TN TN- Knoxville John Doe #UP98486, Skeletal remains, Nov; '22, DNA - Cody S. Wilhite, #MP73197, born January 8th, 1991, 2024.

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Knox County John Doe (2022) is now Identified

Knox County Regional Forensic Center Teams with Othram to Identify a 2022 John Doe

dnasolves.com

'In November 2022, the skeletal remains of an unidentified individual were discovered by a tree trimming service in Knoxville, Tennessee. Investigators arrived on the scene and confirmed the remains to be a human skull. A thorough search of the surrounding area was conducted, but limited due to dense brush, fallen leaves, and trees. The remains were sent to the Knox County Regional Forensic Center, where forensic experts determined that the individual was a male between 20 and 35 years old, standing between 5'4" and 6' tall.

In December 2022, details of the case were entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) as UP98486. Despite extensive efforts by law enforcement investigators to identify the man, no matches were found, and the case went cold due to a lack of investigative leads.'

The investigation led to the positive identification of the man, who is now known to be Cody S. Wilhite, born January 8th, 1991. He had been missing since 2020 from the Knoxville area and his missing person record was in NamUs as MP73197.

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP73197''

 

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Here's his FB

Cody Wilhite FB
Cody Wilhite recent FB

 

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Lots of prison and gang tattoos. I hope LE is also looking into a possible crime connected homicide.
RIP sir! Happy your family has closure now

 

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Knox County – Nov. 18, 2022​

Case Number: 221118-314 │NamUs #UP98486​

The forensic center said the remains of a white man between 20-35 years old were found in a wooded area near the Regency Business Park in Knoxville, Tennessee with pieces of a Suzuki motor bike or motorcycle found nearby. The man was estimated to be between 5’4″ and 6′ tall.

NamUs said a forensic anthropologist estimated that the man died about 18 months before he was discovered. The profile includes that a tree clearing service found the remains in an area that is cleared around every four years.

13 sets of human remains still unidentified in Knox County

With some dating back as far as the 1980s, a total of 13 unidentified remains cases in Knox County are still still unsolved.

www.wate.com

He was found 1.3 miles by road away from Knox Area Rescue Ministries on East Broadway, where his missing persons report indicated his mother last knew him to be staying. KARM provides services to the unhoused and needy in Knoxville; my mother volunteers there regularly. There is a network of greenway trails near the business park; I'm assuming that he was probably found in the wooded area associated with them. Morningside Park nearby also has a disc golf course. If you read reviews of the park, it's been updated recently, but if you go back a few years, there are frequent mentions of trash, including lots of liquor bottles and glass, pill bottles, needles, and "squatters."