u/blinkycosmocat

On May 28, 2019, the decomposed, unclothed remains of a man were discovered floating in the Missouri River near Tebbetts, Missouri. He was not recognizable, but the partial remnants of a beard and a tattoo were still visible. He is undergoing testing by Othram and his case is fully funded.

**Description of NamUs #UP57928, ME/C Case Number 19-9537**

Biological Sex: Male

Race / Ethnicity: Uncertain

Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 50

Height: 5' 8"-5' 10"(68-70 inches) , Estimated

Weight: 170-200 lbs, Estimated

Circumstances of Recovery: Found floating in MO River, coordinates LAT 38.6049, LON 91.9388, advanced state of decomposition, nude

Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction

Hair Color: Unknown

Facial Hair Description: partial remains of a beard [per media reports, not listed in NamUs]

Eye Color: Unknown

Distinctive Physical Features:

Scar/mark - cutting marks on left wrist

Tattoo: "JD", "J Diddy" ["misspelled as "Ditty" on NamUs], and "J Dawg", all on the upper right chest.

**Links**

NamUs: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/57928?nav

Unidentified Wiki: https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Callaway\_County\_John\_Doe\_(2019)

DNASolves.com:

https://dnasolves.com/articles/callaway-county-john-doe-2019/

KJLU: https://www.kjluradio.com/newsroom/callaway-county-authorities-continue-to-try-to-identify-john-doe-found-in-river-five-years/article\_efd36c5a-f283-11ee-971f-6f368058da4d.html

KRCG: https://krcgtv.com/news/local/sheriff-asks-public-for-help-in-identifying-body-found-in-missouri-river-near-tebbetts

The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office also urges anyone with information about the case to contact them at 573-642-7291 or online at CallawaySheriff.org and reference case number 19-9537.

Side note, it took me a few minutes to see the stylized "J" inside the large "D"; it almost looks like there is a "G" inside the left side of the "D."

On the afternoon of April 12, 2026, mushroom hunters in East Peoria, Illinois were exploring the woods in the 1300 block of Cole Street. At 4:10 pm, they found a human skull partially buried in a creek bed and contacted the authorities, who combed the area but found no other remains.

When news of the discovery spread, many immediately thought of Alexis Camry Scott, a young woman who had disappeared from a house party in Peoria on September 23, 2017. Per her family, weeks before her disappearance, she had traveled to Las Vegas to work as a stripper, but ended up being trafficked to California. She managed to escape and return to Peoria, but feared retaliation from her attackers. Many people have been involved in the search for her over the years, but there has been no sign of her since she vanished. East Peoria is across the Illinois River from Peoria, and the search for Alexis had included the area where the skull was found.

However, after a forensic odontologist compared Alexis' dental records, which were obtained from the Peoria Police Department, against an X-ray of the skull, it was determined that the skull did not belong to Alexis. The authorities in Tazewell County plan to send the skull to a forensic anthropologist to determine the Doe's sex, PMI, and attempt to extract DNA to submit to CODIS.

Alexis' loved ones continue to search for her and seek answers about her fate.

**Links for NamUs #UP158063, ME/C case 26-1019**

NamUs: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/158063?nav

WMBD: https://wmbdradio.com/2026/04/13/skeletal-remains-found-in-east-peoria/

CIProud.com: https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/human-skull-found-east-peoria/

CiProud article about Alexis Scott not being a match: https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/dental-records-skull-peoria-case/

**Links for Alexis Camry Scott, NamUs MP40059**

NamUs: https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/40059

The Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/alexis-camry-scott

International Missing Persons Wiki: https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Alexis\_Scott

25NewsNow.com: https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/09/24/eight-years-later-family-alexis-scott-continue-search-answers-her-disappearance/

No Doe Network page, but there aren't any entries for missing Illinois women after 2010?

About the map: The body of water at the top of the map is the Illinois River. Cole Street extends from downtown East Peoria. The creek where the skull was found is called Coal Creek.

