List of formerly unidentified decedents

In the many unidentified decedent cases in the world, there are several cases where the individual is eventually identified. Most bodies are provisionally identified within a matter of hours, with the formal identification following a few days, weeks, or months later. This list is for those bodies where that initial provisional identification failed for some reason. The majority of people in the list will be murder victims although it is not exclusive to them.

Article Year of
death		 Year of
identification		 Cause of death Location Circumstances
Linda Agostini 1934 1944 Manslaughter Australia A woman whose burned remains were located on a beach. She was identified through dental records and her husband admitted to killing her, yet some question the identification based on difference of physical characteristics.[1]
Lannie Melissa Albritton 1986 2016 Murder USA Albritton went missing from Chula Vista, California on July 1, 1986. Her body was found two week later in a desert area off a dirt road in Lancaster, California but remained unidentified till May 2016. She had been strangled.
Tammy Alexander 1979 2015 Murder USA A girl who ran away from her Florida home who was later killed in Caledonia, New York.[2]
Mary Lynn Andersen 1982 2014 Murder USA 23 year old Andersen was last seen in Gillette, Wyoming in 1982. Her body was found in August 1983 outside of the city buried in a shallow grave. She wasn't identified till July 2014.
Shari Lynne Ball 1983 2014 Murder USA 20 year old Ball was last seen in Boca Raton, Florida on June 27, 1983. Her remains were found in Shelby, New York in the October of the same year and wasn't identified till April 2014.
Michael Baulch 1972 2010 Murder USA A victim of serial killer Dean Corll. His brother was killed by Corll in 1971.[3]
Bell Gardens John Doe 2006 2011 Murder USA A Hispanic man was witnessed to have been attacked by a currently apprehended individual in a parking lot of a grocery store and discovered dead on July 6, 2006. The man was found in Bell Gardens, Los Angeles County, California. He was estimated to be between the ages of sixty-two and seventy-two years old. He had brown eyes and graying hair. The victim's height and weight were five feet seven inches and 220 pounds, respectively.[4] He was identified in 2011 and his identity is withheld.[5]
Sonja Blair-Adams 1969 2016 Murder USA On June 1, 1969 (some sources state June 2) a young woman's body was found near a hiking trail on Pine Mountain, Harlan, Kentucky. She had been dead for several days to several weeks and was decomposed beyond recognition, possibly being killed at another location before being taken to Pine Mountain. Near her body, fragments of a man's sweater and a ticket stub originating from an Ohio restaurant were found.

The victim was between 16 and 22 years old and had been stabbed to death. Because of the condition of her body, it is not known if she was sexually assaulted. She was a white woman with medium brown hair. She was about 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighed about 112 pounds. Several of her teeth were in poor condition; some of them were described as being in an advanced stage of decay. She had also had some of her teeth removed. She had broken her collar bone sometime during her life, but it had healed. She had painted nails, which had not been attended to for some time. A burn scar was found on her right leg. Near her right knee, there was another scar.[6] She was later identified as 21-year-old Sonja Blair-Adams of Kentucky. She had never been reported missing.[7]

Bella Bond 2015 2015 Presumed murder USA A toddler whose remains were found on the shore of Deer Island, Massachusetts. She remained unidentified for three months and her case received significant media attention.[8]
Lynn Breeden 1997 1997 Murder Canada A woman whose burned body was found in a dumpster. Her unique dental records later confirmed her identity.[9]
Marilee Bruszer 1978 2015 Murder USA A victim originally thought to have been eleven years younger than she actually was and whose physical characteristics were inaccurately estimated. She was identified through DNA.[10]
William Bundy 1976 2011 Murder USA Bundy, aged 19, was one of eight still-unidentified victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy at the time of Gacy's 1994 execution. His were the 19th set of remains discovered in the crawl space of Gacy's Norwood Park ranch house in December 1978. Bundy's remains would only be identified via DNA profiling in 2011.[11]
Jason Callahan 1995 2015 Road Traffic incident USA A man identified after he was reported missing 20 years after his initial disappearance.[12]
Anjelica Castillo 1991 2013 Murder USA A four-year-old girl who was murdered by her older cousin. She was never reported missing and was identified after a family member noticed a resemblance between the victim and the forensic sketches.[13]
Carol Cole 1980 2015 Murder USA A runaway teenager from Texas. She was later murdered in Louisiana.[14]
Cheryl Ann Commesso 1989 2014 Murder USA A woman murdered in Florida by a man who is believed to be responsible for the deaths of two other victims, one of which, has never been located.[15]
Susan Denise Cook 1996 2014 Murder USA 32 year old Cook was last seen in Phoenix, Arizona on December 14, 1996. Her remains were found between 87th Avenue and West Dobbins Road in June 1997. They were identified through DNA in April 2014.
