NAMUS CASE 890

 

ESTIMATED YEAR OF DEATH: 1993

 

SEX: MALE

RACE: WHITE

AGE: 25-38

STATE: LOUISIANA

HEIGHT: 5'6", estimated

WEIGHT: N/A

HAIR: N/A

EYES: N/A

 

Dentals and DNA available. Fingerprints not available.

 

Found in a swampy, wooded area in St. Tammany Parish, LA.

remnants of Wrangler brand blue jeans, size 38W/32L.

Nike Air tennis shoes, size 11.

 

[6 missing person exclusions]

 

From The Doe Network:

 

Homicide by gunshot

He was healing from a possible broken hip, that may have caused him to have a limp and back problems. He also had an injury to the left side of his head. Antemortem fracture noted to the right hip bone; remodeling of the right femur and fibula; Schmorls' depression on several vertebrae.

amalgam fillings noted on surfaces of teeth #2 (OL), 3 (OML), 14 (OML), 15 (OL), 17(O), 18 (OBM), 19 (OMD), 20(OD), 30 (OD), 31 (OBM) and 32(O).

The victim was found on October 29, 1993, in swampy woods along railroad tracks, just west of interstate 59, in the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area, and about 1 1/2 miles from the Mississippi state line. He was shot once in the back of the head with a small-caliber weapon.