On the night of Tuesday, March 19, 2025, a man discovered badly decomposed human remains wrapped in a blanket in some bushes in the 1500 block of South Canal Street in Chicago. This area, often used as a homeless camp, is south of downtown and between I-90 and the BNSF / Metra railyards.

The man walked to a nearby business and asked someone to call the police. When the police arrived, the man directed them to her body (which was initially thought to be male, per the CWB Chicago article) which was lying supine. The police notified the Medical Examiner's office of the discovery shortly after midnight.

**Details about NamUs #UP141408, ME/C case ME2025-01651**

Biological Sex: Female

Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian, Hispanic / Latino, American Indian / Alaska Native

Estimated Age Range: 33-55

Estimated Year of Death: 2025

Height: 4' 11"-5' 6", Estimated

Weight: Cannot estimate

Hair Color: Black

Head Hair Description: Long black hair located on the skull

Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction. All parts recovered.

Clothing: 2 black socks, blue denim pants, purple t-shirt

Jewelry: White metal ring with a yellow/brown/orange center stone and 2 halos of smaller possibly clear stones located near the left hand.

**Links**

NamUs:

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/141408?nav

Unidentified Wiki: https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Chicago\_Jane\_Doe\_(March\_2025)

CWB Chicago: https://cwbchicago.com/2025/03/body-found-in-lot-frequently-used-as-homeless-camp-near-the-south-loop.html

On May 8, 1983, a man was found unresponsive in a roadway (either Route 110 or its off ramp to Figueroa Terrace) in the Victor Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. He is thought to have died minutes or hours before his discovery. Note that the circumstances of recovery section in his NamUs lists the date as May 9, 1983.

His name may have been: Fernando Cortez, Fernando Cortez Herrera, or Fernando Herrera Cortez but he could not be conclusively identified.

His cause of death was not stated.

*There is a postmortem image of him in NamUs.*

**Details of NamUs #UP4278, ME/C case 1983-05906**

Biological Sex: Male

Race / Ethnicity: Hispanic / Latino

Estimated Age Range: 26-36

Height: 5'4"-5'7", estimated

Weight: 125-150 lbs, estimated

Condition of Remains: Recognizable face. All parts recovered.

Hair Color: Black

Facial Hair Description: Mustache with unshaven beard

Eye Color: Brown

**Tattoos (mostly from Unidentified Wiki, with my own comments in brackets):**

Head/skull with a hat and tobacco pipe surrounded by small items such as an anchor, envelope, bottle, wine/martini glass, and an indecipherable banner beneath.

Crude shaded tattoo of a bird.

Man or woman with only a shirt. [NSFW, image on NamUs. The shirt is cropped and the person wears stockings.]

Head with long hair and indecipherable words above it. [Looks like "Lupes" or "Lopes" with a script P and M underneath.]

Mermaid with cow skull next to it. [The skull looks more like a devil, but the pic was taken at an angle.]

Cobra with indecipherable words beneath. [Looks like "Roy"]

Native American man's head with a feather headdress and a mustache.

Words that appear to be on the left side of his chest ("Mr. del Com--- or Corr--- or Corn---")

Clothing: Blue Levi's coat, Green checker shirt, blue shirt, black pants, brown pants, red trunks, blue socks, black shoes.

**Links**

NamUs **(warning for postmortem photo and NSFW tattoo)**: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/4278

Doe Network: https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/main.html?id=4594umca

Unidentified Wiki: https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Fernando\_Cortez

From DNASolves.com: "On September 16, 2021, the Toronto Police Service was called to an area near 30 Carl Hall Road. A construction crew installing a fence found a human skull in thick brush near a new fence line. Police, under the supervision of the Office of the Chief Coroner, cut back the brush to reveal the skeletal remains of a person. A death investigation led by the Office of the Chief Coroner/Ontario Forensic Pathology Service and Toronto Police Service determined that the death was not suspicious.

