NC NC - Emerald Isle, BlkMale 25-35, UP2806, floating face down near marina, tiger sweatshirt, May'97

[aThousandYearsWide]

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP2806 Male, Black / African American
Date Body Found May 19, 1997
Location Found Emerald Isle, North Carolina
Case Information
Case Numbers
NCMEC Number--
ME/C Case Number 97-3402
Demographics
SexMale
Race / Ethnicity- Black / African American
Estimated Age GroupAdult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range (Years)- 25-35
Estimated Year of Death- 1997
Estimated PMI- 2 Days
Height 6' 0"(72 inches) , Measured
Weight 168 lbs, Measured
Circumstances
Type Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found May 19, 1997
NamUs Case Created November 19, 2008
ME/C QA Reviewed November 19, 2008
Location Found Map
Location Emerald Isle, North Carolina
County Carteret County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)--
Circumstances of Recovery
Clammers in the sound found this man floating face down approximately 1.5 miles east of Island Harbor Marina.
Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains All parts recovered
Condition of Remains Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Physical Description
Hair Color Black
Head Hair Description black
Facial Hair Description beard present
Left Eye Color Unknown
Right Eye Color Unknown
Eye Description Decomposed
Distinctive Physical Features
No Known Information

Clothing and Accessories
Clothing
Black jeans with a rope belt, black shorts, white brief underwear, black sweatshirt with a tiger on the front over a long sleeve blue shirt over a black shirt of net-like material.
On the Body

Footwear
"Totes" black socks
On the Body

Jewelry
A watch was found in the left front pocket.
On the Body

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[iulia]

The Doe Network: 1954UMNC

• Dentals: Available. Amalgams: #3 OL; #4 O; #12 O; #13 O; #14 OL; #15 O; #20 MO; #28 O-O; #29 O-O Fractures of buccal surfaces for #5, 6, and 7; fx of #9. Cary of #30 and 31.

• Fingerprints: Available - partial.

• DNA: Not available. No samples retained.

 

[PayrollNerd]

No DNA retained but he was wearing a lot of clothing, likely due to it being November. If that under clothing has been kept in decent condition, perhaps they could get enough DNA off of it? That rope belt would have a lot of skin cells embedded in it if they weren't washed away.

Clothing and Accessories
Clothing
Black jeans with a rope belt, black shorts, white brief underwear, black sweatshirt with a tiger on the front over a long sleeve blue shirt over a black shirt of net-like material.

Footwear
"Totes" black socks

 

[BrownBear]

2 Exclusions
MP6995 Richard Dyer 01/01/1987 Henrico VA
Leroy Dinkins NC

 

[Beccalicious]

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