I'm surprised a local number wasn't printed on the calendar. Even if it were celebrating the founding of the whole organization, usually everything I've received from the union was personalized with our local number on it.
Here's the sketch which appeared in the news broadcast, he's very distinctive:
6'4" male
Date least seen is unexplained -- who, where
Ties to Wisconsin
NM - NM - Bennett Irvin Wall, 23, Albuquerque, 1 Feb 1981
Article:
He could have been there for three months.
He was discovered about 100 feet from a highway, by a couple who were walking on their private snowmobile trail. It appears he was found in fairly warm weather based on the attire of the officers. Pretty good article.
https://wnanews.com/wp-content/2020...The_Northwoods_River_News_3/Attachment_01.pdf
Interesting comments about his attire on r.dd.t
They are also echoing my opinion about the shoes.
I just noticed, he wasn't wearing gloves.
Just a very minor note;
BigCityAccountant noted the 'brown corduroy jacket'
was manufactured by 'Montgomery Ward' ('Brent' was
one of their brand names), there is a Wiki for that original
company which went bankrupt circa year 2000.
That business manufactured or sourced 'department store'
type of items, the company had both stores and a catalog
mail-order business ongoing in the late 70's.
Upon viewing the high resolution picture of the 'brown
corduroy jacket';
https://www.namus.gov/api/CaseSets/NamUs/UnidentifiedPersons/Cases/60642/Images/61632/Original
it can be seen that the lower inner lining has two
screen-printed like repeating motifs.
Of the two repeating motifs, the first I initially
thought possibly to be a in the shape of a bird but is
more probably a two color fleur-de-lis, here are a
number of fleur-de-lis examples for comparison;
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/da/73/1b/da731b797ca61d74276f339e36cade36.jpg
https://i0.wp.com/natchitochesparishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/JOB-CON.jpg
The second motif has an ink-blue central portion, the
probable best viewable example of it is that seen
beneath the zipper pull tab - I believe I see what
appears to be on the left of the motif, a cherub, with
body, head and wings, possibly holding an arrow shaft
and with a heart shape above its head. The cherub
appears to be supporting (in the center of the image)
an ink-blue shield type shape, probably a shield such
as is seen on heraldic coat-of-arms. The remainder of
that motif on the right of the shield appears to be a
mirror-image of the cherub done in a different color.
Given the fleur-de-lis, the inner lining of the 'brown
corduroy jacket' could have been sourced from wholesale
makers in a city such as such as Chicago, St. Louis,
St. Paul or Louisiana.
Although the above information does not help us ID the
deceased person, I have some other ideas that someone
local to Rhinelander might be able to action and I have
a PM waiting for Gourami Watcher to read.
There's only one rule out in NamUs:
MP56141 - Ernest Palmer 01/09/2019 Essex NJ
Do we know if this UP has DNA?
Also, did someone submit Harold Haynes yet? It's possible he hasn't been compared, depending where the UP's dental and fingerprints are being held.
I like Harold Haynes, too. My problem is that the autopsy said the deceased had bilateral alopecia which is a fancy way to say he had a receding hairline in the classic way: starting at the temple on both sides. The images I see of Harold, he doesn't appear to have a receding hairline. I think Harold looks Native American but they are the one ethnic group that don't appear to be stricken with male pattern baldness.
He actually resembles the sketch but the missing date seem a bit off. Is the February 1981 date accurate?
I just found an article from March....he died of exposure and hit his head after he slipped on the side of the road. There was also a sketch of him from the initial investigation, I wonder why it's not on NamUs?
41 years later: search for John Doe 1980 continues // WJFW Newswatch 12