RI RI - Newport, UnsSex/Race, Est age 20Yrs, UP12644, left tibia in sand, est PMI 20Yrs, Jan'94

[Romulus]

NAMUS UP12644

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/12644


Unidentified Unsure remains
Body Condition: Not recognizable - partial skeletal only
Probable year of death: 20 Years

Vital Statistics
Estimated age: 20~
Approximate Height: cannot estimate.
Approximate Weight: cannot estimate.
Hair Color: nothing
Eye Color: nothing

Clothing & Accessories
Clothing: nothing
Jewerly: nothing.Identifiers
Fingerprints: Fingerprint information is currently not available
Dentals: Dental information is currently not available
DNA: Sample available - Not yet submitted

Case History: Left tibia recovered from the sand of a Newport beach. Probably washed ashore and was previously in the ocean. Original location of deposition is unknown.

 

[Melt71]

One can only imagine where this tibia may have come from. I wonder if any DNA still exists after potentially up to 20 years in the water?

 

[BrownBear]

Updated NamUs link

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)