VA VA - Chesapeake, Happy Acres Rd, WhtMale 20-30, UP9340, wooded area, clothes, Sz 9 shoe, Nov'83

[Romulus]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP9340
Male, White / Caucasian
Date Body Found: November 19, 1983
Location Found: Chesapeake, Virginia
Estimated Age Range: 20-30 Years

Circumstances of Recovery: Human skeletal remains were found in the wooded area at the end of Happy Acres Road in Chesapeake, Virginia. Interval between death & discovery, one to four years.

 

[BrownBear]

Missing Person / NamUs #MP7624
Gerald Bradshaw, Male, White / Caucasian
Date of Last Contact April 6, 1982
Missing From Virginia Beach, Virginia
Missing Age 21 Years
Victim last heard from on 03/17/82. Victim moved out of a motel he was staying at and did not return to his mother's residence in Florida. Mother sent money via Western Union to victim so that he could travel to Texas to retrieve his stolen van that had been located. Victim has not been heard from since.

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[BrownBear]

2 Exclusions
MP37666 Kevin Cassetty 07/23/1982 Stark OH
MP37160 Stephen Lund 08/04/1979 Hillsborough FL

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping again

 

[BrownBear]

2 Exclusions
MP37666 Kevin Cassetty 07/23/1982 Stark OH
MP37160 Stephen Lund 08/04/1979 Hillsborough FL

1 New Exclusion
MP2420 Alexander Shaw 03/15/1982 Scotland NC

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[Romulus]

Namus change race is now Multiple!​

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Clothing and Accessories​

Item
Description
Accessories
religious card (per newspaper article)
Near the Body

Clothing
A pair of tan corduroy pants, brand name: Wrangler, waist: 32”; inseam: 30”; extensively frayed in are below knees, over a pair of blue denim jeans.Thermal long johns.Jockey shorts.Tan plaid shirt with red and black plaid pattern.
On the Body

Clothing
Brown vinyl coat.
Near the Body

Footwear
Brown shoes size 9
On the Body

 

[Hochman]

Namus change race is now Multiple!​

Specifically his races are now listed as White and Native American

 

[Caring1]

November 12, 2025

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — November 19 marks the 42nd anniversary of human remains found in Chesapeake that officials have never been able to identify

Now, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has asked for the public's help in identifying the person, who they say died between 1979 and 1982 through unknown means, and was found in the South Norfolk area.

Medical examiner asks for public's help with unidentified remains from 1983 in Chesapeake

November 19 marks the anniversary of human remains found in Chesapeake that officials have never been able to identify. OCME is seeking the public's help.

www.wtkr.com

 

[dotr]

November 13, 2025 rbbm.

Unidentified for 42 years: A mystery lingers

Investigators hope new leads can finally identify the remains found in Chesapeake in 1983. Can you help unravel this case after 42 years?

www.13newsnow.com

''State Police found only a tape of music, a religious prayer card, a comb, and some change on the body. To this day, he has not been identified, nor has his manner of death been determined.
"This was a person, a human being," said Lara Newell, the long-term unidentified coordinator for the state's Department of Health. "They might fit in a box now, but at one point this was a live person who had dreams and memories."
Newell is leading a new charge to find answers about this man's identity. She is asking the community to take a second look as the 43rd anniversary of the man's discovery is arriving on November 19th, 2025. ''

Officials described the man as a white male, approximately 5’6’’ – 5’9’’ tall, between 20 and 30 years of age, weighing approximately 140 lbs., and with light or dark brown hair.

Nov 13, 2025
Investigators continue their search for the identity of human remains found on Happy Acres Road over 40 years ago.

 

[Caring1]

November 22, 2025

“We’ve been able to tentatively identify the biological father and the biological mother of this John Doe,” Robare said. “We tried to reach out to the biological father’s family in another state, and unfortunately, he is now deceased. And the family is not aware of him ever having a son.”

But as for John Doe’s mother?

“We made contact with her very recently as well,” Robare said. “She had the infant sometime in the [19]60s and then gave the baby up for adoption. … They were from Maryland. That’s where [the] John Doe story begins is in Maryland, Baltimore area. And we don’t know how he got down here yet. That’s kind of still the mystery.”

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/investigators-try-to-solve-mystery-of-1983-remains-found-in-chesapeake/

 

[Caring1]

December 29, 2025

Examiners guessed the bones belonged to a man in his 20s, who stood a max of 5’9” and weighed at most 150 pounds. They guessed he had brown hair and was white, American Indian, Alaskan Native or a combination.

He was wearing a pair of tan corduroy pants that were frayed below the knees over a pair of jeans, a plaid shirt and a brown coat, according to his case file. A prayer card in his pocket could be one of the few clues that could shed light on who he was.

The man’s biological father is deceased and his relatives were unaware he had a son. The man’s biological mother is in her 80s. She told Robare she had a son that she put up for adoption as an infant. Officials are still talking with her, Robare said.

His skeletal remains were found in Chesapeake 42 years ago. Officials hope a new lead will finally reveal his name.

A Chesapeake detective says it’s a race against time to solve the decades-old mystery.

www.whro.org

 

[Richard]

December 29, 2025

Examiners guessed the bones belonged to a man in his 20s, who stood a max of 5’9” and weighed at most 150 pounds. They guessed he had brown hair and was white, American Indian, Alaskan Native or a combination.

He was wearing a pair of tan corduroy pants that were frayed below the knees over a pair of jeans, a plaid shirt and a brown coat, according to his case file. A prayer card in his pocket could be one of the few clues that could shed light on who he was.

The man’s biological father is deceased and his relatives were unaware he had a son. The man’s biological mother is in her 80s. She told Robare she had a son that she put up for adoption as an infant. Officials are still talking with her, Robare said.

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His skeletal remains were found in Chesapeake 42 years ago. Officials hope a new lead will finally reveal his name.

A Chesapeake detective says it’s a race against time to solve the decades-old mystery.

www.whro.org

The prayer card is something very common or popular in religious stores or church gift shops - as much today as in the late 1970' or early 1980's when this young man died. They are often sold with a small metal or wooden cross, or with a coin that has a cross cut into it.

From the way he was dressed, it was probably cold winter weather when he died.

Since his birth mother is known, his age could be determined more closely than previously posted.

 

[Richard]

With more information from his birth mother, it might be possible to determine his identity through state or agency adoption records.