IL IL - Chicago, UnkSex/UnkRace/UnkAge. UP11687. Left leg only by Lake Michigan. June 2013 - Michael F. Young

[cheemsg]

Human Leg recovered from lake michigan shore line. This is a left leg.

Case information updated on 18 OCT 2013, by Detective Mark Czworniak, #21035, Area North Violent Crimes Unit. 312-744-8261

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[EmiliaRT007]

What condition was the leg in? Did it have skin and muscles or was it just bones?

 

[EmiliaRT007]

I have a feeling if the leg is in good condition the individual may still be alive. Possibly an amputation but who would just dump a leg in a lake? Unlikely but could be a possibility. Again unlikely.

 

[iulia]

The NamUs page for this Doe is down at the moment.

 

[iulia]

He was identified as Michael F. Young and is now in ClaimUs as #UCP109050.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

 

[victoriarobinson642]

He was identified as Michael F. Young and is now in ClaimUs as #UCP109050.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

That's odd...I wonder how he was IDed.

 

[cheemsg]

He was identified as Michael F. Young and is now in ClaimUs as #UCP109050.

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 wonder if this is medical waste and he's already known to be dead, and is unclaimed bc the family has already interred his remains.

 

[iulia]

That's odd...I wonder how he was IDed.

Good question. I’m thinking it has to be DNA, but since he is Unclaimed it had to be matched to his own known DNA. How could this be after so many years escapes me..

 

[cheemsg]

Good question. I’m thinking it has to be DNA, but since he is Unclaimed it had to be matched to his own known DNA. How could this be after so many years escapes me..

I guess maybe someone with a close relations just happened to upload their DNA into a databank and it got matched. This ID has raised 100 more questions than answers.
Obviously it's just a leg so who knows. Maybe he's still alive and it got lost after an amputation and he hasn't claimed his own leg?

 

[iulia]

I guess maybe someone with a close relations just happened to upload their DNA into a databank and it got matched. This ID has raised 100 more questions than answers.
Obviously it's just a leg so who knows. Maybe he's still alive and it got lost after an amputation and he hasn't claimed his own leg?

You're right, it could still be forensic genealogy even tough he's unclaimed at the moment. Maybe this will change soon.