FL FL - Daytona Beach, WhtMale UP1120, 30-40, large teeth, Oct’95

[MadMcGoo]

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP1120
Male, White / Caucasian

Artistic rendering of the victim by Judy Reimer
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Date of Discovery: October 1, 1995
Location of Discovery: Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida
State of Remains: Decomposing/putrefaction
Cause of Death: Unknown
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 50
Estimated Age Range (Years): 30-45
Estimated Year of Death: 1995
Estimated PMI: 0 Months; Weeks prior
Estimated Height: 5 feet 6 inches
Estimated Weight: 138 pounds
Hair & Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Old healed fracture to right clavicle.
Clothing: Rust colored long-sleeve jacket, rust colored running pants, white sweatshirt, green socks and white tennis shoes.

Dentals: Available. Decedent had "large" teeth
Fingerprints: Not available
DNA: Sample available - Not yet submitted

Circumstances of Discovery
The victim was discovered at 500 South Ridgewood Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida.

Investigating Agencies
Agency: Volusia County Medical Examiner's Office
Contact: Marie Herrmann or Investigator Jim Downing
Phone: (386) 258-4060
Email: meol(at)co.volusia.fl.us
Agency Case Number: 1995-00559

Agency: District 7 Medical Examiner - Volusia
Contact: Karla Orozco, Medicolegal Death Investigator
Phone: (904) 962-5180
NCIC Case Number: U981796846

Regional Program Specialist:
Carrie Sutherland (817) 202-5931
[email protected]

Missing Person exclusions:
-- James Clark -- -- --

Sources
NamUs
The Doe Network
FLUIDDB
Unidentified Wiki

 

[MadMcGoo]

I think this missing person is a good possibility... Everything lines up almost perfectly aside from the weight, which isn’t a huge deal IMO. Same thing with injuries on both, they may just not have been known by whoever reported. I think the physical resemblance is also spot on; nose, ears, eyebrows, teeth, hairline... JMO

Williams-Comer is suspected to be a victim of a serial killer and his body was not found where several other victims’ bodies were located... could this SK have had a second disposal spot? Or maybe this wasn’t one of his victims?
(UID stats in parenthesis)

MP, UID, MP

Jerry Williams Comer
Missing Since: August 8, 1995 (1995)
Missing From: Indianapolis, Indiana (Florida)
Missing Age: 34 years old (30-45)
Height: 5 feet 7 inches (5 feet 6 inches)
Weight: 120 pounds (138)
Hair & Eye Color: Brown, Brown (Unknown)
-Williams-Comer has a prior injury to his knees.

According to Charley Project:
Williams-Comer was last seen in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 8, 1995. He has never been heard from again. After his disappearance, his vehicle was found at Castleton Square Mall. Authorities believe he was a victim of the serial killer Herbert Richard "Herb" Baumeister, who was responsible for the deaths of many young men in the Indianapolis area during the 1990s.

A photo of Baumeister is posted with this case summary. He shot himself in Port Huron, Ontario in June 1996, just as the police were preparing to arrest him. He left a note blaming his suicide on business troubles and his failing marriage, and did not mention the murders.

A search of Baumeister's eighteen-acre property turned up the burned skeletal remains of approximately eleven individuals, only four of whom have been identified. As a young gay man, Williams-Comer fits the profile of Baumeister's victims. Another possible victim is Allen Livingston. Their bodies were not found on the serial killer's property, however.

 

[MadMcGoo]

Refreshing the thread...

 

[ChatteringBirds]

This victim seems still unidentified. Does he have exclusions?

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

I agree they should rule out JC, mentioned above. He is also still in NamUs:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[Dogwithabone]

As of April 12, 2025, there is one public rule-out for this John Doe:

James Clark

His NamUs profile appears down or possibly broken, as it does not show his DLC, State, or County. There is another James Clark in NamUs; he disappeared in 1997, so it cannot be him.