MI MI- Detroit, BlkMale, 18+, UP12028, body nude and in an abandoned building, 5'1 tall. August 1968.

[cheemsg]

This man was found in the bedroom of an abandoned building. He was nude and had been dead for about 3 weeks. He was only 5'1.
No exact age range is given.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[sorcoy14]

Something about him being 5'1 makes me question if he was maybe a teenager and not an adult...

 

[cheemsg]

Something about him being 5'1 makes me question if he was maybe a teenager and not an adult...

That's exactly my feeling. Being mummified could also distort his features and make him look older, and with what I know about Detroit's handling of unidentified bodies back then, I don't imagine much else was done to determine his age or anything.

 

[Richard]

Bumping this thread up.