Charles "Chuck" Cornell 1989 2016 Road traffic incident USA A white man between twenty and forty years of age was killed after a tractor trailer collided with his body on Highway 52 in Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas on May 24, 1989.[16] The victim had reddish-blond hair and a beard; his eyes were a blue-hazel color. His height was five feet ten inches (178 cm) and he weighed 135 pounds (61 kg). He wore a pair of jeans, a multi-colored plaid shirt, a belt, brown boots with a matching jacket, black socks and two handkerchiefs that were blue and red, respectively.[17] DNA later identified the victim after he was reported missing three decades after he disappeared.[18]
Amber Creek 1997 1998 Murder USA A teenager whose body was found in a swamp in Wisconsin. She was identified after her case was broadcast on America's Most Wanted.[19]
Crittenden County John Doe 1982 2016 Drowning USA A black man between thirty and sixty years old was found in the Mississippi River on October 28, 1982 in West Memphis, Crittenden County, Arkansas.[20] The man was six feet two inches tall and weighed approximately 185 pounds with brown eyes and graying black hair. He wore a mustache in a horseshoe shape with side burns. Clothing found included a pair of blue pants, a green jacket, a brown belt, one boot, boxers, two pairs of socks and two shirts underneath the jacket. The man also carried some change as well as a gold-colored ring on his right ring finger, a jar of Vaseline, chapstick and a lighter. He may not have been from the area, as he also was found with pamphlets detailing the area as well as a map. He was identified in 2016 and his identity is withheld.[21]
Deanna Criswell 1987 2015 Murder USA A teenage runaway from Washington who was killed in Arizona. Her murder was previously solved before her identification.[22]
Nancy Grace Daniel 1976 2014 Murder USA 14 year old Daniel was last seen in Orlando, Florida on September 7, 1976. Her remains were found by hunters near Lake Mann in the same city. Her body remained unidentified till June 2014.
Cynthia Louise Day 1990 2016 Murder USA Day went missing from National City, Illinois on August 10, 1990. Her body was found only sixteen days later in a secluded area of Pike County, Missouri but remained unidentified till July 2016 when a thumbprint revealed her name. Her bones had been boiled after being discovered to preserve them which had led to the destruction of DNA and delayed the identification of the remains.
John Clifton Downey 1984 2017 Murder USA Downey was found dead in an area of brush alongside a dirt trail in Des Moines, Iowa in 1984. Despite having several unusual tattoos on his body, Downey remained unidentified until an upgraded fingerprint system by the FBI in 2017 confirmed his identity.
Diana Jane Elmore 1990 2014 Murder USA Elmore, 32, disappeared from Lone Grove, Oklahoma on August 5, 1990. Her remains were found in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1991, but weren't identified until November 2014.
Bina Emery 1988 2015 Murder USA Bina, 14, disappeared from Detroit, Michigan on February 23, 1988. In July 1988, her body was found in the Detroit River. The cause of death was undetermined. Bina's body was identified through DNA in April 2015.
Beverly Lynn England 1980 2015 Murder USA England went missing from Salida, Colorado on June 12, 1980. Her remains weren't found till 1992 and not identified till September 2015.
