PA PA - Philadelphia, BlkMale, 20-36, UP16324, Found in container ship arriving from Ivory Coast, May'15

[grifyiad]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Date Body Found: May 11, 2015​

Location: Philadelphia, PA 19148​

Estimated Age: 20-36 Years​

Sex: Male​

Race/Ethnicity: Black​

Estimated Age Group: Adult​

Estimated Year of Death: 2015​

Height: 5'9 (69 Inches) (Estimated)​

Weight: 170 lbs (Estimated)​

PMI: 5 days​

Philadelphia County​

Found On Tribal Land: Unknown​

Circumstances of Recovery: Found in the cargo area of a container ship transporting coco beans from Ivory Coast, Africa.​

Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction​

Hair Color: Unknown​

Eye Color: Unknown​

Accessories: Bio-bag contain only foodstuffs, several bank notes in French, and a blue jumpsuit labeled "Mediterranean Shipping Company" (Near the body)​

Tattoo: Multiple monochrome and polychrome tattoos. Right Upper Outside Calf - black outline of bull head. Left Upper Arm - black outline of creature with mane and long nose, "ALV" backwards "L" "I" written below. Center of Back - black outline of devil face. Right Upper Arm - Black outline of "S" connected to 5 pointed star, black outline of shapes similar to "D" and "M" below​

Spoiler: Facial Reconstruction

Spoiler: Tattoo on Calf

Spoiler: Left Arm Tattoo

Spoiler: Back Tattoo

Spoiler: Right Shoulder Tattoo

Spoiler: Right Arm Tattoo

Spoiler: Left Shoulderblade Tattoo

 

[CCJD]

From NamUs report printed 2/19/2018:

Address 1: 2500 S Columbus Blvd
Address 2: Ship Dock
Philadelphia, PA 19148

Fingerprint information is available and entered
Dental information/charting is available and entered
DNA sample submitted - tests complete

2500 S Christopher Columbus Blvd · 2500 S Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19148

2500 S Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19148

maps.app.goo.gl

 

[Nate_Bro]

Is the actual post mortems available? Apparently backwards L shows up in some west African writing. If so it could be Alvji. It is indeed a name, but not all that common. I found this kid on Fb that could be aged about right but profile is locked. If they're brothers the other symbol may be for him and the Doe hadn't gotten around to tattooing the name yet. The one on the right looks similar to the Doe. His surname is Boavida which also appears in various places in West and South Africa.

 

[kforbes862]

Was he an employee of the shipping company, or had he snuck onto the ship somehow hoping to get somewhere else? I just ask this because of the shipping company uniform found near him. He also had a bag with food so he had expected to be there for an extended amount of time.

 

[Magnum P.E.]

Was he an employee of the shipping company, or had he snuck onto the ship somehow hoping to get somewhere else? I just ask this because of the shipping company uniform found near him. He also had a bag with food so he had expected to be there for an extended amount of time.

Another possibility is that the company jumpsuit was used so he could bluff his way on board the ship.