NY NY-Manhattan, WhtMale, 60-80, UP140162, Found unresponsive in apartment building, Tentative name of Richard Shemtob, Apr '15

[phantomstrider]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Postmortem Warning)
Date Body Found April 12, 2015
Location Found Manhattan, New York
Estimated Age Range 60-80 Years

Case Information​

Case Numbers​

NCMEC Number--
ME/C Case NumberM15-02285

Demographics​

Biological Sex Male
Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian
Possible First Name--
Possible Middle Name--
Possible Last Name--
Nickname/Alias--
Estimated Age Group Adult - Pre 80
Estimated Age Range (Years)60-80
Estimated Year of Death--
Estimated PMI--
Height6' 0"(72 inches) , Measured
Weight260 lbs, Measured

Circumstances​

Type Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found April 12, 2015
NamUs Case Created March 14, 2025
ME/C QA Reviewed--

Location Found​

Location Manhattan, New York 10037
County New York County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)--
Found On Tribal Land No
Circumstances of Recovery Found unresponsive in hallway of apartment building and brought to Emergency Department. Tentative name of Richard Shemtob, but this name has not been verified and family has not been notified.

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Details of Recovery​

Inventory of Remains--
Condition of Remains Recognizable face

Physical Description​

Hair Color Gray or Partially Gray
Head Hair Description3" along the sides, balding on top
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description Short stubble
Left Eye Color Brown
Right Eye Color Brown
Eye Description--

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Distinctive Physical Features​

Item
Description
Amputation
All toes of the left foot

Amputation
2nd toe of the right foot

Clothing and Accessories​

No Information Entered​

 

[madamx]

10037 ZIP Code - United States

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[madamx]

Circumstances of Recovery
Found unresponsive in hallway of apartment building and brought to Emergency Department.
Tentative name of Richard Shemtob, but this name has not been verified and family has not been notified.

So many questions. Did he live there? Was he visiting? was he homeless staying there? Someone must of known him in a neighborhood somewhere

 

[iamshadow21]

Circumstances of Recovery
Found unresponsive in hallway of apartment building and brought to Emergency Department.
Tentative name of Richard Shemtob, but this name has not been verified and family has not been notified.

So many questions. Did he live there? Was he visiting? was he homeless staying there? Someone must of known him in a neighborhood somewhere

There's a Richard Shemtob in this case that is something to do with the stock market from 1971. I have no idea about the stock market, so it's pretty incomprehensible to me. But it's New York, so it's not outside the realm of possibility it's the same person.

Richard Shemtob et al., Plaintiffs-appellants, v. Shearson, Hammill & Co., Inc., Defendant-appellee, 448 F.2d 442 (2d Cir. 1971)

Richard Shemtob et al., Plaintiffs-appellants, v. Shearson, Hammill & Co., Inc., Defendant-appellee, 448 F.2d 442 (2d Cir. 1971) case opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

law.justia.com

MOO

 

[doublestop]

Amputated toes make me think frostbite...so possibly homeless at one time?

 

[iamshadow21]

Amputated toes make me think frostbite...so possibly homeless at one time?

Or diabetes.

 

[doublestop]

If he was 60-80 in 2015, he'd be born between 1935-1955. There was a Richard Shemtob at Stuyvesant High School in NYC in the 1957 yearbook...they said his face was recognizable, I wonder if they compared it to this photo? He does appear to have brown eyes.

 

[Teamir]

If he was 60-80 in 2015, he'd be born between 1935-1955. There was a Richard Shemtob at Stuyvesant High School in NYC in the 1957 yearbook...they said his face was recognizable, I wonder if they compared it to this photo? He does appear to have brown eyes. View attachment 584157

In my opinion, that DOES look like him. The nostrils are small but the nose is larger. Deep set eyes on both.

 

[iamshadow21]

If he was 60-80 in 2015, he'd be born between 1935-1955. There was a Richard Shemtob at Stuyvesant High School in NYC in the 1957 yearbook...they said his face was recognizable, I wonder if they compared it to this photo? He does appear to have brown eyes. View attachment 584157

There are postmortem pictures at NamUs. I would say he isn't dissimilar in appearance, but with sixty years difference in age, it's challenging to say 'that's the guy' without being someone who looks at faces every day. @CarlK90245 and @victoriarobinson642 ?

MOO

 

[doublestop]

There are postmortem pictures at NamUs. I would say he isn't dissimilar in appearance, but with sixty years difference in age, it's challenging to say 'that's the guy' without being someone who looks at faces every day. @CarlK90245 and @victoriarobinson642 ?

MOO

They both have attached earlobes, which are somewhat less common than detached. To me, the deceased looks well older than 60, I'd say 70 at least, which would put him born between 1935 and 1945. The Richard in the yearbook would have been born around 1940.

 

[iamshadow21]

They both have attached earlobes, which are somewhat less common than detached. To me, the deceased looks well older than 60, I'd say 70 at least, which would put him born between 1935 and 1945. The Richard in the yearbook would have been born around 1940.

I meant sixty years difference in age between the John Doe and the person in the yearbook, not that the decedent was sixty at time of death.

MOO

 

[doublestop]

I meant sixty years difference in age between the John Doe and the person in the yearbook, not that the decedent was sixty at time of death.

MOO

I know...the NAMUS post suggested he was 60-80.

 

[iamshadow21]

I know...the NAMUS post suggested he was 60-80.

Yeah, I agree he looks closer to the upper end of that age range.

MOO

 

[Teamir]

Ancestry dot com shows that Richard Shemtob lived at 521 Park Ave, NY, and before that at 2670 Frederick Douglass Blvd, Manhattan birthdate July 1940. Think that’s him?

 

[The4TierBridge]

I feel like whoever was in charge of this case didn't do their due diligence.

 

[iamshadow21]

I feel like whoever was in charge of this case didn't do their due diligence.

Formal identification can be complicated if next of kin can't be found.

MOO

 

[Teamir]

I feel like whoever was in charge of this case didn't do their due diligence.

I’m agreeing with that. I’d have gone to the nearest synagogues with a photo.

 

[iamshadow21]

I’m agreeing with that. I’d have gone to the nearest synagogues with a photo.

Not everyone is observant or active in a religious congregation.

I'm second generation LDS, but haven't been active since I came of age and got to make my own choices. The few times I've set foot in a chapel since for weddings and funerals, the only people who've recognised me are those who knew me as a kid. Most of the younger people I've met from my mum's congregation didn't even know she had a daughter, even though I live with her. If LE turned up with my photo, likely nobody would have a clue who I was.

MOO

 

[scruffydog]

Yeah, I agree he looks closer to the upper end of that age range.

MOO

Can anyone put the pictures side by side-for better comparison?

 

[Teamir]

If he was 60-80 in 2015, he'd be born between 1935-1955. There was a Richard Shemtob at Stuyvesant High School in NYC in the 1957 yearbook...they said his face was recognizable, I wonder if they compared it to this photo? He does appear to have brown eyes. View attachment 584157

If that is him, his classmates are looking for him and consider him missing per their webpage.

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