FL Escambia County- Unsure- Bones in local cemetery, no disturbed graves nearby. UP142189- May 24, 1994

[PatLaurel]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)


Circumstances of Recovery: Two bony fragments. These were received by our office on 5/26/1994. One is composed of a human femur, left side, measuring 45.1 cm from superior aspect of the bony head to the distal aspect of the specimen. Also submitted is a fragment of long bone measuring 35 cm in length. Remains were found in a local cemetery on the ground surface. No opened/disturbed graves nearby.

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[PayrollNerd]

Escambia County FL borders MS, and is subject to flooding. May is barely the beginning of hurricane season. It would not be surprising if these bones were misplaced from a flood. Maybe not the nearby cemetery but a family grave site from years ago. Dating the bones and DNA will be likely.

 

[PatLaurel]

UP142189

According to the article above, this is the cemetery where the bones were found.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1195732/union-hill-cemetery

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Joanna Kay Otto

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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