Unidentified Person

Unidentified person — Birmingham (2024-07-08)

NamUs case UP132348 concerns decomposing human remains found by a citizen in a wooded ravine near a footbridge leading into Wahouma Park. The official record lists the case as open and unresolved but omits the discovery date and identifying details. A supplied 2026 news report describes a different unidentified-person case in Adamsville.

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

The record

Decomposing human remains were found by a citizen in a wooded ravine near a small footbridge leading into Wahouma Park, according to the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. The person’s identity and other descriptive information are not included in the supplied NamUs record 1.

NamUs lists the matter as UP132348 and says the case remains open and unresolved. The supplied record does not publish the date of discovery, sex, ethnicity, precise location or primary investigating agency 1. Although the case name provided to Alabama Unsolved associates it with Birmingham and July 8, 2024, those details do not appear in the supplied source text and therefore could not be independently verified.

A second supplied article concerns a different unidentified-person case: an adult male whose skeletal remains were found Nov. 10, 2025, in Venison Branch creek near Basswood Drive in Adamsville. That discovery has a different location, recovery description and case number, 2025-5398 2. Nothing in the supplied documents establishes a connection between the Adamsville case and NamUs UP132348.

The public NamUs record should be checked for updates because the supplied version identifies the Wahouma Park case as unresolved 1.

Timeline

Date not publishedConfirmed
A citizen found decomposing human remains in a wooded ravine near a small footbridge leading into Wahouma Park.
Current in supplied NamUs recordConfirmed
NamUs UP132348 was listed as open and unresolved.
November 10, 2025Reported
In a separate case, skeletal remains later described as those of an adult male were found in Venison Branch creek near Basswood Drive in Adamsville.
April 27, 2026Reported
ABC 33/40 reported that Jefferson County authorities were seeking help identifying the adult male in the separate Adamsville case.

Documented claims

A citizen found decomposing human remains in a wooded ravine near a small footbridge leading into Wahouma Park.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, NamUs · Single-source claim.
NamUs identifies the case as UP132348 and lists it as open and unresolved.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, NamUs · Single-source claim.
The supplied NamUs record does not publish the person’s sex or ethnicity, the discovery date, a precise location, or the primary investigating agency.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, NamUs · Single-source claim.
The supplied ABC 33/40 article describes a separate unidentified-person case involving adult male skeletal remains found Nov. 10, 2025, in Venison Branch creek near Basswood Drive in Adamsville; officials assigned that matter case number 2025-5398.
Reported
Source: ABC 33/40 · Single-source claim.
The supplied sources do not establish any connection between NamUs UP132348 and the Adamsville case reported by ABC 33/40.
Unknown
Source on file · Single-source claim.
The case name supplied by the editor associates UP132348 with Birmingham and July 8, 2024, but those details are absent from the supplied source documents.
Unknown
Source on file · Single-source claim.

Sources

NamUs official record UP132348 — U.S. Department of Justice, NamUsOpen
Authorities Seek Help Identifying Unidentified Man after Remains Found in Jefferson County — ABC 33/40Open