Alexander Fallon 1987 2004 King's Cross fire victim UK A Scottish man who was previously nicknamed "Michael" and "Body 115" prior to his identification.[23]
Darcie Frackenpohl 1987 1987 Murder USA A runaway from Washington later killed in California. She was the only victim of Roger Kibbe to be a minor.[24]
Francine Frost 1981 2016 Murder USA Frost disappeared from Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 16, 1981. Her remains were found in Muskogee County, Oklahoma two years later but remained unidentified till August 2016.
Michelle Garvey 1982 2014 Murder USA A runaway from Connecticut whose body was found a month after her disappearance in Texas.[25]
Brenda Gerow 1981 2015 Murder USA A woman from New Hampshire found in Arizona. She was identified after a photograph in a convicted murderer's possession was identified to be her by her family and was then matched by DNA to her body.[26]
Holly Glynn 1987 2015 Suicide USA A woman who jumped to her death from a cliff in Dana Point, California. Her case was featured on Unsolved Mysteries.[27]
Delores Diane Gonzales 1974 2015 Murder USA Delores disappeared from Gulfport, Mississippi on June 21, 1973. Her remains were found in Choctaw County, Alabama in 1974; she'd been shot twice in the head. The remains weren't identified until April 2015.
Sidney Leslie Goodwin 1912 2008 Shipwreck
(RMS Titanic)		 Atlantic Ocean An infant who died on the RMS Titanic. He was previously thought to be one of two other young children who died when the ship sank.[28]
Kerry Graham 1978 2015 Presumed murder USA Discovered alongside the body of her friend, who are believed to have been murdered when they disappeared in 1978. Kerry Graham's body was originally thought to be male before DNA testing proved otherwise.[29]
Erica Green 2001 2005 Murder USA A young child murdered in 2001. The brutality of her murder led to national attention.[30] In an effort to identify the girl, police released sketches, computerized likenesses, and at least two busts depicting the victim.[31]
James Haakenson 1976 2017 Murder USA Haakenson, aged 16, was one of eight still-unidentified victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy at the time of Gacy's 1994 execution. His were the 24th set of human remains to be discovered in the crawl space of Gacy's Norwood Park ranch house in December 1978, but his body would only be identified via DNA profiling in July 2017.[32]
Randell Harvey 1971 2008 Murder USA One of serial killer Dean Corll's victims.[33]
Frank Haynes 1921 2017 Train accident USA Formerly known as Some Mother's Boy, Haynes died from injuries sustained as he attempted to beat a train across the track in Georgetown, Kentucky. His family knew of the circumstances behind his death a few months after it occurred due to photographs, but had not known that Haynes was officially unidentified for over 90 years.
Cynthia May Hernandez 1976 2016 Murder USA Hernandez disappeared from Glendora, California on August 26, 1976. A skull was unearthed besides Larry James Allred's cabin in Twin Peaks later that year. Some rib bones were found under the cabin. Both the skull and the ribs were linked by DNA in 2009 and finally identified as Hernandez in December 2014. Allred pled guilty to her murder in September 2016.
Darrell J. Hill 1994 2014 Murder USA 29 year old Hill was last seen in Los Angeles, California on March 6, 1993. His remains were found in a ditch along State Route 16 in Purdy, Washington around Christmas in 1994. They were mistakenly thought to be that of a female delaying his identification till 2014.
