NJ NJ - Egg Harbor Township, UnkSex/UnkRace/15yo(?). UP9078. One bone only. April 2005.

[cheemsg]

One bone found in Egg Harbor Township.
They're described as 15yo, but this might be a mistake.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[ChatteringBirds]

They could have done a better job describing how and where it was found.

I agree the estimated age range of "15" seems like an error, since the estimated age group is "Cannot Determine."

 

[Bethan]

Not much to go on unfortunately.

Its possible, depending on which bone was found, the age may be an estimate based on x-ray appearances ( eg the degree of epiphyseal closure in a long bone)

This would only give a rough indication of age however & I think it’s more likely an error as you say.

 

[cheemsg]

They could have done a better job describing how and where it was found.

I agree the estimated age range of "15" seems like an error, since the estimated age group is "Cannot Determine."

I wonder if maybe they entered 15 years to mean how long they thought it had been there? I've seen namus make that mistake before.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping. Do they have any rule-outs? I wonder if the bone is still available to attempt DNA extraction.