An examination indicated that the unknown man had likely been deceased for several years prior to discovery. Attempts to identify the man through conventional investigative methods were unsuccessful."

In November 2022, investigators submitted evidence to Othram to extract DNA and develop a genetic profile. The results of the genetic profile suggested that the man was First Nations (Indigenous), with distant relatives across Ontario and the Great Lakes region. Initial genetic tests with relatives of other missing First Nations men did not produce a match.

"Finally, investigators determined that the man may be Willard Duval, who was last seen in May 2017 and reported missing in February 2018. After several months of collaboration between Toronto Police Service investigators and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, medical imaging records confirmed that the John Doe is Willard Duval [His Doe Project page estimated his age range as 35-65, while the International Missing Persons wiki lists his age as 75, which could be either his age had he lived or his age at disappearance.]

Investigators located Duval’s niece and informed her of his death. Willard’s remains were buried with his brother on April 25, 2026."

Per CTV News, he is the 11th person identified under Project 31, an initiative launched by Toronto Police in 2022 to identify the 31 long-term cases of unidentified persons where DNA was readily available.

**Links**

DNASolves.com: https://dnasolves.com/articles/toronto-willard-duval/

Doe Network:

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/main.html?id=4347UMON

International Missing Persons Wiki:

https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Willard\_Duval

CTV News: https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/police-id-man-whose-remains-were-found-at-downsview-construction-site-in-2021/

Unidentified Wiki: https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Willard\_Duval

RIP Willard.

At 9:20 am on May 23, 2020, barge workers for Marathon Gas found a man's body floating in the Ohio River at Virginia Point (where the Ohio and Big Sandy Rivers meet), near Kenova, West Virginia. The barge workers lassoed the body and called 911. The fire department and EMTs responded and retrieved the body. The man's remains were decomposing and had been estimated to have been in the water at least one week.

Due to the location, he could floated from further east along the Ohio River or possibly from the Big Sandy River.

**Description of NamUs #UP75517, ME/C case 20-3401**

Biological Sex: Male

Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

Estimated Age Range: 19-59

Height: 5'10" - 6'1", estimated

Weight: 200-220 lbs, estimated

Hair Color: Brown

Head Hair Description: Short, ~4inches

Facial Hair Description: Short brown facial hair on right chin and neck [possibly his left side was more decomposed?]

Eye Color: Unknown ("other" per NamUs)

Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing / putrefaction. All parts recovered.

Clothing: Purple sweatshirt, black tee shirt, blue jeans, black underwear, black socks

DNA is available per the Doe Network.

**Links**

NamUs: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/75517/details

Unidentified Wiki: https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Wayne\_County\_John\_Doe\_(May\_2020)

Doe Network: https://www.doenetwork.org/cases//software/main.html?id=4698UMWV

WV Metro News: https://wvmetronews.com/2020/05/23/body-recovered-in-ohio-river-near-kenova/

I'm assuming the hats are dropshipped.

The unidentified person is a Black male, estimated age 18-30, height 5'11", whose decomposing remains were found on the west side of Silica Road in Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio on June 12, 1973. He was wearing gray trousers, black long-sleeved turtleneck sweater, leather belt, undershorts, and dark socks.

Archived NamUs:

https://web.archive.org/web/20260101104012/https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/158279

From DNASolves.com: "On August 30, 1993, partial human remains were discovered during the clean-up of a dump site located off Beardsley Road, a short distance north of Wright Road, in an unincorporated area of Ventura County outside the City of Camarillo. The Ventura County Medical Examiner responded to the scene and collected the remains for further analysis. The Medical Examiner confirmed the remains were human and sent them to be analyzed by an anthropologist. The partial human remains were determined to be the lower leg bones of a male subject and to be that of a male individual between the ages of 13 and 18 years old.

