Discovery Information
Date Found: December 28, 2020
Estimated Year of Death: 2020
Ethnicity: White / Caucasian, Uncertain
Location Found: Columbia, SC
Latitude: 34.0008322
Longitude: -81.035147
Physical Characteristics
Estimated Age Range: 50 - 70 years
Gender: Male
Height Range: 66 - 67 inches
Weight Range: Not specified
Identifying Features: Hair Color Unknown Head Hair Description Body Hair Description Facial Hair Description Left Eye Color Unknown Right Eye Color Unknown Eye Description Distinctive Physical Features Item Description Scar/markThe skeletal remains have healed facial and nasal fractures suggesting that the individual may have had facial scarring. Additionally, the remains have healed right rib fractures indicating blunt trauma to the chest. Other distinctive physical characteristicThe individual was missing all of his teeth antemortem and probably did not wear dentures based on significant bone loss in his jaws. His jaw may have appeared crooked during life due to asymmetry of the lower jaw. Clothing and Accessories No Information Entered
Forensic Details
DNA Status: unknown
Fingerprints Status: unknown
Dentals Status: unknown
Circumstances
Property owners were clearing underbrush from a wooded lot at 750 South Beltline Boulevard when they discovered skeletal remains and clothing. The remains were scattered over an area of several hundred square feet by scavenging animals. The area is a flood plain near a creek. Details of Recovery Inventory of Remains Condition of Remains Not recognizable - Partial remains with soft tissues
Contact Information
Source: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/83843?nav
Contact Name: Richland County Coroner's Office
Contact Number: (803) 576-1799
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