NY NY - Queens, BlkMale 17-23, UP5718, Found by water maintenance workers at LaGuardia Airport, Black timberland boots, NCMEC Recon, Jun'03

[Hochman]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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Reconstructions

"Water maintenance workers for LaGuardia Airport found skeletonized remains on the shoreline opposite hangar #4."

Sex - Male
Race - Black
Age Estimate - 17-23
DBF - June 28, 2003
Location - Shoreline Opposite Hangar #4, LaGuardia Airport , Queens, New York
Condition - Advanced Decomposition
Inventory - One or both hands not recovered

Height - 5' 4"-5' 11"(64-71 inches) Estimated
Weight - 100-150 lbs Estimated

Hair Color - Brown (Likely dark brown or black)
Head Hair Description - "coarse dark brown hair measuring about 1/4" in length"

Clothing
- Dark green "fruit of the loom" t-shirt, size XL
- Dark denim jeans "Marithe Francois Girbaud"

Spoiler: Jeans

- Black/dark brown belt

Spoiler: Belt

- "Dough Boy" Trunks

Spoiler: Trunks

- Black timberland boots, size 8.5M

 

[carbuff]

Girbaud jeans were very popular in the 1990s, apparently worn by bands like OutKast and Biggie, but fell out of style by 2010 and declared bankruptcy and liquidated around 2012-13. The company is French. They seem to have recently resurrected themselves as an environmentally responsible company.

This is their current iteration: Marithé + François Girbaud

Wikipedia article: Marithé et François Girbaud - Wikipedia

 

[carbuff]

And here are the boxers: Pillsbury Doughboy Boxers Sz Small | eBay

It looks like they were part of Pillsbury merchandising in 1997.

 

[iulia]

From his Doe Network page - 1345UMNY

Dentals: Available.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Available.

Circumstances of Discovery
Water maintenance workers for LaGuardia Airport found a torso, missing the head, on the shoreline opposite hangar #4. 20 yards down the shore, a skull was recovered.
DNA analysis concluded they can from the same individual.

1346UMNY

Have you seen this child? John Queens Doe 2003

Missing From: Queens, NY. Missing Date: June 28, 2003. An unidentified black male was found deceased in New York City on June 28, 2003. He was found along the shoreline at LaGuardia Airport. He had been deceased for several weeks to a few months. He is estimated to be 17-23 years old. He had...

www.missingkids.org

 

[Blurgle]

I'm wondering if he could have fallen out of the wheel well of a plane landing at Laguardia. Laguardia doesn't have international air traffic (other than from Canada), though.