Erika Hill 2007 2015 Murder USA A teenager who was abused by her adoptive mother. She was identified after her adoptive sister discovered her case file online.[34]
Andrea Kuiper 1990 2017 Vehicle accident USA A young woman, between the ages of eighteen and thirty, was killed after she stepped into the path of an oncoming vehicle on April 1, 1990 on the Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach, California. The female was white, five feet three to five feet four inches tall and weighed around 122 pounds. Both her eyes and hair were brown, the latter was somewhat wavy and cut at "chin length." The Jane Doe was described as "well nourished" and had a bra size of 40D. Examination of her teeth indicated she had braces at some point during her life and she also had several restorations and fillings, as well as having her wisdom teeth extracted.[35] The victim had acne scars on her face and wore a black dress, fishnet leggings and a pink or red top with matching high-heeled shoes. She had also painted her toenails black, had pierced ears and wore a lock of hair around the smallest finger on her left hand.[36] The woman's personal items included a schedule for an Orange County bus service and a gold key on an orange tag with the numbers "218." Before her death, she had stayed at several different homes in Orange County, claiming that she was an adoptee searching for her biological relatives and that her adoptive family was prominent, yet she never disclosed who they were, however, she told some they were from New York or Virginia. She had also stated her name was Andrea and she was in her mid twenties, yet many believed she was younger. The case has been featured on the show Unsolved Mysteries.[37]

The victim was identified in May 2017.[38]

George Robert Johnston 2004 2006 Suicide USA A Canadian man who smuggled guns and dealt drugs in California. He committed suicide in a police standoff.[39]
Jon-Niece Jones 2002 2012 Murder USA A girl whose burned skeleton was found in 2005. Her mother is believed to be responsible for her death but died before she could be prosecuted.[40]
"Julissa" 2004 2017 Murder USA The strangled body of a Hispanic, possibly Dominican, woman was located in New York City, New York County, New York on April 27, 2004. The woman was deceased less than a day and was between twenty and thirty years old when she was murdered.[41] Because she wore a gold earring with the name "Julissa" engraved into it, some believe that it may have been her first name. The woman was allegedly killed after attending a party with three men and was murdered during an argument. She wore a tan and black shirt with two thermal shirts, a sports bra and mismatched socks. There were scars found on her body as well, one which appeared to have been the letters "J" and "M".[42] The victim was identified in mid-2017.[41]
Reet Jurvetson 1969 2016 Murder USA A Canadian woman killed in Los Angeles, California. She may be a victim of Charles Manson and his followers or an unidentified suspect.[43]
Rickie Lee Jones 1991 2008 Murder USA A victim of a serial killer. His companion was also one of the victims and also remained unidentified.[33]
April Lacy 1996 1998 Murder USA A teenager originally thought to be much older when she was discovered. DNA later identified her.[44]
Kori Lamaster 1994 2013 Murder USA A teenager reported missing over a decade after she originally disappeared. She was identified through DNA and fingerprints.[45][46]
"Laundry Lady" 1987 2016 Road traffic incident USA A woman was struck and killed by a vehicle while she walked on Highway 61 on September 9, 1987 in West Memphis, Crittenden County, Arkansas. She had been propelled approximately 150 feet before she landed and subsequently died. The female was between forty-five and sixty years old; she had curly brown hair and light brown or hazel eyes. The woman earned her nickname for a bag near the body that had various personal hygiene items as well as a box of laundry detergent. The woman wore a full set of dentures, a red T-shirt, jeans, white undergarments and tan shoes.[47] The woman carried a business card that was traced to a man whom had stated he had given the woman a ride seven days before in Nashville, Tennessee. He also claimed she had said her first name was "Mary" and was native to Phoenix, Arizona.[48] She was identified in 2016 and her identity remains withheld.[47]
Wanda Jean Mays 1986 2008 Accidental fall USA Mays, who disappeared from her relatives' rural home in Guntersville, Alabama after midnight May 12, 1986, was initially believed to have been either abducted or possibly murdered. Remains found at the foot of a cliff in 2003 were confirmed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2008 to match Mays, and her death was ruled an accidental fall.[49]
Darlene Rene McKenzie 1975 2016 Murder USA Mckenzie disappeared from Detroit, Michigan around 1975 when she was 16-17. Her body was found later that year in Farmington Hills, Michigan but remained unidentified till December 2016.
