OH OH - Cincinnati, near Dayton & Linn Sts, BlkMale 50-70, UP7646, near RR tracks w/ brain stem infarction (stroke), poss name "Bill ?", May'92

[YaYa_521]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

NamUs #UP7646
ME/C Case Number H-247-92; CC-14-1064
Male, Black / African American
Date Body Found May 27, 1992
NamUs Case Created August 26, 2010
Location Found Cincinnati, Ohio
Estimated Age Range 50-70 Years
Height 6' 1"(73 inches) , Measured
Weight 206 lbs, Measured
Hair Color Gray or Partially Gray
Head Hair Description Curly black and gray, about 1" in length
Facial Hair Description Full beard and moustache
Eye Color Brown
Finger and toe nails - Loose fingernails observed in August 2014 (post-exhumation) show some nails were unusually long.
Accessories - One penny with a hole punched in it (as if to put it on a chain or string); year is possibly 1947. - Near the Body

Clothing - Pants "Sansabelt by Jamar" (black/navy) - 100% pure wool. Second pair of pants (black/navy), thinner material. Blue denim coveralls "Sears" on button and tag with number 7792314 inside pocket. Long-sleeved striped sweater "Shillito-Rikes" (gray with dark blue and maroon repeating stripes, see images page). Second blue sweater, thin fabric and long-sleeved. Plaid overcoat, thick material "McAlpin's Varsity Town Clothes", tan background with black intersecting lines (see images page). - On the Body

Clothing - All of the above clothing is assumed to have been on the body, as all of it showed evidence of being cut off by emergency personnel. - Near the Body

Footwear - Pair of knit socks, blue argyle-type pattern. Pair of work shoes, brown with toes cut out of both (number inside shoe 124419). - On the Body

Circumstances of Recovery - Admitted to the emergency room at University Hospital on 5-27-92 after being found near railroad tracks by yard workers. The admitting diagnosis was coma, due to brain stem infarction. He was pronounced brain dead around 20:00 on 5/29/92. The EMS paperwork shows the name "Bill" in the box marked "First Name", but a question mark in the box for "Last Name", however, there is no mention that the man was conscious when found or how that name was known or provided.

Coroner’s office seeking DNA match for man who died in 1992
26 May 2022
*Video at link*
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...in Cincinnati’s West End neighborhood ...
...provisionally named Bill was found on the railroad tracks near Dayton and Linn streets.
...no indication of foul play [snip] ...died of natural causes.
...investigators exhumed the body in 2004 and sent a sample of his DNA to a database. They just need someone to submit a match.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The Hamilton County Coroner’s Office is asking the public for help in cracking a decades-old cold case.

Death investigators have been trying to identify a man since he was found unresponsive by railroad tracks in Cincinnati’s West End neighborhood in May 1992.

“No one came looking for him,” said Justin Weber with the coroner’s office, “and no one has since.”

Weber is a professional death investigator. He says the man they’ve provisionally named Bill was found on the railroad tracks near Dayton and Linn streets.

He was admitted to the hospital on May 27 and died two days later. Weber says there’s no indication of foul play and that he died of natural causes.

“Sounds like something along the lines of a stroke that caused him to become unresponsive,” Weber said.

What makes solving cases like these so difficult, according to Weber, is oftentimes victims like this were transient or experiencing homelessness. Some of their family members might not have known they were missing or dead.

“We haven’t found any information to be able to identify the individual,” he said.

Here’s what investigators do know: He was Black, aged 50-70, 6′1″ and around 206 lbs.

He had curly black and gray hair about an inch in length with a full beard and mustache and brown eyes.

Weber says investigators exhumed the body in 2004 and sent a sample of his DNA to a database. They just need someone to submit a match.

“We have done as much as we can do. Until we have a hit on the other end, we’re just kind of in the waiting game to identify this individual.”

Weber continued: “You know this person was loved by someone. This person’s family is missing them some way, shape or form, and they deserve to know their loved one is here in this facility.”

If you have any information, you’re urged to contact the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office.

Coroner’s office seeking DNA match for man who died in 1992

'No one came looking for him, and no one has since.'

www.fox19.com

 

[HopeRains]

Hmmm ... I do wonder about Jimmy Davis, missing out of NC since 1987.

I immediately thought about him when I read about the tops of the shoes being cut out on those found with the John Doe. Some of the other info provided is within reason to work with, inclusive of him leaving for extended periods. Given he regularly stayed in contact with family and foul play is suspected, he doesn't seem to be a likely match.

That is a lot of clothing to be wearing in May ~ historical weather shows high temp of 92 on the date of location. May 27th was the Wednesday following Memorial Day. Given his location by the railroad tracks, perhaps he was travelling from/to a colder climate.