2844UMAL - Unidentified Male
Reconstruction of the decedent by NCMEC; decedent's headstone. To view a postmortem photograph, please click here.
Date of Discovery: March 27, 1961
Location of Discovery: Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama
Estimated Date of Death: Minutes prior
State of Remains: Recognizable face
Cause of Death: Drowning
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 14-17 years old
Race: White
Sex: Male
Height: 5'6" to 5'8"
Weight: 120 lbs.
Hair Color: Light brown. His hair appeared to have been bleached. His eyebrows and eyelashes were dark brown.
Eye Color: Blue
Distinguishing Marks/Features: The autopsy revealed he might have walked with a slight limp. Smoker. Tattoo with inscription "RY in LOVE" or "RY + LOVE"
Identifiers
Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Clothing worn by the boy is unknown.
Jewelry: Timex wrist watch.
Additional Personal Items: Carrying bag with several long sleeve shirts and pants made from heavy fabric, a brown plastic wallet without any identification, a photograph of the decedent with a girl, and a pack of Pall Mall cigarettes with a South Carolina tax stamp.
Circumstances of Discovery
The decedent was a hitchhiker who drowned after the vehicle he was riding in collided with the bridge rail and plunged into the Cahaba River near River Bend. Additionally, he had broken his neck and his hand in two places. The driver survived the accident and exaplained the boy gave some, but few details about his life.
The boy told the driver, who survived the accident, he had run away from home after his parents separated. He was faced with a choice of living in an orphanage or joining the Navy (despite the fact he was believed to be too young for the military). He stated he did not care where he was going. The clothing the boy carried with him indicated he may have been from up north. The cigarettes he carried were from South Carolina.
His body was kept in the morgue for two weeks and he was later buried in the Centreville Cemetery. A woman from Huntsville believed the boy was their own, until a discrepancy with the eye color indicated the decedent was not their child. His remains were exhumed in June 2016 to obtain DNA information. The profile did not match those available in the missing persons database. The body was later reburied.
Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Bibb County Coroner's Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 205-926-4876
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: Unknown
NCIC Case Number: Not entered
NamUs Case Number: 13483
NCMEC Case Number: 1250767
Information Source(s)
Namus
NCMEC
WBRC (6/3/16)
WBRC (10/4/16)
ABC 3340
AL.com
News Article
Tuscaloosa News
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Reconstruction of the decedent by NCMEC; decedent's headstone. To view a postmortem photograph, please click here.
Date of Discovery: March 27, 1961
Location of Discovery: Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama
Estimated Date of Death: Minutes prior
State of Remains: Recognizable face
Cause of Death: Drowning
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 14-17 years old
Race: White
Sex: Male
Height: 5'6" to 5'8"
Weight: 120 lbs.
Hair Color: Light brown. His hair appeared to have been bleached. His eyebrows and eyelashes were dark brown.
Eye Color: Blue
Distinguishing Marks/Features: The autopsy revealed he might have walked with a slight limp. Smoker. Tattoo with inscription "RY in LOVE" or "RY + LOVE"
Identifiers
Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Clothing worn by the boy is unknown.
Jewelry: Timex wrist watch.
Additional Personal Items: Carrying bag with several long sleeve shirts and pants made from heavy fabric, a brown plastic wallet without any identification, a photograph of the decedent with a girl, and a pack of Pall Mall cigarettes with a South Carolina tax stamp.
Circumstances of Discovery
The decedent was a hitchhiker who drowned after the vehicle he was riding in collided with the bridge rail and plunged into the Cahaba River near River Bend. Additionally, he had broken his neck and his hand in two places. The driver survived the accident and exaplained the boy gave some, but few details about his life.
The boy told the driver, who survived the accident, he had run away from home after his parents separated. He was faced with a choice of living in an orphanage or joining the Navy (despite the fact he was believed to be too young for the military). He stated he did not care where he was going. The clothing the boy carried with him indicated he may have been from up north. The cigarettes he carried were from South Carolina.
His body was kept in the morgue for two weeks and he was later buried in the Centreville Cemetery. A woman from Huntsville believed the boy was their own, until a discrepancy with the eye color indicated the decedent was not their child. His remains were exhumed in June 2016 to obtain DNA information. The profile did not match those available in the missing persons database. The body was later reburied.
Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Bibb County Coroner's Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 205-926-4876
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: Unknown
NCIC Case Number: Not entered
NamUs Case Number: 13483
NCMEC Case Number: 1250767
Information Source(s)
Namus
NCMEC
WBRC (6/3/16)
WBRC (10/4/16)
ABC 3340
AL.com
News Article
Tuscaloosa News
*Click the Report button if you'd like this case moved to the general discussion area to be opened for commenting.
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How sad is that.
