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Unidentified person — Tuskegee (1977-01-14)

NamUs lists an open, unresolved case involving partially clothed skeletal remains found near Wire Road in Tuskegee on January 14, 1977.

Incident date
January 14, 1977
Location
Tuskegee, Macon County
Independent sources
1

The record

Unidentified person, Tuskegee (1977-01-14)

On January 14, 1977, a partially clothed skeleton was found in a wooded area on the west side of Wire Road in Tuskegee, Alabama. The remains were approximately 103 feet from the road’s center line and about one-half mile from the Macon-Lee county line. All major bones were present except for a few carpal and tarsal bones 1.

The U.S. Department of Justice’s NamUs database lists the case, UP93230, as open and unresolved. The primary investigating agency is not published in the record 1.

Source 1 U.S. Department of Justice, NamUs, “UP93230”: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/93230

Timeline

  1. Confirmed

    A partially clothed skeleton was found in a wooded area west of Wire Road in Tuskegee, approximately one-half mile from the Macon-Lee county line.

Documented claims

  • A partially clothed skeleton was found on January 14, 1977, in a wooded area on the west side of Wire Road in Tuskegee, Alabama.

    Confirmed

    Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.

  • The remains were found approximately 103 feet from the center line of Wire Road and about one-half mile from the Macon-Lee county line.

    Confirmed

    Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.

  • All major bones were present except for a few carpal and tarsal bones.

    Confirmed

    Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.

  • NamUs case UP93230 is open and unresolved.

    Confirmed

    Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.

  • The primary investigating agency is not published in the NamUs record.

    Confirmed

    Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.

Sources

  • NamUs case UP93230 — U.S. Department of Justice NamUsOpen

Single official source. This entry is documented strictly from one official record. No independent reporting on this case was found. Details beyond the record are unverified and deliberately omitted.

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