NC NC - Fayetteville, WhtMale 21-31, UP6269, skull found in bag in attic, Apr'03

[aThousandYearsWide]

UNIDENTIFIED
Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP6269 Male, White / Caucasian
Date Body Found April 22, 2003
Location Found Fayetteville, North Carolina

Case Information
Case Numbers
NCMEC Number--
ME/C Case Number 03-3387
Demographics
SexMale
Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian
Possible First Name--
Possible Middle Name--
Possible Last Name--
Nickname/Alias--
Estimated Age Group Adult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range (Years)21-31
Estimated Year of Death--
Estimated PMI--
Height Cannot Estimate
Weight Cannot Estimate
Circumstances
Type Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found April 22, 2003
NamUs Case Created November 25, 2009
ME/C QA Reviewed November 26, 2009
Location Found Map
Location Fayetteville, North Carolina
County Cumberland County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)--
Found On Tribal Land--
Circumstances of Recovery Skull only found in a brown paper bag in the attic.
Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains Torso not recovered One or more limbs not recovered One or both hands not recovered
Condition of RemainsNot recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only
Physical Description
Hair Color Unknown
Head Hair Description--
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description--
Left Eye Color Unknown
Right Eye Color Unknown
Eye Description Skeletal remains.
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Susikatze]

Maybe a medical specimen? Brown paper bag is odd.

 

[aThousandYearsWide]

Maybe a medical specimen? Brown paper bag is odd.

I was wondering about that too! I was thinking of what would be the probability of these remains being non-criminal. I have also heard of people finding skulls and keeping them... Very strange but it has happened. I gather the previous owners don't have any answers.

 

[Susikatze]

Would be interesting to have more information on that case.

Because a medical specimen usually has an opened top of the skull and the bones have been bleached, boiled (yes, really) and formaline treated. Less bleach in vintage specimens and they also tend to yellow with age, but the rest applies to them, too.

An archeological skull dug from a gravesite is untreated, sometimes brittle and has mineral/soil residue, even if cleaned well. I know, I am an archeologist by profession.

A murder case, i guess, depends. But it looks really odd to me. There are murderers that keep body parts of their victims and treat and preserve them, but would they forget them in a paper bag in the attic? (Yes it was probably a former owner, but still... someone who has a macabre emotional connection likely would not do that?)