GA GA - Smyrna, White/HispMal, 25-35, In A Shallow Creek, Oct'96

[victoriarobinson642]

UP80025, added to NAMUS yesterday:
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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Demographics
Sex - Male
Race / Ethnicity - White / Caucasian, Hispanic / Latino, Uncertain
Estimated Age Group - Adult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range (Years) - 25-35
Estimated Year of Death - 1998
Height - 5' 6"(66 inches) , Estimated
Weight - 150 lbs, Estimated

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Circumstances
Type - Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found - March 27, 1998
NamUs Case Created - May 3, 2021
Location Found Map
Location - Smyrna, Georgia
County - Cobb County
Found On Tribal Land - No
Circumstances of Recovery - Found in a state of decomposition in a shallow creek within a construction site.

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Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains - All parts recovered
Condition of Remains - Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction

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[victoriarobinson642]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
I'm honestly finding Bruce to be the most likely candidate here.

 

[CptCari]

Maybe Jerry?

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[ChatteringBirds]

@victoriarobinson642
What is your opinion about
GA - Derrick Scott Wright, 17, Gainesville, 15 June 1996
?
(Age doesn't match though. I feel uncomfortable asking about this "kid" and hope he's not a match...)
Are there any Rule-outs for this UID?

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Hi, does this UID have any rule-outs yet? Thank you. @carbuff

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[victoriarobinson642]

Hi, does this UID have any rule-outs yet? Thank you. @carbuff

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

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None.

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[carbuff]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

Namus has some additional information now:

Circumstances of Recovery
On March 27th, 1998, the deceased was found in a state of decomposition lying in a shallow creek within a construction site near Mitchell Road and Interstate 85 in Southwest Cobb County, Georgia. An autopsy was performed at the Cobb County Medical Examiner’s Office and multiple stab wounds were discovered. The deceased is believed to be a Caucasian or Hispanic male with dark brown hair, with an estimated height of 5’ 6”. He was approximately 150 pounds and was 25 to 35 years old at the time of his death.

No exclusions though. Estimated year of death is 1998, so I guess they don't think he had been there for a real long time.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Moving case up.

Speculation: he may have been employed at the construction site and foul play occured on site. Or he may have been stabbed nearby by someone who lived near or worked at the site and knew the creek was there as a quick "dumping ground." (Not meaning to be insensitive.)

Was the current working-crew at the time interviewed one-on-one by investigators?