NY NY - New York, WhtMale, 45 - 65, UP7940, Struck by motor vehicle in 1990, died in hospital Jan'93

[ChatteringBirds]

Please help identify this man, presumably missing from in or near New York since 1990.

Warning: Post-morten photo at link.

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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP7940
Male, White / Caucasian
Date Body Found: January 23, 1993
Location Found: New York, New York
ME/C Case Number: M93-00756
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 70
Estimated Age Range (Years): 45-65
Estimated Year of Death: 1993
Estimated PMI: Minutes
Height: 5' 10"(70 inches) , Measured
Weight: 115 lbs, Measured

Circumstances of Recovery:
Unknown white male was struck by a motor vehicle sometime in 1990, resulting in traumatic head injuries (exact location and circumstances are unknown). He was admitted to Bellevue Hospital in 1991, and then transferred to Goldwater Memorial Hospital, where he remained unconscious until 1/23/1993.

Hair Color: Black
Head Hair Description: black and gray, thin, 3" with frontal balding
Eye Color: Blue
Eye Description: blue-gray

Distinctive Physical Features:
Scar/mark: 1" scar on left eyebrow

Tattoo: tattoo of bird holding a banner with illegible writing on both forearms, illegible multicolored tattoo on right forearm

 

[madamx]

So he was hit sometime in 1990 but they don’t know where he was crossing. I wonder if his wallet got stolen in the process hence no ID. A friend of mine got into motorcycle accident and was knocked out and his wallet and money were stolen.
Anyway… this guy either missing or had no family to look for him . Wish we had an idea where he was hit.

 

[DD Byrd]

So he was hit sometime in 1990 but they don’t know where he was crossing. I wonder if his wallet got stolen in the process hence no ID. A friend of mine got into motorcycle accident and was knocked out and his wallet and money were stolen.
Anyway… this guy either missing or had no family to look for him . Wish we had an idea where he was hit.

Agreed, it's possible his wallet was stolen. Or he was transient and didn't have any on him. Based on the tattoos I'd guess he was ex-military who was deployed, likely to Vietnam, and Navy.
I think we can only surmise he was hit in Manhattan, Bellevue being known for a wide-variety of intakes.

 

[iamshadow21]

Agreed, it's possible his wallet was stolen. Or he was transient and didn't have any on him. Based on the tattoos I'd guess he was ex-military who was deployed, likely to Vietnam, and Navy.
I think we can only surmise he was hit in Manhattan, Bellevue being known for a wide-variety of intakes.

Yeah, my grandfather was a British navy veteran from WWII, he had a tattoo of a blue bird with a ribbon in its mouth on his forearm from that time, and what used to be written on the ribbon was 'mother'. By the time I was a kid in the eighties it was too blurry to read. This Doe's tattoo sounds like the same kind of 'flash' a new serviceman would get. The illegibility is likely to be blurring due to them being cheap tattoos from a long time ago, since this Doe lived for some time after he was found, decomposition isn't a factor.

MOO

 

[lolz]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Lanny Quintin Beatty? Tattoos and scar match somewhat, just wish their was a photo of him at an older age as he is quite young in the picture.

 

[madamx]

Yeah, my grandfather was a British navy veteran from WWII, he had a tattoo of a blue bird with a ribbon in its mouth on his forearm from that time, and what used to be written on the ribbon was 'mother'. By the time I was a kid in the eighties it was too blurry to read. This Doe's tattoo sounds like the same kind of 'flash' a new serviceman would get. The illegibility is likely to be blurring due to them being cheap tattoos from a long time ago, since this Doe lived for some time after he was found, decomposition isn't a factor.

MOO

Oh thank you for that info on the tattoo. Great memory if your grandfather!