LA LA- Slidell, on bank of the West Pearl River, St. Tammany Parish, Possible disturbed burial, #UP82978Male, mixed race, 18-40, October 1984

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Who is St. Tammany Parish John Doe (1984)?

St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s Office Teams with Othram to Identify 1984 John Doe

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''In October 1984, the remains of an unidentified individual were located by hunters on the bank of the West Pearl River in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana near the Louisiana/Mississippi state line. An analysis performed by the St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s Office's DNA Lab was completed in 2019 and uploaded to the national CODIS database but there was no match. At that time, an anthropological examination confirmed the subject was male, possibly of mixed race, and between the ages of 18 and 40 years at the time of his death.

In 2023, the LSU Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Laboratory a forensic sketch depicting how the man may have looked during his life was developed and released to the public. Details of the case were entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) as #UP82978 with the "date body found" entered as the date that the St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s Office requested an anthropological analysis. Despite investigators work to identify the decedent, his identity remains a decades old mystery.''

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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP82978Male, Uncertain
Date Body FoundMarch 14, 2019
Location FoundSlidell, Louisiana
Estimated Age Range18-40 Years

Case Numbers​

NCMEC Number--
ME/C Case NumberSTPCO 2048-19 / LSU 19-15

Demographics​

Biological SexMale
Race / EthnicityUncertain
Possible First Name--
Possible Middle Name--
Possible Last Name--
Nickname/Alias--
Estimated Age GroupAdult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range (Years)18-40
Estimated Year of Death--
Estimated PMI40 Years
HeightCannot Estimate
WeightCannot Estimate

Circumstances​

TypeUnidentified Deceased
Date Body FoundMarch 14, 2019
NamUs Case CreatedAugust 6, 2021
ME/C QA Reviewed--

Location Found Map​

LocationSlidell, Louisiana
CountySt. Tammany Parish
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)--
Found On Tribal LandNo
Circumstances of RecoveryPossible disturbed burial. Curated at Slidell Memorial Hospital for over 40 years prior to anthropological and DNA analyses. "Date body found" refers to the date that Coroner's office requested an anthropological analysis. No information about initial discovery or context.

 

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March 6, 2025

The St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office is seeking the public's help to identify human remains found decades ago near the Louisiana-Mississippi state line.

Hunters found the skeletal remains on the bank of the West Pearl River in October 1984. The remains have been a mystery since then.

Previous exminations and analysis show the skeletal remains are those of a male, probably between 18 and 40 years old and of mixed race, the Coroner's Office said in a news release Thursday morning.

Bones found 40 years ago near La-Miss. state line still a mystery

Skeletal remains found in 1984 on the bank of the West Pearl River near the Louisiana-Mississippi line remain unidentified.

www.nola.com