AL AL - Prichard, BlkMale 710UMAL, 18-26, wooded area, gold teeth, May'03

[Claireishere]

This area is kinda of weird. Even though it says 165 it’s not I65. For the most part only locals use the area and are aware of it for being a traffic avoidance route. Most people stay on 10 and I65 if it’s the area I believe. Also Prichard was a fairly wealthy area for a long time and well cared for. I think it kinda tanked in the 70s.

 

[YaYa_521]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Exclusions
MP5734 Tamborah Brown 02/15/2002 Mobile AL
MP4141 Yul Kennedy 11/28/2000 Jefferson LA
MP13702 Marcus Virgin 05/08/2003 Escambia FL
-- Michael Way -- --GA

 

[YaYa_521]

Maurice (Jones but family called him Maurice) did not have any gold teeth. Per his mother he had never been to see a dentist. I am the person who put him in NAMUS and I have a direct relationship with his Mother and Brother.

But the amount of time between when he went missing to when this doe was found makes it possible he obtained gold teeth during that time.

I guess I should have read this thread before messaging you on Maurice's thread. Did you ever submit Maurice as a PM to JD?

MS - MS - Jones 'Maurice' Martin, 22, Moss Point, 11 Sept 1987

 

[YaYa_521]

I think the recons are fantastic. Header should be edited. No Native American, he seems to be African American (mistakes are made, but let's go with the African American angle)....uncertain about the gold tooth....it's not anymore in the Doe file..is it? (I will keep this in the back of my mind....it doesn't seem to have fallen from the sky)

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

1950-2003 estimated year of death....ahum.....I think it would have been possible to narrow that down. Was he buried or cremated? Does somebody know the Alabama policy on that?

Just the other day they found bones/a skeleton in the Netherlands, and within a couple of hours they announced that the bones were at least 100 years old and not of a missing person, so no police work. Archaeological experts now investigating. Ok, it's 2020 now...but still.

I'm going to report my post to request a title change based on current information in JD's multiple profiles. TY @Bit of hope for pointing this out!
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
CASE NUMBER - 710UMAL
Case #03-45 - LA Repository for Unidentified & Missing People


AL - Mobile, BlkMale 710UMAL, 18-26, Prichard (Mobile County), May'03

 

[jbsb344]

I guess I should have read this thread before messaging you on Maurice's thread. Did you ever submit Maurice as a PM to JD?

MS - MS - Jones 'Maurice' Martin, 22, Moss Point, 11 Sept 1987

We did submit as a PM.

 

[HmmMysterious]

Bumping.

 

[heartanium]

Surprised Anthony Brown (MP33530) hasn't been ruled out. No pictures unfortunately.

Missing from Mobile, AL on Feb 10, 1999.

AL - AL - Anthony Brown, 21, Mobile, 10 Feb 1999

Anthony Brown Case Classification: Missing Missing Since: February 10, 1999 Location Last Seen: Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama Description: Date of Birth: circa 1978 Age: 21 Race: Black/African American Gender: Male Height: 5' 10" (70 inches) Weight: 195 - 224 lbs Hair Color: Black Eye...

www.websleuths.com

"Brown went missing from Mobile, Alabama on February 10, 1999. He was last seen leaving the A.P. Brewer Developmental Center (Schillinger and Hitt road); his direction of travel was unknown. He was from Selma, Alabama and has family members who live there and he may have been returning home. He has never been heard from again.

Brown's sister describes him as quiet, gentle, and doesn't like to be around crowds. He has nervous problems and had been suicidal in the past. He has a fascination with logging operations and might be spotted around a business that logs wood.

Few details are available regarding Brown's disappearance and his whereabouts remain unknown."

 

[HmmMysterious]

How did the investigators come up with the really long postmortem interval of 1950-2003 for this man? It's unbelievable that he could have been lying there for 53 years! The median year for the pmi is roughly 1976 plus 6 months- that's the year I think this man died.

 

[Aurora90]

How did the investigators come up with the really long postmortem interval of 1950-2003 for this man? It's unbelievable that he could have been lying there for 53 years! The median year for the pmi is roughly 1976 plus 6 months- that's the year I think this man died.

I think that info was removed, because I do not see it anywhere. But I am guessing the long post-mortem interval is due to the fact that the remains indicated he had been there a long time and so they wanted to cast a wide net.

#MP139729 Marcus Lamar Hunter has recently been entered into NamUs. I wonder if this could be him?
There isn't a whole lot available online regarding his disappearance.

However I was able to find a mention of Marcus in the May 20th 1999 edition of The Auburn Plainsman, thanks to the Special Collections and Archives department of Auburn University.

The only thing that makes me question if this could be him is the fact that there is 222 miles (approximately a 3h 17min drive) between where Marcus was last seen and where this John Doe was found.

That being said, It does appear to be a direct drive using I-65 though. and to quote @Claireishere maybe this taking this route and discarding him at this specific location was to keep distance from this likely homicide.

This area is kinda of weird. Even though it says 165 it’s not I65. For the most part only locals use the area and are aware of it for being a traffic avoidance route. Most people stay on 10 and I65 if it’s the area I believe. Also Prichard was a fairly wealthy area for a long time and well cared for. I think it kinda tanked in the 70s.

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[Aurora90]

I wonder if Marcus' recent entry into NamUs is because they did genetic testing on the John Doe?

Just in case this isn't the case, I sent this tip to LSU Faces and Detective Drew Machen of the Alexander Police Department.