Despite a lengthy investigation, the person could not be identified and became known as Camarillo John Doe (1993) [also CamarilloTeen 1993]. Details of the case were entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) as UP128289."

"In March 2025, the Ventura County Medical Examiner provided the Ventura County Sheriff's Office forensic evidence to submit to Othram Labs to determine if advanced DNA testing could aid in identifying the remains." Scientists at Othram developed a DNA profile, while their genetic genealogy team were able to provide leads for the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit. The Cold Case Unit investigated the leads, conducting interviews and making phone call, and identified possible close relatives of Camarillo John Doe.

The authorities collected DNA samples from potential relatives, compared them against the unidentified teenager, and identified Camarillo John Doe as Joseph Patrick Reardon, also known as Joe Gilbreth. He was born on June 17, 1970.

The Cold Case Unit is seeking details about his life and whereabouts and seeks the public's help. Those with information are asked to contact Investigator Guy Moody by calling 805-383-8723 or emailing Guy.Moody@venturacounty.gov.

RIP Joseph.

**Links:**

Archived NamUs: https://web.archive.org/web/20260101104012/https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/128289

KTLA:

https://ktla.com/news/ventura-county/ventura-county-cold-case-dump-site-human-remains-identified/

KEYT:

https://keyt.com/news/ventura-county/2026/05/05/human-remains-found-in-1993-identified-as-former-channel-islands-high-freshman-and-investigators-are-asking-the-public-for-help-in-investigation/

I wasn't able to find a Doe Network or Unidentified Wiki for this case surprisingly, unless I missed something.

On November 24, 1978, partial skeletal remains and part of a denim pants leg were found in a wooded area along Interstate 10, near the westbound rest area, about two miles west of Interstate 75, in Lake City, Columbia County, Florida. The remains were located between several planted trees, covered in soil and fallen pine needles.

Early examinations by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Florida State University produced no leads, and the remains were kept in storage. In 1996, the University of Florida's Human Identification Laboratory determined the victim was a white man about 5-foot-9, between 35 and 45 years old, right-handed, and showed signs of a physically demanding life, including arthritis and a healed heel fracture. His estimated year of death is listed as 1977 in NamUs, 1977 or earlier on the Doe Network, and 1978 in the press conference. In the early 2000s, a facial reconstruction and mitochondrial DNA testing resulted in no match. In 2010, investigators continued the search, submitting dental records to national databases and adding his DNA to CODIS.

Investigator Sara Conger took up his case in early 2024 and located his skull, which had gone missing from the district medical examiner's office. The remains were then submitted for advanced genetic testing and the results sent to Othram (per the press conference) for genetic genealogical research. They identified genetic relatives, and his sister provided a DNA sample that identified the remains as belonging to Lonnie Reeves, who was born in 1943.

His sister (who also attended the press conference) had not seen Lonnie since either 1970 or 1972 (depending on the source article). Lonnie had been married and left behind two sons. He had served in the Cost Guard and was described as having a passion for art.

The authorities have ruled his death to be of natural causes and said there was no evidence of foul play.

RIP Lonnie.

Links:

The news4JAX link in this post includes a link to the original medical examiner's report and video of the press conference.

Gainesville WCJB-TV via MSN: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/columbia-county-cold-case-solved-after-nearly-50-years-due-to-dna-testing/ar-AA22xHTy

Archived NamUs: https://web.archive.org/web/20260114024138/https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/6246?nav

Doe Network (warning about clay reconstructions): https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/main.html?id=21UMFL

DNASolves.com (found after I wrote the initial post): https://dnasolves.com/articles/florida-lake-city-john-doe-1978-lonnie-reeves/

I didn't find the NamUs listing for this case, but u/FoundationSeveral579 found it (I've added the archived version because the original listing will get taken down). On June 21, 2023, construction workers found mummified human remains between two walls in a building on the 26000 block of Highway 70. Lincoln County authorities called in the 12th Judicial District Attorney's Office to investigate, and later called in the inter-agency Major Crimes Unit.

