FL Plant City, Hillsborough County - Male, White - 16-99 - Found in a phosphate-mining pit - UP90 - March 11, 2003

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The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

8 Missing Person Exclusions​

MP28537
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Manley
09/20/2001
DeSoto
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MP7516
Manuel
Delatorre
03/08/2000
Palm Beach
FL

MP573
Carlo
Pfaff
03/06/1998
Richland
SC

MP7541
Robert
Houk
10/01/1990
Marion
IN

MP8005
Lloyd
McKinney
04/10/1998
Lewis
KY

MP6928
Gerald
Carroll, Sr.
10/22/2001
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DE

MP3840
Kenneth
Schweighart
03/02/1982
Burlington
NJ

MP3027
Michael
Watkins
11/06/1998
Lancaster
NE

 

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https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/main.html?id=610umfl

610UMFL - Unidentified​

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Reconstruction of Victim by Wesley Neville
Date of Discovery: March 11, 2003
Location of Discovery: Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida
Estimated Date of Death: 2003
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Cause of Death: Accidental drowning

Physical Description​

Estimated Age: 36 - 45 years old
Race: White
Sex: Male
Height: 5'5"- 5'6"
Weight: 138 - 143 lbs.
Hair: Dark short curly to wavy hair up to 4" long, balding at the top.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: No tattoos or major scars. Circumcised. Possibly hispanic.

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available. Missing three front upper teeth and two lower molars. Natural teeth in good repair. May have worn a maxillary partial denture replacing teeth #'s 7-9, but no partial was present. #17 & #18- mesial drift. #29 root tip. Class I occlusion. generalized bone loss.
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Available in FBI NMPDD.

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Dark, short-sleeved shirt with Always Night and Day (large); red/wine colored briefs (Fruit of the Loom - medium).
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery​

The victim was located by mine workers in a phosphate-mining pit east of Henry George Road, South of Old Hopewell Road in rural Plant City, Florida on March 11, 2003. He was partially eaten by an alligator. Trappers captured the critter. Authorities believe the man, who had been drinking, fell into the water and drowned before the alligator got to him.

Forensic Genealogy​

Investigating Agency(s)​

Agency Name: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Unknown
Agency Phone Number: 813-247-8200
Agency E-mail: Unknown
Agency Case Number: 03-23558
Agency Name: District 13 - Hillsborough Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Amanda Whidden
Agency Phone Number: 813-914-4500
Agency E-mail: [email protected]
Agency Case Number: 03-01491

NCIC Case Number: U600016895
NamUs Case Number: #UP90
Former Hot Case Number: N/A