He also had a one inch scar on his outer right shoulder. Sudan: Discovery of unidentified bodies in morgue raises questions over A post shared by John Rourke (@johnjrourke). The agencies either hadnt communicated or hadnt taken the missing persons reports seriously, leaving Hines McNeely and her siblings in limbo for more than half a century. A spokesperson for the medical examiner said the office is reluctant to tie the unidentified bodies directly to the crisis without more clues about how the people died, or to classify them as part of any larger trend. Record-keeping is often incomplete or outdated. The boy was estimated to be between 15 and 20 years old, was between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighed 140 pounds. El Paso COVID-19 crisis: County seeks morgue workers to move bodies In 2016, Hines McNeely decided to call the Houston Police Department again. [38], She became known as "Smurfette Doe" as she was found wearing a distinctive blue-green T-shirt with Smurfette depicted on the front with daisies and the text "He smurfs me, he smurfs me not." The authorities are set to hand over the remains of 21 bodies of the workers, who died in the Hashem Foods Ltd factory fire at Rupganj of Narayanganj on July 8, to their families on Saturday. David Fritts, father to Joseph, also helped with advocating for the bill, saying last month, Its hard to relate to people or other people to relate to you, you know, looking for your child for years. The latest discovery was especially heart-wrenching. Hundreds of Texas bodies remain unidentified despite new tech A scar on his knee was also located. [36] She is estimated to be fifteen to seventeen years old, 4-foot 7 to 5-foot 3 tall, possibly of mixed Caucasian and African American descent, and presumed to have died during the month of September 2012. The lack of communication between jurisdictions is a common problem. While government officials have passed laws to address the problem by entering missing persons cases or unidentified remains into NamUs, the Chronicle found a number of instances of cases where counties apparently are not following those laws. The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner has averaged around 1 unidentified person per year since 1980. Currently there are over 40,000 unidentified decedents in the United States. his clothing consisted of a green jacket, a shirt decorated with green and black squares, an undershirt, jeans, mismatched socks, brown gloves and cowboy boots. She also had a scar on her abdomen from a Cesarean section that she had previously had. Gov. The treacherous trek across the fast-moving river separating Mexico from Texas has claimed more lives in recent weeks than locals know how to handle. Every day, shed head to Durhams Business College for her stenography class, returning hours later to her daughter, Cynthia. The boy and his infant brother, from Nicaragua, were being carried across the river by their uncle earlier this week. The discovery in 1971 of Patty Thomas-Wardells body was handled by the Harris County Sheriffs Office, but her family had reported her disappearance to the Houston Police Department.