A medical examiner in Albuquerque conducted an initial autopsy but could not determine the person's identity. It is unclear if the cause of death was ultimately determined.

In 2024, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and the 12th Judicial District Attorney's Office worked with Marshall University to obtain a DNA profile, which was then sent to Parabon Nanolabs for genetic genealogy analysis. The research led to new information that led to the use of dental records to identify the remains as belonging to Freddy Ray Baca from Ruidoso.

Using genealogy information from Misty, a researcher at Parabon, the authorities contacted 30 people across the US who were related to Baca to locate next of kin. They eventually located a family member who confirmed that a relative had been missing and had not been seen since 2018.

The local Major Crimes Unit and area authorities continue to investigate the case.

**Links:**

KFOX: https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/dna-genetic-genealogy-help-identify-remains-found-in-ruidoso-building-in-2023

Archived NamUs: https://web.archive.org/web/20260501235050/https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/136763

Unidentified Wiki: https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Freddy\_Baca

2023 article about the discovery of remains: https://kvia.com/news/new-mexico/2023/06/26/construction-crew-finds-mummified-human-remains-outside-of-ruidoso-downs/

Sheriff's Office announcement of the discovery of remains: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=947738689672400&vanity=lcsonm

RIP Freddy.

Paige Coffey was last seen on May 7, 2019 with her boyfriend at a Home Depot in the Steelyard Commons shopping center in Cleveland, Ohio on May 7, 2019. Coffey, age 27 at the time, had been living with her grandmother in Bratenahl while working in a retail store.

Her mother went to the police to report her missing on May 17, but days passed before law enforcement began a formal investigation. Investigators found no activity in her bank accounts or her social media after her disappearance. Her case was escalated in February 2020 by the Bratenahl Police Department and the Cleveland office of the FBI became involved.

Meanwhile, the Cleveland Family Center for Missing Children and Adults assisted Paige's family and worked to bring attention to her case starting in July 2019. NBC News' Dateline also featured her story in 2025 to bring more exposure to her case.

On the afternoon of April 17, 2026, skeletal remains were found in a garbage bag during the cleanup of a vacant home in the 3800 block of E. 142nd St. in Cleveland. The remains were identified by DNA as belonging to Coffey and the identification was announced on April 29, 2026. The cause and manner of Coffey’s death remain under investigation, and a new FBI agent was assigned to her case in early 2026, per Cleveland-19.com.

RIP Paige.

**Links**

Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/paige-noel-natasia-coffey

https://people.com/woman-reported-missing-after-failed-call-mothers-day-body-was-found-years-later-vacant-home-11961581

NBC Dateline article: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/missing-in-america/paige-coffey-ohio-missing-person-case-rcna217869

Cleveland.com: https://www.cleveland.com/crime/2026/04/dna-analysis-identifies-woman-missing-from-bratenahl-for-nearly-7-years.html

Scene video: https://who13.com/video/skeletal-remains-found-in-cleveland-identified-as-woman-missing-since-2019-scene-video/11744854/

Roughly a year ago, u/kekekerevived made a post after submitting a potential match for this Doe, where they were told that she was identified but were waiting for the announcement from law enforcement.

However, a recent post on r/UnresolvedMysteries from u/AlfredTheJones indicates that the case appears to be active. Her Doe Network and NamUs pages are still up, when the Doe Network page should have been marked as closed or identified. Ramapo College's IGG website lists her case as in progress.

What is the status of her case? The MP who was the potential match (Elissa Frances Villa) is still unresolved too.

Original post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldoe/s/Sh3djnKL74

r/UnresolvedMysteries post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/s/LOjrdxwWev

Ramapo College's cases in progress:

https://www.ramapo.edu/igg/about-us/cases/in-progress/

Elissa Villa's missing persons page:

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=4347dfca