Kimberly McLean 2010 2016 Suicide USA A woman who stole the identity of deceased Becky Sue Turner and later changed her name to "Lori Erica Ruff" in 1988. She committed suicide in 2010 after her marriage failed. She was identified as a woman who left her Pennsylvania home in 1986 after she turned 18.[50]
Sandra Major 1982 2012 Murder USA A woman murdered by serial killer Gary Ridgway in 1982. Her remains were found three years later.[51]
Reyna Marroquin 1969 2000 Murder USA An immigrant from El Salvador who was killed after she informed her lover's wife of his affair. Her remains were not discovered until 1999, thirty-years after her murder. The suspect later committed suicide after being questioned about the discovery of the remains in a barrel in his crawl space. Marroquin's body remained unidentified for several months.[52]
Gail Mathews 1983 1985 Murder USA A woman murdered by serial killer Gary Ridgway. She was identified after her sister-in-law recalled the victim had previously injured her pelvis when it was announced that the unidentified victim appeared to have had the same injury.[53]
Rosemma Mendenhall 1990 2015 Murder USA Mendenhall was a transient who went missing from Eureka, California in 1990. Her mummified remains were found east of Corning, California in October 1990. Her death was due to stabbing. She wasn't identified til June 2015.
Cheryl McMillan 1968 2016 Overdose USA On June 8, 1968, a white female between twenty and twenty-eight was found dead on a picnic table in Griffith Park in Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California. She had bleached her hair blond and had brown eyes, was five feet two inches tall and weighed approximately 117 pounds. She wore a ring, a polka-dot swimsuit under a white coat along with black sandals. She had been renting a room in a local hotel.[54] It is possible that her name may have been Sheryl Miller.[55] She was identified in 2016 through visual identification and by the ring she wore, as no identifying information such as dentals, DNA or fingerprints were ever taken.[56]
Martha Morrison 1974 2015 Murder USA A teenager from Oregon murdered in 1974 after she left an argument with her roommate. Morrison's remains were found in Washington a few months later. Although her murder remains unsolved, she is thought to be a victim of Warren Leslie Forrest, Gary Ridgway or Ted Bundy.[57]
Tina Mott 1994 1994 Manslaughter USA A woman killed by her boyfriend while he was intoxicated. Her remains were later identified after initial DNA tests were inconclusive.[58]
Barbara Mullenix 2006 2006 Murder USA A woman murdered by her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend. The body was placed in a box and deposited in the Newport Bay.[59]
Lisa Nichols 1984 1985 Murder USA A possible hitchhiker who was killed and deposited along a highway. She may be the victim of an unidentified serial killer.[60]
Cengiz Han Nuray 1995 2014 Murder USA Cengiz, 17, disappeared from Santa Cruz, California on April 27, 1995. Later that year, his badly decomposed body was found in the water off Asilomar State Beach in Pacific Grove, California. It wasn't identified for nearly twenty years, however. Cengiz's remains were officially identified by DNA on December 30, 2014.
Bun Chee Nyhuis 1987 1989 Murder USA An Asian-American woman killed by her husband. She was identified after friends recognized her reconstruction.[61]
Marguerite O'Brien 1985 2015 Road traffic incident USA On August 3, 1985, a woman was killed when she attempted to cross a highway in Fontana, San Bernardino County, California. The female was between twenty-five and thirty-five when she died and was possibly native to the eastern part of the country. She was five feet eight inches tall and 150 pounds; she wore a red top, blue pants and boots. She also wore distinct earrings in the shape of insects and carried a purse with various colors that contained several phone numbers and addresses. Her hair was light brown; her eyes were either blue or hazel. She had some sort of surgery that removed one of her ovaries and her uterus, which was consistent with a scar on her abdomen. Another scar was also located on her back.[62] She was identified in 2015 as Salem, Massachusetts native Marguerite O'Brien .[63]
Atcel Olmedo 2005 2011 Murder USA A toddler believed to have been killed by his abusive stepfather. Since the suspects have since fled the country, they cannot be located and tried.[64]
Priciliano Ontiveros 1987 2014 Murder USA 32 year old Ontiveros was last seen in Phoenix, Arizona on October 29, 1987. His skull was found by hikers in the Salt River bottom near 91st Avenue in the same area in 1992. He wasn't identified till the summer of 2014.
