KY KY - Kenton Co, Locust Pike Park, WhtMale 40-70, UP6715, Scars, Edentulous, "MH" & “Helen” Tattoo, Ram’s Horn Toenails, Nov’82

[MadMcGoo]

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP6715
Male, White / Caucasian​

Date of Discovery: November 21, 1982
Location of Discovery: Kenton County, Kentucky
Estimated PMI: Days
Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Cause of Death: Unknown
Estimated Age: Adult-Pre 70; 40-70
Measured Height: 5'7"
Measured Weight: 147 lbs.
Hair Color: Gray, thin and 4" long. White/gray beard 1" to 1.5" long.
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Toenails uncut and "have a ram's horn configuration." Uncircumcised.

Scars/Marks
- Left upper arm: 4” linear scar
- Right forearm just proximal to ulnar portion of wrist: 3" vertical scar
- Left lower leg anterior, midway between knee and ankle: 2.5" irregular scar

Tattoos
- Right upper arm laterally is a 4" by 1.25" faded tattoo of a design with several words. the word 'mother' is identified. The other words may be 'in memory'
- Right forearm posteriorly is a 2" by 1" faded crude tattoo of the letters 'MH'
- Left forearm anteriorly is a 1.5" by 1.5" faded tattoo of a design with the word 'Helen'

Clothing: Dirty blue jeans, black belt, plaid shirt, 2 wool socks, worn brown shoes with heels worn off and holes worn through the soles.

Circumstances of Discovery
The victim was found in the woods near Locust Pike Park by two park employees.

Investigating Agencies
Kenton County Coroner's Office (859) 291-3330
Amy Burrows-Beckham (502) 852-5587
Agency Case Number: OC-180-82
Kenton County Police Department (859) 392-1940
Regional Program Specialist: Amy Jenkinson (817) 304-8873

1 Missing Person Exclusions: MP1712 Randy Sellers 1980 Kenton KY

Dentals: Not available. Edentulous.
Fingerprints: Unknown. Autopsy report indicates fingerprints were taken on 11/4/82 and given to Dr. Reichert, Kenton County Coroner.
DNA: Not available.

Sources
NamUs
The Doe Network

 

[MadMcGoo]

Onychogryphosis (Ram’s Horn Nails)
Onychogryphosis is a nail disease that causes one side of the nail to grow faster than the other. The nickname for this disease is ram’s horn nails because the nails are thick and curvy, like horns or claws. Onychogryphosis mostly affects the toes — specifically the big toes.

If you have onychogryphosis, your nails will look: yellow or brown, unusually thick, long (extending beyond the toe) and curved.
Causes include: foot trauma (wearing shoes that are too small for your feet), fungal infection, psoriasis, peripheral vascular disease, tuberous sclerosis complex or ichthyosis. I suspect the first cause given the condition of his shoes/socks.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Would be nice to have pictures of the tattoos.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The only possible match I could find-
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
No idea how he would've gotten to Kentucky, but I guess stranger things have happened.

 

[MadMcGoo]

The only possible match I could find-
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
No idea how he would've gotten to Kentucky, but I guess stranger things have happened.

Another good find! I wish there were photos of the tattoos too! Kenneth fits pretty well. I wonder how he would have ended up in KY, or where he could have ended up. I think if he could be tied somehow to the tattoos, Helen or MH, that’d be even better.

If the one tattoo is a memorial to his mother, I wonder if Helen is his mother’s name? Or part of the MH...or if MH are part of his initials. Or none of the above.

 

[Melt71]

Only 1 ruleout:

Randy Sellars MP1712 missing from KY 16 Aug 1980

 

[MadMcGoo]

This poor guy. I imagine a Helen out there someplace thinking of him.

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[HopeRains]

Noting the victim was located on November 4. Reconstruction included in today's article as shown below:

https://fox56news.com/news/kentucky/help-needed-to-identify-1982-homicide-victim-found-near-kenton-county-park/

 

[MelmothTheLost]

If you have onychogryphosis, your nails will look: yellow or brown, unusually thick, long (extending beyond the toe) and curved.
Causes include: foot trauma (wearing shoes that are too small for your feet), fungal infection, psoriasis, peripheral vascular disease, tuberous sclerosis complex or ichthyosis. I suspect the first cause given the condition of his shoes/socks.

BBM. This is certainly possible, but the more recent estimate of his age at 60-70 puts him in range of having served in WWII which also could have caused foot trauma. If he was a veteran, his fingerprints and ID are likely to be somewhere in the mass of archived and unscanned prints.