GA GA - Decatur, Black Male, 40-50, UP98827, Found off of trail, 13 Aug 87

[HopeRains]

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP98827 (created in Namus on 1/4/22)

40-50 y/o
PMI 1986-1987
5'7, 140 lbs
Black Hair

Clothing
Black rubber water type boots
Near the Body

Clothing
Red polyester ski-type jacket, with blue stripes running vertically from the back to the front. The Jacket was unzipped but was buttoned at the neck.
On the Body

Clothing
Brown cotton coverall-type suit that was unzipped to the bottom of the fly.
On the Body

Clothing
Hospital gown underneath his coveralls.
On the Body

Circumstances: The decedent was found in a wooded area near 1907 Austin Drive, Decatur, GA and in the rear of 3859 Alston Drive. The decedent was found about yards off of a trail path. The remains were mostly skeletonized when they were found.

Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton

Publicly Listed Comparisons in Namus: None

 

[Nancy Drew RN]

I'm playing around with permutations of those addresses--and certainly street names and numbers can change in 35 years--but those are actual streets in Decatur that do not configure in a way that makes this possible. The current addresses are about 3.5 miles apart, with Alston continuing east into Atlanta, ending in East Lake Golf Club. 1907 Austin is now a newer construction, but searching newspapers.com indicates that there was previously (either the house numbers changed or this house is no more) a split level brick home there. There were obituaries for seemingly unrelated individuals living at that address in 1990 and 1993, and an arrest notice for a gentleman who was found in a gambling raid at the local VFW in 1981. Again, no relation to the later individuals. However, I can find no reference to 3859 Alston anywhere online or in newspapers. I'm inclined to think that's the incorrect one, but obviously it's hard to be sure.

I would assume based on clothing that the individual could be unhoused, possibly with a recent hospital stay. I'm not sure if the boots are rain boots or waders, but there is a creek in the woods behind 1907 Austin (Cobbs). There appears to be a trail or dirt driveway/road (labeled private property, with a gate) that runs from Glenwood into the area. But certainly not what I would think of as a public trail.

 

[Hochman]

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Now listed as female.

Unidentified Cases | DeKalb County GA (#87-0811)
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On August 13, 1987, skeletonized remains of an unidentified individual was found in the wooded area near Austin Drive in Decatur, GA by several teens who were walking through the woods. The individual was found in a red and blue winter jacket, a brown ‘Dickies’ jumpsuit, and a hospital gown. Rubber boots were found nearby. It is suspected that the individual had been deceased for a few months. They believe the individual might have been around 40 years of age at the time of her death.

 

[eoyste]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

Now listed as female.

Unidentified Cases | DeKalb County GA (#87-0811)
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On August 13, 1987, skeletonized remains of an unidentified individual was found in the wooded area near Austin Drive in Decatur, GA by several teens who were walking through the woods. The individual was found in a red and blue winter jacket, a brown ‘Dickies’ jumpsuit, and a hospital gown. Rubber boots were found nearby. It is suspected that the individual had been deceased for a few months. They believe the individual might have been around 40 years of age at the time of her death.

The gender is now listed as male (recently updated because a month ago it was shown as female still).

 

[eoyste]

This UP now has a completely different mock up posted yesterday: