MT MT - Nye, UnkSex/Race/Age, UP10971, dental restorations found, Jul'10

[Romulus]

Namus UP 10971

https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/10971

Unidentified Body/Remains (Unknown Sex & Race)

Found July 26, 2010 in Stillwater County, MT
Body Condition: Not recognizable - partial skeletal parts only
Probable year of death: to

Vital Statistics
Estimated age: Unknown Age
Approximate Height: cannot estimate
Approximate Weight: cannot estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Scars and marks: nothing

Clothing & Accessories
Clothing: nothing
Jewerly: nothing
Footwear: nothing
Accessories: nothing

Identifiers
Fingerprints: Fingerprint information is not available
Dentals: Dental information / charting is available and entered
DNA: Sample is currently not available

Case History
Dental restorations found by campers

 

[Melt71]

I am not sure what the final line means but perhaps it’s just poor grammar, should it read “Dental restorations. Found by campers”? Or did campers actually just find tooth fillings or some other kind of “restoration”?

 

[Romulus]

Bump!

 

[Puzzleworth]

No news that I can find.

What a strange case. I wonder if "dental restorations" mean gold fillings, crowns, or a dental bridge? If that's the case, and nothing else was found, they might not even belong to a deceased person. Maybe a skier fell down on the piste and took home an expensive souvenir. It'd be good to know what teeth it consisted of as well.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

What kind of dental restorations could be found that would lead investigators to think someone might be deceased? Dental implants?
Or perhaps people found something, turned it in, and LE decided to search the area and found some actual bones?

I don't think this one will ever be solved.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping case up. The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[cheemsg]

What kind of dental restorations could be found that would lead investigators to think someone might be deceased? Dental implants?
Or perhaps people found something, turned it in, and LE decided to search the area and found some actual bones?

I don't think this one will ever be solved.

I think they found a skull/partial skull/jawbone and it had dental restorations, and the description is just written in a confusing way.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I think they found a skull/partial skull/jawbone and it had dental restorations, and the description is just written in a confusing way.

Probably.
However I just saw a tooth added to NamUs (UP65362), and I thought to myself, wow, they are being really thorough. I assume adding anything they think could possibly belong to a victim?
JMO/IMO.