IN IN - Skeletal UnkRaceMale, 17-25, Burns Harbor, Apr'89 *Graphic Pics*

[Gardener1850]

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP13586
ME/C Case Number CF64-JohnDoe-1989

Male, Uncertain
Date Found: April 27, 1989
Location Found: Burns Harbor, Indiana

Estimated Age Range: 17-25 Years
Estimated Age Group: Adolescent
Estimated Year of Death: 1987-1988
Estimated PMI: 9 Months

Height 5' 7"(67 inches) , Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate

Accessories Near the Body
- 3 white cigarette holders (plastic)
- 1 empty plastic Coca-Cola bottle
- 1 glass bottle containing white residue substance

Clothing Near the Body
-Partial remains of cloth shorts (green/aqua)
-Partial remains of red fiber cloth
-Red summer baseball cap with logo (assumed to be Rochester Redwings)

Footwear On the Body
-1 pair, dark blue Fila tennis shoes

Location Found Map
Street Address 240 Melton Rd. Burns Harbor, Indiana
CountyPorter County
GPS Coordinates--
Circumstances of Recovery Newspaper clipping added to the file: - Chesterton Tribune (April 28th, 1992) "Seek identity of skeleton found in Burns Harbor"

Details of Recovery

Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton

Unidentified Person Case

 

[carbuff]

Looking at the skull--He has an exceptionally long narrow face, especially narrow through the jaw.

 

[Jproonthego]

Thoughts?
Missing Person / NamUs #MP10653Steven W. Hendricks, Male, White / Caucasian
Date of Last ContactSeptember 4, 1988
Missing FromWashington, Indiana

Case Information



Demographics
Missing Age22 Years
Current Age52 Years
First NameSteven
Middle NameW.
Last NameHendricks
Nickname/Alias--

SexMale
Race / EthnicityWhite / Caucasian
Height5' 7" (67 Inches)
Weight135 lbs
Circumstances
Date of Last ContactSeptember 4, 1988
NamUs Case CreatedMay 8, 2011
Last Known Location Map
LocationWashington, Indiana
CountyDaviess County
Circumstances of Disappearance--
Physical Description
Hair ColorBlack
Head Hair Description--
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description--
Left Eye ColorHazel
Right Eye ColorHazel
Eye Description--
Distinctive Physical Features

 

[dotr]

Thoughts?
Missing Person / NamUs #MP10653Steven W. Hendricks, Male, White / Caucasian
Date of Last ContactSeptember 4, 1988
Missing FromWashington, Indiana

Case Information



Demographics
Missing Age22 Years
Current Age52 Years
First NameSteven
Middle NameW.
Last NameHendricks
Nickname/Alias--

SexMale
Race / EthnicityWhite / Caucasian
Height5' 7" (67 Inches)
Weight135 lbs
Circumstances
Date of Last ContactSeptember 4, 1988
NamUs Case CreatedMay 8, 2011
Last Known Location Map
LocationWashington, Indiana
CountyDaviess County
Circumstances of Disappearance--
Physical Description
Hair ColorBlack
Head Hair Description--
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description--
Left Eye ColorHazel
Right Eye ColorHazel
Eye Description--
Distinctive Physical Features

Welcome to Ws Jproontheego, thanks for your first suggestion!
The nose looks similar, imo.
Steven W. Hendricks – The Charley Project
Steven W. Hendricks

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[Shin Masamura]

Missing
Last seen alive: July 04, 1988

Circumstances: VICTIM A NIGHT MANAGER AND LAST SEEN BY STORE EMPLOYEE ON 7/4/88 AS HE WAS LOCKING UP FOR EVENING.
First Name: Daryl James
Middle Name: James
Last Name: Burchfield
Details
Age When Last Known Alive: 27
Race: White
Sex: Male
Height: 67.0
Weight: 145.0
Location
City: Rochester
State: New York
County: Monroe
Appearance
Hair: Blond/Strawberry
Eye: Blue
Clothing and Accessories
Clothing: White button shirt, gray pants.
Footwear: gray sneakers

*The key thing growing up in Rochester during that time, the Redwings were not a well known franchise outside of being the farm team to the Baltimore Orioles. I would not expect for there to be fans of the franchise outside of the greater Rochester Area. Trying to find a picture of him.

 

[carbuff]

I agree about the Redwings and the hat. The most distant connection I can see is a family member of somebody who went to RIT or UR or one of the smaller colleges in the area. We went to a Redwings game the weekend the middlest Carbuff offspring graduated from RIT, so somewhere in my stuff I have a Redwings wrist band (they were giving them away as a promotion).

Possibly somebody who had been through Rochester and got some merchandise through a goodwill-type charity box.

I suppose there might be a few fans in Baltimore with minor league merchandise, same as there are a few fans in Boston who have Red Sox minor league stuff. (Mookie Betts Greenville Drive shirt, anyone?)

 

[carbuff]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

He has two reconstructions, one showing Hispanic background and one showing more African ancestry:



No exclusions though.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Burns Harbor is less than 50 miles from Chicago - I'd be willing to bet that he's from there.

 

[Grungster]

Could this be him?

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Grungster]

Time frame is way off but I wonder if it could have been a runaway who got hit by a car while hitchhiking?

 

[MadMcGoo]

Could this be him?

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

That’s quite a height difference, 4’10 vs 5’7. Assuming both are accurate.

 

[bombardier]

the newspaper clipping file on NamUs has since been removed (I'm assuming it was once there), but theres information about this guy on his Doe Network profile!
The height estimate was more lenient at 5'8" - 5'10", and somehow they also estimated his weight at 180-200lbs (take that with a grain of salt as it didn't carry over to NamUs).
Black hair must have been found at the scene as his hair is described as black here (judging by the facial recons I'm guessing the hair was curly?). Also wondering why this didn't carry over to NamUs.
The size of the Fila's was 8.5, which is not very large, which leads me to believe he was closer to the 5'7" end of the spectrum.
He was found in a wooded area between U.S. 20 and Old Porter Rd.
His COD was trauma - his left leg and collarbones were broken, leading LE to believe that he had been struck on his side or jumped from a vehicle.
(MOO - it requires a lot of pressure to break your femur and your hip, especially since this seemed like a young healthy guy, so he must have been struck HARD )

 

[bombardier]

Looking up US 20 (which passing thru is called Melton Road) and Old Porter Rd., I think this was the location where the young man was found. Wooded areas are right off the Highway. It doesn't seem like a super busy area, but as you can see there's businesses/houses on one side. I don't know if it looked the same in the 80s.
Sadly, this does seem like someone who might have been walking along the side of the road and was struck and abandoned where he fell, or perhaps dragged into the nearby woods. I can't see someone moving themselves with all his injuries.