MD MD - Havre de Grace, WhtMale 50-70, UP2802, scars, poss coal miner/alcoholic/thyroid disease, Nov'59

[SurrealisticSlumbers]

Unidentified White Male​

Date Found: November 15, 1959
Location Found: Havre de Grace, Harford County, Maryland
Estimated Postmortem Interval: Days - died in 1959
State of Remains: All parts recovered - recognizable face
Cause of Death: Unknown

Physical Description:
Gender: Male
Race: White
Estimated Age: 50-70 years old
Height: 5'6" (measured)
Weight: 135 lbs. (measured)
Hair Color: Gray; described as "scanty."
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks / Features: He has the following surgical scars - the lower right abdomen, lower right arm, right knee, and right hand. He was uncircumcised. He had an appendectomy at some point. He had possibly abused alcohol. Thyroid disease possible. It is speculated that he may have worked as a coal miner or had exposure to coal dust.

Identifiers:
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: N/A
DNA: N/A

Clothing & Personal Items:
Clothing / Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery:
This unidentified decedent's remains were found on the shore of the Susquehanna River in Havre de Grace. (NOTE: The original police report was not able to be located with either the Havre de Grace Police Dept. or MD State Police.)

Investigating Agency(s):

Harford County Sheriff's Office
Det. Cpl. Greg Dietz
443-409-3503
[email protected]

Agency Case Number: #40717
NamUs Case Number: #UP2802

Havre de Grace Police Department
410-939-1800

Source(s):
NamUs
Doe Network

 

[SurrealisticSlumbers]

This unidentified man's remains were located nearly 62 years ago along the shoreline of the Susquehanna River, on the Harford County side. (The Susquehanna River divides Harford and Cecil Counties; it empties out into the uppermost part of the Chesapeake Bay.) The man's body was presumably found on the riverbank somewhere in Havre de Grace, though exact GPS coordinates are unknown.

Though his remains were in a recognizable state, no morgue photo exists of this decedent. His case file - or any other files pertaining to the case, i.e. a coroner's report - wasn't found to exist in either the Havre de Grace police records or with the Harford Co. Sheriff's Office / Maryland state police... This does not necessarily mean that the initial report was destroyed and is gone forever, but they obviously can't find it with any department or agency, for whatever reason. Tough case, when that happens.

 

[BrownBear]

1 Exclusion
MP14632 Marvin Clark 10/30/1926 Multnomah, OR

 

[SurrealisticSlumbers]

1 Exclusion
MP14632 Marvin Clark 10/30/1926 Multnomah, OR

Thanks BrownBear.

Wonder about this case from time to time and how it is decades old now... seems like the man was maybe homeless. He was an older man, petitely built, described as toothless and a possible alcohol abuser with exposure to coal dust. I'm thinking he could've originally come from the mines of West Virginia and not necessarily been a longtime local or a native resident of the area in which he was found. The case has gone unsolved for this long perhaps due to him being perceived as a mere transient or showing signs of a working class / poverty-stricken background.

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping again

 

[Irishknit]

No reports found in local or state PD, is there a chance the Coast Guard has a record? He was found at the headwaters to the Chesapeake Bay on a bank. Just a thought.

 

[HopeRains]

Article clipped from The Aegis

Clipping found in The Aegis published in Bel Air, Maryland on 11/19/1959.

www.newspapers.com

The article indicates the man was wearing a dark suit.