Unidentified Person

Unidentified person — Birmingham (2011-07-28)

NamUs record UP15342 describes an open unidentified-person case in which a landlord found a skull and mandible boxed inside a filing cabinet in a recently vacated apartment. The supplied sources do not verify the stated Birmingham location, Jefferson County, July 28, 2011 date, or a connection to the separate UP13985 page.

Incident date: Not documented
Location: Jefferson County
Independent sources: 2

The record

An unidentified person case involving a skull and mandible remains open in the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.

According to NamUs record UP15342, an apartment landlord found the remains in a cardboard box inside a filing cabinet. The cabinet was in an apartment from which a tenant had recently been evicted 1. NamUs lists the case as open and unresolved 1.

The supplied version of the record does not publish the person’s sex, ethnicity, recovery date, recovery location or primary investigating agency 1. It also does not establish Birmingham, Jefferson County, or July 28, 2011, despite those details appearing in the case label and editor notes provided to Alabama Unsolved.

A second supplied NamUs page concerns a different identifier, UP13985. The captured page contains no circumstances or identifying information connecting that record to UP15342; it states only that UP13985 was created April 12, 2021 2. Because the two official NamUs identifiers differ, they should not be treated as the same case without additional confirmation.

Anyone seeking current case information should consult NamUs and verify the correct record number before publication.

Timeline

UnknownConfirmed
A landlord found a skull and mandible in a cardboard box inside a filing cabinet in an apartment after a tenant had recently been evicted.
April 12, 2021Confirmed
NamUs record UP13985 was created; the supplied page does not establish a connection to UP15342.
Current as suppliedConfirmed
NamUs lists UP15342 as open and unresolved.

Documented claims

NamUs case UP15342 is open and unresolved.
Confirmed
Source: National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), U.S. Department of Justice · Single-source claim.
An apartment landlord discovered a skull and mandible in a cardboard box inside a filing cabinet in an apartment from which a tenant had recently been evicted.
Confirmed
Source: National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), U.S. Department of Justice · Single-source claim.
The supplied UP15342 record does not publish the unidentified person’s sex, ethnicity, recovery date, recovery location or primary investigating agency.
Confirmed
Source: National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), U.S. Department of Justice · Single-source claim.
The supplied NamUs page for UP13985 states that the record was created April 12, 2021.
Confirmed
Source: National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), U.S. Department of Justice · Single-source claim.
The supplied sources do not establish that the recovery occurred in Birmingham, Jefferson County, on July 28, 2011.
Unknown
Source on file · Single-source claim.
The supplied documents refer to two different NamUs identifiers, UP15342 and UP13985, and do not establish that they concern the same case.
Unknown
Source on file · Single-source claim.

Sources

NamUs official record UP15342 — National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), U.S. Department of JusticeOpen
Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP13985 — National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), U.S. Department of JusticeOpen