Colleen Orsborn 1984 2011 Murder USA A victim of a serial killer. She had previously been excluded as a possible identity for the body but DNA later disproved this.[65]
Edna Posey 1984 1985 Murder USA A woman whose torso was found in a cardboard box. A man was later convicted but DNA later exonerated him. Investigators still consider her case to be closed.[66]
Barbara Precht 2006 2014 Drowning USA A woman who was found drowned under unknown circumstances in a river in 2006. She was identified through fingerprints.[67]
Karen Price 1981 c. 1989 Murder Wales A runaway who later turned to prostitution. She was found wrapped in a carpet and was nicknamed "Little Miss Nobody" while she remained unidentified. A 3D reconstruction was identified by an employee of the group home that Price once lived in.[68][69]
Pulaski County John Doe 1999 2016 Murder USA On November 6, 1999, the skull of a thirty to fifty-year-old Native American or Asian man was discovered in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. He had been shot in the head and had dental fillings in his teeth. In 2007, the rest of his remains were located, along with some clothing. He wore two shirts, one appearing to be thermal. Blue pants and a blue jacket were also found, along with a revolver. He was dead for up to six years before he was found.[70] He was identified in 2016 and his identity remains withheld.[56]
Christe Rogers 1989 1989 Murder USA Victim of suspected serial killer Oba Chandler.[71]
Jo Rogers 1989 1989 Murder USA Victim of suspected serial killer Oba Chandler.[71]
Michelle Rogers 1989 1989 Murder USA Victim of suspected serial killer Oba Chandler.[71]
Riley Ann Sawyers 2007 2007 Murder USA A toddler killed by her abusive mother in 2007. She remained unidentified for several months and was nicknamed as "Baby Grace."[72]
Suzanne Sevakis 1990 2014 Road Traffic Incident USA A woman believed to have been killed in a hit-and-run accident. Some suspect her abductor, who went on to raise and marry her was responsible for her death. Her son remains missing.[73]
Stewart Eric Simmons 1982 2014 Murder USA 20 year old Simmons was last seen in San Diego, California on June 19, 1982. His skeletal remains were found on October 22 of the same year buried in Archuleta County, Colorado on the New Mexico border showing signs of a beating and a gunshot. His body was found alongside the remains of an older woman who was identified after him. Simmons was identified in February 2014 and she (Margaret Ann Walden) was identified in August 2014.
Joseph Norman Spears 1973 2016 Traffic accident USA Joseph was hit and killed by a vehicle in Texas City, Texas while attempting to cross a freeway. He had run away from a juvenile detention facility in Gulfport, Mississippi on July 30, 1973. His remains were identified in August 2016 through photo identification by his mother.
David Stack 1976 2015 Murder USA A man killed while hitchhiking to California. He was identified by DNA after similarities between his dental charts and the unidentified body were discovered.[74]
Mary Kate Chamizo 1999 2006 Murder USA A woman found murdered in Illinois. Some believe her case could be connected to that of Racine County Jane Doe, who was also murdered in 1999.[75][76]
Barbara Taylor 1967 1998 Murder USA A woman believed to have been murdered by her husband, now deceased. She was nicknamed "Tent Girl" while she remained unidentified.[77]
Teala Patricia Thompson 1967 2016 Murder USA Thompson's body was discovered in a landfill in Salem Township, Pennsylvania. She had disappeared from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 5, 1967 which was two weeks before the discovery. The remains had been buried in a potter's field and weren't identified till August 2016 when exhumation of the body provided enough material to do an identification.
Francine Trimble 1978 2015 Presumed murder USA Found alongside her friend, Kerry Graham in 1979.[29]
Tammy Vincent 1979 2007 Murder USA A Washington native murdered in California before she was due to testify in court. NCIS cast member Pauley Perrette appeared on America's Most Wanted when the case was detailed.[78]
Margaret Ann Walden 1982 2014 Murder USA 39 year old Walden was last seen in Durango, Colorado in June 1982. Her skeletal remains were found in Espanola, New Mexico right on the Colorado Border on October 22, 1982 along with the body of a young man. This man remained unidentified as well till February 2014 when he was identified as 20 year old Stewart Eric Simmons who disappeared from San Diego, California at the same time as Walden. Walden was identified in August 2014.
