MO MO - Kansas City, 8700 blk Troost Ave, WhtMale 18-49, UP91507, skull & mandible in wooded area, seen by inmate in Sep'21, Oct'21 (Thomas Lee Baird)

[YaYa_521]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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NamUs #UP91507
NamUs Case Created May 17, 2022
ME/C Case Number 21-06067
Male, White / Caucasian
Date Body Found October 15, 2021
Estimated Year of Death--
Estimated PMI--
Inventory of Remains--
Condition of Remains Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only
Location Found Kansas City, Missouri
Estimated Age Range 18-49 Years
Hair Color Unknown
Eye Color Unknown

Other distinctive physical characteristic - Decedent had skeletal evidence of healed blunt force trauma: broken nose, depressed fractures to the left parietal, reactive bone noted on the frontal and left zygomatic.

Circumstances of Recovery - An incarcerated individual reported to the Johnson County Sheriff's Office that they observed a possible human skull in a wooded area near the 8700 block of Troost Ave in Kansas City, MO at the beginning of September 2021. Kansas City Police Dept. was then contacted to respond to that location. Jackson County Medical Examiner's Office responded to scene where a skull and mandible were found.

 

[Laughing]

Ought to be Google map of the area:

8700 Troost Ave · 8700 Troost Ave, Kansas City, MO 64131

Building

www.google.com

 

[Melt71]

Identified by Othram as Thomas Lee Baird born 4 January 1962.

Kansas City John Doe (2021) is Now Identified

Jackson County Medical Examiner's Office Teams with Othram to Identify a 2021 John Doe

dnasolves.com

 

[Sillybilly]

Always hurts my heart to see so little activity on the unidentified.

Thank you @othram for giving this person back their name.

 

[othram]

Always hurts my heart to see so little activity on the unidentified.

Thank you @othram for giving this person back their name.

We are working to clear NamUs entirely.