GA GA - 1 BlkMale & 1 WhtFem, Died in 1980s, Discarded in Metter Junkyard, Found Dec 2018

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Apr 30, 2019

(WJCL)- The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is one step closer to identifying human remains found last December at a junkyard in Metter.

Investigators on Monday say they've figured out the bones belong to a black male and white female. Now the investigation moves forward in figuring out who they were. GBI Special Agent In Charge John Durden says they believe the three unidentified bodies in this case came from a nursing home, and ended at Hodges Funeral Home in Metter. They have remained a mystery for Durden since December, and now two new clues.

"The anthropologist told us that one's a white female and one's a black male," said Durden.

They're two of three bodies still unclaimed after nearly 30 years.

"We believe these bodies came from a nursing home, maybe next door," said Durden, referencing a nursing home that was next to Hodgens Funeral Home.

Percy Hodges is charged in the case and accused of discarding bodies, after the shed they were in all those years was taken to a Metter junky ard in December. Durden outlined his theory.

Read more: GBI: Human remains found in Metter junkyard belong to man and woman
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The identity of the third body was released in January:

December 29, 2018 at 3:32 PM EST - Updated January 16 at 1:54 PM

METTER, GA (WTOC) - Candler County deputies and Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents have discovered the source of human remains that were found in a scrapyard on December 28th.
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The GBI Crime Lab conducted an examination of the remains to attempt to determine their identities.

So far, Coroner Allen Tyler confirmed the identity of one set of remains as Eric Collins, who died in 1983.

First set of human remains found in Metter scrapyard identified

 

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I found an older article with two possible names for the two UIDs
Investigators ID one set of remains in Metter case

Early in the investigation, Hodges gave GBI agents two names — Leroy Dixon and Theresa McClarin. According to the funeral home records, Dixon was born in June 1943 and died in March of 1982.
Funeral home records also show McClarin was born in July,1915.

..and another one that states they have been identified, which is clearly not the case. I only quote it as it gives a third possible name for one if the UIDs.
Mortician arrested for disposing remains in Metter; bodies identified

The deceased have since been identified as Theresa McClarin, Leroy Dixon, and Mamie Fredricks.