Regina Walters 1990 c. 1991 Murder USA Victim of serial killer Robert Rhodes. Her companion was also killed by the same person.[79]
Kelly Ann Ward 1986 2014 Murder USA On February 20, 1997, two maintenance workers of the Swatara Township Sewer Authority discovered the skeleton of a female estimated to be between eighteen and thirty in Swatara Township, Pennsylvania, about 50 feet off of Chambers Hill Road in Swatara Township. The site where she was found is about 100 yards from the intersection with Route 441.[80] Efforts to recover more evidence on the case were performed, which included sifting through a garbage dump and cordoning the scene. Aerial and ground photos were taken. A chainsaw was used to clear about 2,000 square feet of brush area in the search for evidence. The site is also close to the old township landfill, where several years earlier the remains of several missing women had been found but there is no evidence indicating that this young woman's death is related to the others. Only half of her bones were discovered. Bones such as the mandible were not located, yet it is estimated that she had an under-bite, as examination of the remaining teeth in the skull indicated. At the time of her death, she wore a white top with "cloth-covered buttons", a Timex watch, light undergarments and either a burgundy pullover or pants that had since deteriorated. The remains were likely there three to five years prior to being found. A facial reconstruction has been made, but local police are not making it public for unknown reasons.[81][82]

She was identified as a potential victim of serial killer Joseph Miller, Kelly Ann Ward in 2014.[83]

Glenn Wilson 2008 2015 Presumed murder USA The body of a white male between thirty-five and fifty-five was located on April 5, 2008 in the Sandy River Reservoir in Prince Edward County, Virginia. The man was discovered by fishermen and was already decomposed beyond the point to take fingerprints.[84] The victim's cause of death was not possible to determine, yet officials believe he was murdered. He had multiple tattoos: one of Yosemite Sam, a bulldog, a feather, bird, a "rebel flag" and a heart containing the words "I Love You Kelsey Always." The man was found wearing jeans, blue swim trunks, a belt, a black shirt and another shirt with a Mickey Mouse decoration with the words ""Hang Out Over California." The victim was estimated to be at the height of five feet seven inches tall at a weight of 180 pounds.[85] He was identified in 2015.[86]
Mark "Duane" Woodard 1977 2016 Murder USA On March 22, 1977, the skeleton of a male between 17 and 25 years old was found in Summerfield, Florida. He was probably white, although he may have been descended from someone of Caribbean race. His hair had been dyed, and his clothing was described as fashionable, indicating that he may have lived in an upper-class family. He was wearing a red long-sleeved shirt, dark trousers, and black boots. His belt was leather and had a distinctive buckle that was white and contained a circular stone.[87] However, his remains indicated that he may have not been well nourished when he was younger. Little money was found in his clothes. His teeth showed no sign of restorations. A possible bullet wound was present on the skull, and a bullet casing was found at the scene.[88] He was identified as Mark "Duane" Woodard in 2016.[56]
Janice Marie Young 1973 2015 Road Traffic Incident USA A girl pushed in front of a moving vehicle in St. Petersburg, Florida. She had run away after being raped by her adoptive-brother. She had used her birth name at the time she died, which had been changed to match that of her adoptive family. Her biological brother searched online to see if she had ever been found and recognized a police sketch and noticed very similar circumstances between the then-unidentified girl and his sister.[89]
Yuma County Jane Doe 1999 2017 Murder USA On October 9, 1999, in Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona the body of a white female aged between fifteen and twenty-two was discovered within hours after her death. She was shot in the face with a shotgun, which left her unrecognizable. She had waist-length brown hair with reddish highlights, worn divided into two braids.[90] The victim wore two stud earrings per ear, a white shirt containing two butterfly designs, green sweatpants and black shoes. Two necklace pendants that she wore read "Our Lady of Mt. Carmel" and "Pray For Us," on the outside, where the other had a half moon design. The victim also had a tattoo near her ankle, which read "Angel Baby." The first word had been completely finished and the second was stenciled. A scar was visible on her waist, although the victim's appendix had not been removed. The scar could have been due to a surgery that removed her right ovary, which was missing from the body.[91] It is possible that she may have been from Mexico and murdered in the United States, according to some evidence.[92] The victim was identified in 2017 and her identity remains withheld.[90][91]

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