NC NC - Wade, BlkMale 40-60, UP6656, Mummified remains found in drainage ditch, Graying black hair w/ tight small curls, Jun'04

[Hochman]

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Sculpts

"Found in a drainage ditch."

Race - Black
Sex - Male
Age Range- 40-60
DBF - June 29, 2004
Location Wade, North Carolina
Condition - Mummified
Inventory - All Parts Recovered

Height - 5' 8"(68 inches) Measured
Weight - 79 lbs Measured (Decomposition Changes)

Hair Color - Gray or Partially Gray
Head Hair Description - Gray and black, w/tight small curls
Eye Color - Unknown (Decomposed)

No Clothing Info

 

[sorcoy14]

One exclusion.

Also- it’s so strange to me when they put a weight for significantly decomposed persons. I can’t imagine how it would help

 

[BrownBear]

Dentals: Available. Upper jaw had no teeth during life. Lower jaw present with dentals charted
Fingerprints: Not available
DNA: Samples submitted - tests not complete

1959UMNC

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[luxISlight]

One exclusion.
View attachment 396200Also- it’s so strange to me when they put a weight for significantly decomposed persons. I can’t imagine how it would help

agree it seems odd to post the weight in this manner but maybe it's just a required field in some database and that's where it came from

 

[luxISlight]

The last activity I can find is from 2022 where a DNA testing lab is looking to see if there is enough DNA to be pulled from the remains. Hope he gets his name back soon.

Who is Cumberland County John Doe (2004)?

Cumberland County Sheriff's Office and NC Unidentified Project Partner with Othram to Identify 2004 John Doe

dnasolves.com

 

[HopeRains]

Wade is just north of Fayetteville and the I-295/95 interchange.