PA PA - Albany Twp, WhtMale 25-40, UP5661, in cave @ The Pinnacle, ring w/blue stone, clothes, Jan'77

[CCJD]

The Brief​

• The body of Nicolas Paul Grubb, 27, was found in a cave by hikers on a Berks County hiking trail in January 1977.
• It was determined Grubb overdosed on phenobarbital and pentobarbital.
• Investigators were recently able to identify the remains by locating the original fingerprint card and submitting it into a national database for missing, unidentified and unclaimed remains.
• Grubb, a Fort Washington resident, served in the Pennsylvania National Guard until 1971.

Remains found in cave near Pennsylvania hiking trail nearly 50 years ago identified

Investigators in Pennsylvania have identified human remains found in a cave by hikers on the Appalachian Trail nearly 50 years ago.

www.fox29.com

 

[CCJD]

In Nov. 2022, the man’s samples were mailed to the forensic DNA testing service Bode Technology but a match was still not found.
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Berks County Coroner Chief Deputy George Holmes said officials are still working to learn more about Grubb. They plan to amend his death certificate. Grubb's relatives want his remains to be with the family plot. The Coroner's Office is currently working to bring him home.

Pa. officials ID ‘Pinnacle Man’ found frozen in Appalachian Trail Cave in 1977

After nearly 50 years, officials revealed the identity of a man who was found frozen inside a cave along the Appalachian Trail in Albany Township, Pennsylvania.

www.nbcphiladelphia.com

 

[summergirl1]

It sounds like there wasn't the fingerprint technology years ago to identify him.

 

[summergirl1]

I looked into the fingerprint identification of him some more and it appears the original copy of the fingerprints went missing early on and was never even used to try to identify him (?) and the copies were not good enough. So it sounds like he may not have been a John Doe long if that hadn't happened.

"While the man’s fingerprints were taken, the original copy of the prints were missing and the quality of the copies was too poor to be used for identification, officials said."

 

[breachtones]

RIP Nicholas. His hometown was an hour and 10 minutes south of Albany Township, so he was in fact a local. The sketch of him was way too crude imo

Sometimes I feel crude but distinctive sketches can actually be very accurate, moreso than a realistic one. He happened to look very similar to the crude sketch anyways !

 

[summergirl1]

Montco family has answers to longstanding questions after officials ID man whose remains were found in cave

His body was discovered in a cave near an area known as the Pinnacle along the Appalachian Trail in Albany Township, Berks County.

www.tiogapublishing.com

 

[apearn]

There is something I find especially sad about him "trying to start fires". I'm still curious about how he got from his home area to that spot.

 

[glamourkitty1922]

There is something I find especially sad about him "trying to start fires". I'm still curious about how he got from his home area to that spot.

It was the 1970s, odds are he was hitchhiking.

 

[Richard]

The Berks County Coroner’s Office in Pennsylvania identified the remains of the missing man as Nicholas Paul Grubb, a 27-year-old from Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

LINK:

MSN

 

[Alleykins]

I'm not sure why, but reading his case has been solved made me cry. RIP Nicholas.
I want to offer my sincere condolences and my gratitude to his family for sharing his name, picture, and story with us.

 

[Alleykins]

Sometimes I feel crude but distinctive sketches can actually be very accurate, moreso than a realistic one. He happened to look very similar to the crude sketch anyways !

I agree. Also, some of those old clay models that look misshapen and asymmetrical are spot on, more than some of the digitally created ones. I don't discount those and old sketches at all.

 

[madamx]

I agree. Also, some of those old clay models that look misshapen and asymmetrical are spot on, more than some of the digitally created ones. I don't discount those and old sketches at all.

Yes I completely agree. I think the old sketches no matter how crude simple or odd looking they may be I still think they capture the essence of the person much more because they seem much more real and less perfect than the computer generated ones.

 

[madamx]

Rip Nicholas….. I think the Mods can add this thread to Identified now!

 

[Alleykins]

Here's another article with pictures of him as a child, didn't find it previously posted, sorry if I missed it the first time around. My heart is still broken for this young man.

Pa. officials ID ‘Pinnacle Man’ found frozen in Appalachian Trail Cave in 1977

After nearly 50 years, officials revealed the identity of a man who was found frozen inside a cave along the Appalachian Trail in Albany Township, Pennsylvania.

www.nbcphiladelphia.com

 

[Romulus]

Is identified, moved in identified!