Identified! NC - Asheville, WhtMale, 5'5", critical condition later died, Unusual Tattoos, May'21 - n/a

[victoriarobinson642]

Touched up John Doe's face a bit, since we haven't seen an official reconstruction.

 

[GatorFL]

So are we to assume that the UID was deceased June 8/21 and the Namus file entered July 8? It's odd the Asheville PD haven't put out a news update. Everything I've pulled up is dated June 25 and before; no new updates regarding the change to deceased.

ETA: I'm wondering if the injuries were related to an assault rather than an accident and LE decided not to update to a homicide since they were hoping someone would come forward thinking the UID was still alive

They've released so little about this guy. I wonder if NamUs is wrong and he is still alive?

 

[victoriarobinson642]

They've released so little about this guy. I wonder if NamUs is wrong and he is still alive?

When the NAMUS was first posted, he was listed as unidentified living.

 

[GatorFL]

When the NAMUS was first posted, he was listed as unidentified living.

Thanks Vic, I just noticed this one today.

 

[branmuffin]

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Touched up John Doe's face a bit, since we haven't seen an official reconstruction.

That looks really good. Do you think the facial hair is a result of him being in hospital and that he was clean shaven when he was found? His mustache doesn't seem to be very long. Either that, or he's one of those guys who can't grow a decent beard or mustache.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

That looks really good. Do you think the facial hair is a result of him being in hospital and that he was clean shaven when he was found? His mustache doesn't seem to be very long. Either that, or he's one of those guys who can't grow a decent beard or mustache.

The mustache looks somewhat purposeful to me.

 

[GatorFL]

The mustache looks somewhat purposeful to me.

Agreed, in the photos it looks like he's had the facial hair a long time. You can see the beard if you zoom in.

 

[Tabirey]

MOO, but I think the tat is something as simple as a song he liked. Side A, Song 2.
My kids Dad had the side and song number as a tat from Aerosmith's song Dream On. Very similar to this John Doe's, except his actually had Aerosmith on the top part of the cassette.

 

[lonewanderer]

I found a potential dead ringer for him.

The problem is, my method was a little "unusual" and I cannot find the exact source of the picture, its a mugshot.

 

[snowgoose]

Did you try a TinEye or Google reverse image search?

If he'd been arrested before though, they probably would have identified him through fingerprints, wouldn't they?

 

[lonewanderer]

Did you try a TinEye or Google reverse image search?

If he'd been arrested before though, they probably would have identified him through fingerprints, wouldn't they?

The arrest is the additional problem, I also thought the prints would be on file. There doesn't seem to be details about his sustained injuries, though I doubt it effected his fingers and hands to the point where he couldn't be identified.

I've never had much luck with any of the reverse images, etc. This particular guy just happened to be the one guy that looked a heck of a lot like the image found online. Usually there is just kinda sorta similar looking men/women and their hairstyles may be similar. This one really stood out to me as looking very much like him.

 

[Curious_in_NC]

Just to throw one more idea out there, there is a band named A2 from Copenhagen. It's a duo who play ambient music with electric bass and guitar. As near as I can tell, they played concerts in Denmark as recently as June. They're pretty obscure, but maybe a fan?

A2
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[branmuffin]

I wonder what happened to him. He appears to have some kind of tracheostomy to help him breath. It looks like he's also got some kind of feeding tube in his mouth. When I blow up the image of him provided by LE it appears that the skin on his forehead seems abraded or scarred from scalding or something. If he was scalded by something that would explain the tracheostomy.

 

[fred&edna]

I wonder what happened to him. He appears to have some kind of tracheostomy to help him breath. It looks like he's also got some kind of feeding tube in his mouth. When I blow up the image of him provided by LE it appears that the skin on his forehead seems abraded or scarred from scalding or something. If he was scalded by something that would explain the tracheostomy.

I was wondering the same... what happened to him. I noticed the abrasions on the bridge of his nose. And, maybe it's just my screen but I also thought I could see areas of a bit of Betadine staining on his skin. I settled on the idea that he suffered head-injury of some sort but that's just a guess. Maybe someone with medical knowledge will offer input here.

 

[Vern]

MOO, but I think the tat is something as simple as a song he liked. Side A, Song 2.
My kids Dad had the side and song number as a tat from Aerosmith's song Dream On. Very similar to this John Doe's, except his actually had Aerosmith on the top part of the cassette.

A Blur Fan??

Blur: Song 2; it was on the A side.

"Song 2" being the name of the song. Loved rockin' this song back in the day!

Edit to Add Link to example:

Cassette Tape - BLUR - Preowned Cassette Tape | Lazada PH

 

[snowgoose]

Haha, I can't see a Blur fan getting a tattoo to celebrate Song 2...I've known some avid Blur fans, and they get annoyed when people only know Blur for their one massive mainstream hit while the rest of their catalogue is so much more meaningful, creative, experimental, etc. Besides, it came out in the CD era when cassettes were getting hard to find.

We may be reading too much into the cassette tattoo, I suspect it's just a retro aesthetic thing with no deeper meaning to the A 2. The artist probably used a reference image of a tape with A 2 on it - perhaps it was an album on multiple cassettes and this was tape 2, side A.

 

[GatorFL]

I wonder what happened to him. He appears to have some kind of tracheostomy to help him breath. It looks like he's also got some kind of feeding tube in his mouth. When I blow up the image of him provided by LE it appears that the skin on his forehead seems abraded or scarred from scalding or something. If he was scalded by something that would explain the tracheostomy.

Looks like brain damage to me.

 

[branmuffin]

Looks like brain damage to me.

It's so odd that the PD hasn't updated the status of this man for over a month.

 

[GatorFL]

I checked today and the NamUs profile is gone, so I am assuming he has been identified.

 

[Tabirey]

I checked today and the NamUs profile is gone, so I am assuming he has been identified.

I hope your assumption is correct and he can be returned to his family!

OT: I was just on vacation in your neck of the woods! My hubby is a Gators fan, so we ended up with quite the haul of Gators merchandise to bring home with us! lol