MI MI - Brownstown Twp, WhtMale 35-65, UP13067, Skeletal in woods, transistor radio, Oct'14

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Identified

After a decade, Brownstown John Doe (2014) is now Identified

Brownstown Police Department and Michigan State Police Team with Othram to Identify a 2014 John Doe

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Identified

After a decade, Brownstown John Doe (2014) is now Identified

Brownstown Police Department and Michigan State Police Team with Othram to Identify a 2014 John Doe

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Was he ever reported as missing?

 

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Was he ever reported as missing?

And when did he go missing? The radio does not look terribly old to me, early 2000s/late 1990s, but not older.
And if he was transient, he enjoyed having a reliable, sturdy radio with him, it could have been used 10 years or more.