General Information
Date of Discovery - 01/22/1987
Location of Discovery - McGregor, McLennan County, Texas
Estimated Date of Death - 1986 - 1987 (Newspaper coverage indicates 8 to 10 months prior)
State of Remains - Not recognizable - partial skeletal parts only
Cause of Death - Undetermined
Physical Description
Estimated Age - 56 - 66 (Newspaper coverage indicates that he was around 40 years old)
Race - White / Caucasian
Gender - Male
Height - 5'10 - 6'0 (Estimated) (Newspaper coverage indicates 5'10)
Weight - 160 - 180 (Estimated) (Newspaper coverage indicates 165 to 180 pounds)
Hair Color - Unknown
Eye Color - Unknown
Distinguishing Marks / Features - The man had a crippled left leg, which probably would manifested as a pronounced limp. He had previously sustained a fracture to a rib, and a broken nose. The man may have also worn an incomplete set of dentures, and was missing a number of teeth.
Clothing and Personal Items
Clothing - A green checked-pattern shirt, blue jeans (size 32/34) featuring multiple zippered pockets, and Coaster’s brand brown moccasin shoes (size 9.5/10).
Jewelry - Unknown
Additional Personal Items - Unknown
Circumstances of Discovery
A member of the Harris Creek Baptist Church congregation located the skeletal remains of the man while surveying the parking lot area that adjoined the church. The decedent was lying near a fence line that divided the property, situated approximately 30 feet east of Highway 84 on land owned by the Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation.
The remains were sent to the Southwest Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas, where an autopsy and further testing was conducted. Medical examiners were able to determine that the man likely would have walked with a pronounced limp due to a crippled left leg, and that he had previously sustained fractures to his ribs and his nose. The cause of the death for the man was unable to be determined, but it was noted that it was unlikely to be foul play.
Subsequent investigations by the McLennan County Sheriff's Department indicated that the man may have been a transient due to the way he was dressed. However, despite issuing a statewide bulletin and comparing the man with missing persons reports on file, authorities have not yet been able to identify him.
Sources
Namus File
Waco Tribune-Herald - January 23, 1987
Waco Tribune-Herald - January 24, 1987
Waco Tribune-Herald - January 30, 1987
Waco Tribune-Herald - February 4, 1987
Date of Discovery - 01/22/1987
Location of Discovery - McGregor, McLennan County, Texas
Estimated Date of Death - 1986 - 1987 (Newspaper coverage indicates 8 to 10 months prior)
State of Remains - Not recognizable - partial skeletal parts only
Cause of Death - Undetermined
Physical Description
Estimated Age - 56 - 66 (Newspaper coverage indicates that he was around 40 years old)
Race - White / Caucasian
Gender - Male
Height - 5'10 - 6'0 (Estimated) (Newspaper coverage indicates 5'10)
Weight - 160 - 180 (Estimated) (Newspaper coverage indicates 165 to 180 pounds)
Hair Color - Unknown
Eye Color - Unknown
Distinguishing Marks / Features - The man had a crippled left leg, which probably would manifested as a pronounced limp. He had previously sustained a fracture to a rib, and a broken nose. The man may have also worn an incomplete set of dentures, and was missing a number of teeth.
Clothing and Personal Items
Clothing - A green checked-pattern shirt, blue jeans (size 32/34) featuring multiple zippered pockets, and Coaster’s brand brown moccasin shoes (size 9.5/10).
Jewelry - Unknown
Additional Personal Items - Unknown
Circumstances of Discovery
A member of the Harris Creek Baptist Church congregation located the skeletal remains of the man while surveying the parking lot area that adjoined the church. The decedent was lying near a fence line that divided the property, situated approximately 30 feet east of Highway 84 on land owned by the Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation.
The remains were sent to the Southwest Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas, where an autopsy and further testing was conducted. Medical examiners were able to determine that the man likely would have walked with a pronounced limp due to a crippled left leg, and that he had previously sustained fractures to his ribs and his nose. The cause of the death for the man was unable to be determined, but it was noted that it was unlikely to be foul play.
Subsequent investigations by the McLennan County Sheriff's Department indicated that the man may have been a transient due to the way he was dressed. However, despite issuing a statewide bulletin and comparing the man with missing persons reports on file, authorities have not yet been able to identify him.
Sources
Namus File
Waco Tribune-Herald - January 23, 1987
Waco Tribune-Herald - January 24, 1987
Waco Tribune-Herald - January 30, 1987
Waco Tribune-Herald - February 4, 1987
