NY NY - Queens, HispMale 25-40, UP6024, suffocation in clothing bin, scars "FLP" or "FTP", Feb'00

[Moonwalker9]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

NamUs #UP6024

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One of the strangest deaths I ever heard of...

Date of Discovery: February 25, 2000
Location of Discovery: Queens, Queens County, New York
Estimated Date of Death: Minutes prior
State of Remains: Recognizable face
Cause of Death: Accidental suffocation

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 25-30 years old
Race: Hispanic
Sex: Male
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 143 lbs.
Hair: Black and straight. Wore a mustache.
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: 2.5" curved scar on left upper forehead near scalp; elevated scar on left upper arm; 2.5" surgical scars on inner and outer right ankle; scar on left knee; scar on mid left thigh; scars on left hand at base of thumb and index finger that spell "FLP" or "FTP".

Identifiers
Dentals: Available.
Fingerprints: Available.
DNA: Available.

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Blue dress pants, black and brown belt, Pierre Cardin, 42, large black sweater, marked Russell Athletic, medium, maroon sweatshirt JCPenney USA, small, striped dress shirt, green and blue, Saville Row, white BVD briefs, Spaulding sneakers, 8 1/2, blue and white, black sweat pants, 2x By Design.
Jewelry: Unknown.
Additional Personal Items: Unknown.

Circumstances of Discovery
On February 25, 2000, at 9:20 AM, the decedent was observed climbing into a clothing bin at the parking lot of the shopping center at Linden Place and the Whitestone Expressway, in Queens, New York. He then attempted to climb out of the bin and got his head wedged in the opening of the bin. He apparently was unable to move and suffocated.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Office of Chief Medical Examiner New York City
Agency Contact Person: Angela Soler
Agency Phone Number: 212-447-2030
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: Q00-01031

NCIC Case Number: U470000806
NamUs Case Number: 6024

 

[kirkassoc]

Nineteen years ago this young man climbed into a clothing bin (I imagine this is a bin with an opening where people drop donations of clothes inside). From his description, it sounds like he may have gotten the clothes he was wearing from a similar place (wearing blue dress pants and black sweat pants, various sizes). From his description, he seems to be a smaller man and so may have squeezed into the donation opening? I can see where getting out would be a problem.

So sad, and he looks like he could be an illegal alien perhaps. If that's the case, it will be so much harder to identify him. Heartbreaking for a family somewhere who may be still wondering what happened to him. A very strange case indeed.

 

[RememberingRyan]

Edit, this MP's truck was found in a river (I misread and thought it said near the river) - probably not him.

It would be a really long distance to travel (from Cali) but this person went missing a 12 days earlier, matching height, weight isn't way too far off. The angles are completely different and the contorted face in the PM is hard to gauge by, but the noses look similar to me.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Melt71]

There have been no recent updates to this young man's Namus case and no ruleouts, sadly.

 

[EmiliaRT007]

What an odd case. One could only wonder what was going on in this man’s life that led him to crawl into there. Either way I’m sure it was an awful death. was he trying to hide from someone, whether it be authorities, someone in his life, etc, or maybe trying to fish for clothes? Gosh, this case is weird.