OK OK - McAlester, Blk/NatMale 50-70, UP3015, healed nose fracture, Edentulous, Feb'72

[Coffee56]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Case Numbers
NCMEC Number--
ME/C Case Number723214
Demographics
SexMale
Race / EthnicityBlack / African American, American Indian / Alaska Native, Uncertain
Possible First Name--
Possible Middle Name--
Possible Last Name--
Possible Nickname--
Estimated Age GroupAdult - Pre 70
Estimated Age Range (Years)50-70
Estimated Year of Death1968-1972
Estimated PMIYears
Height5' 6"(66 inches) , Estimated
WeightCannot Estimate
Circumstances
TypeUnidentified Deceased
Date Body FoundFebruary 25, 1972
NamUs Case CreatedJanuary 21, 2009
ME/C QA ReviewedJanuary 22, 2009
Location Found Map
LocationMcAlester, Oklahoma
CountyPittsburg County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)Unknown
Circumstances of RecoveryFound near a railroad outside McAlester by a maintenance crew while burning weeds in right-of-way.
Details of Recovery

Inventory of RemainsOne or both hands not recovered
Condition of RemainsNot recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Physical Description
Hair ColorBlack
Head Hair DescriptionHair analysis in 1972 suggests Black origin.
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description--
Left Eye ColorUnknown
Right Eye ColorUnknown
Eye Description--
Distinctive Physical Features
No Information Entered

Clothing and Accessories
Item
Description
Clothing
Scorched pieces of thin, finely woven, khaki-colored cloth.
On the Body

 

[iulia]

From his Doe Network page

1802UMOK

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Old healed fracture of nose extending posteriorly and superiorly from inferior extremity of intranasal suture to cross left nasal bone and frontal process of maxilla to medial margin of left orbital. Complete fusion of C-4 and C-5 with wedging of C-6. Osteoarthritis of lower back and hips. Lower spine immobility. Habitually held head forward and flexed. Right-handed.

Identifiers
Dentals: Not available. Edentulous.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Sample available - not yet submitted

Circumstances of Discovery
The skeletal remains of the decedent were located by a maintenance crew while burning weeds of right-of-way near a railroad outside McAlester, Oklahoma.

Skeletal analysis indicates the decedent was a possible manual laborer with lower socioeconomic status.

 

[Laughing]

IIRC, one of Oklahoma's prisons is in McAlester?

Any record of escape?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Found February 25, 1972 the deceased male was found near a McAlester railroad by a maintenance crew. Its believed he was between 50 and 70 years old when he died and that he likely died between 1968 and 1972. He was approximately 5’6, and was an African American male most likely.

McAlester 1972 — Oklahoma Cold Cases

oklahomacoldcases.org

 

[lightofmine99]

His NamUs was modified today. There are two public exclusions:

John Ashley Jr. (MP3853)
Virgil York (NO NAMUS)

 

[victoriarobinson642]

His NamUs was modified today. There are two public exclusions:

John Ashley Jr. (MP3853)
Virgil York (NO NAMUS)

Huh, I guess they must’ve gotten a DNA sample for him.