FL Homestead, Miami-Dade County- Male, White- 30-45- Found floating in the C-103 Canal- UP572- Sep.10, 2006

[PatLaurel]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

5 Missing Person Exclusions

Missing Person / NamUs #MP8126 Charles Bertram
Date of Last Contact October 27, 2002
State FL
County Pasco

Missing Person / NamUs #MP7448 William Moldt
Date of Last Contact November 07, 1997
State FL
County Palm Beach

Missing Person / NamUs #MP7515 Douglas Mackenzie
Date of Last Contact July 02, 1985
State FL
County Osceola

Missing Person / NamUs #MP9299 Gerald Polk
Date of Last Contact December 21, 1991
State FL
County Pasco

Missing Person / NamUs #MP296 Amos Mortier
Date of Last Contact November 08, 2004
State WI
County Dane

 

[PatLaurel]

https://doenetwork.org/cases/1143umfl

Date of Discovery: September 10, 2006
Location of Discovery: Homestead, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Estimated Date of Death: Days prior
State of Remains: Decomposing/putrefaction
Cause of Death: Unknown

Physical Description​

Estimated Age: 30-45 years old
Race: White
Sex: Male
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 105 lbs.
Hair Color: Black, straight
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Unavailable
DNA: Available

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Khaki pants, size 34x30; gray Manner's Club windbreaker with black horizontal stripe and black interior; black t-shirt with red Fubu XC11 label on front; brown Evergreen ankle boots; white socks
Jewelry: None
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery​

The decedent was found floating in the Mowry C-103 Canal at Southwest 282nd Street and Southwest 172nd Avenue.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Hurricane Florence was too far eastward to have effected the weather much on Sept 10, 2006. Maybe a stronger offshore breeze for a few days, not a lot of rain. C103 Canal begins right Homestead Bayfront Park in Biscayne Bay. It curves and meanders north of Homestead. He probably went into the water close to where he was discovered.

 

[PatLaurel]

@PayrollNerd, any chance that the logo on the windbreaker read "Marine's Club" instead of "Manner's Club"? I can't find the trademark Manner's Club so, I'm wondering if maybe our JD worked at Mariner's Club Key Largo and it was a uniform windbreaker? MOO JMO

 

[PayrollNerd]

@PayrollNerd, any chance that the logo on the windbreaker read "Marine's Club" instead of "Manner's Club"? I can't find the trademark Manner's Club so, I'm wondering if maybe our JD worked at Mariner's Club Key Largo and it was a uniform windbreaker? MOO JMO

Mariner’s Club makes more sense, like a boating or yachting group in the area, if not a resort.

Key Largo is 30 miles so that’s possible. Housing is scarce everywhere in the Keys. It would make sense if he lived in the Homestead area. He could have been fishing along the canal and fell in too.

 

[PayrollNerd]

I wonder if he was homeless & hungry because he was very thin for his height.

Height: 5'10"
Weight: 105 lbs

 

[PatLaurel]

@PayrollNerd, any chance that the logo on the windbreaker read "Marine's Club" instead of "Manner's Club"? I can't find the trademark Manner's Club so, I'm wondering if maybe our JD worked at Mariner's Club Key Largo and it was a uniform windbreaker? MOO JMO

BBM

Quoting myself to correct my original post. I meant "Mariner's Club" and not "Marine's Club".

I wonder if he was homeless & hungry because he was very thin for his height.

Height: 5'10"
Weight: 105 lbs

Our Doe's FLUIDDB profile has an estimated weight between 105 lbs and 150 lbs and age range 46-60.
He doesn't look emaciated nor older than 40-45. In fact, the sketches appear to depict two different men. These discrepancies make it hard to guess what our JD may have looked like. MOO JMO

 

[MagicCityMan]

I wonder if he was homeless & hungry because he was very thin for his height.

Height: 5'10"
Weight: 105 lbs

I've often wondered if in some cases the weight that is recorded is the actual weight of the remains as opposed to the projected weight of the decedent in life.