Identified! OH - Cleveland, Male 208UMOH, 18-60, May'08 - Deland Sawyer

quilts · May 25, 2008

CLEVELAND -- Police say human skeletal remains were found Sunday afternoon in the woods off of Hilton Rd. on the city's Northeast side.
Authorities say a man and his son were walking through the woods when they found part of a skull.
Police searched the area further and found more remains.

http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=90263&catid=45

There were two young women who came directly to mind when I read this.

Gina DeJesus
Amanda Berry

Taximom · May 25, 2008

quilts, ME TOO. Especially tonight after hearing the skeleton was of a young female and had been there a long time. They found some clothes and a gun too.

I'm not familiar with Hilton Rd but am going to google-earth it right now.

Taximom · May 26, 2008

Here's a google-earth map.

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.546642,-81.556007&z=17&t=h&hl=en
The area around Hilton Rd is filled with trees. It looks like a small subdivision. This is very far away from where Gina and Amanda were last seen. It's on the east side a little off Euclid Ave maybe in the E. 180th area (although they have street names out there). Anything is possible....

I know of an older missing woman from the east side...I can't remember her name right now. She's listed on WS. I'm pretty sure she was in her 40's though.

mywarmbluefleece · May 26, 2008

I know what older lady you are talking about too but I don't know her name. She was some sort of outspoken community advocate and volunteer.

Its not very far at all if you consider someone may have driven.

My heart sunk when I found out that they found these remains. I am praying that some family gets some sort of resolve.

ETA: Taximom, I read that the remains were found at Nela Park. Thats the headquarters of General Electric. During Christmas they have wonderful light displays. You may have been there before and it may help you gain a frame of reference.

quilts · May 26, 2008

Taximom said:
quilts, ME TOO. Especially tonight after hearing the skeleton was of a young female and had been there a long time. They found some clothes and a gun too.

I'm not familiar with Hilton Rd but am going to google-earth it right now.

I hadn't heard that it was a female.

Taximom · May 26, 2008

This is the woman I was speaking of:

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53081

Taximom · May 26, 2008

According to info at the Texas Eq. site, she's 5'2" and 125 pounds. To someone just looking at bones on site, that might indicate "young". I thought it was too early to be saying "young, female" actually. There's a chance this might be her though.

mere · May 26, 2008

I wonder if it could be Jody Lynn Brant.
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/brant_jody.html

Taximom · May 26, 2008

That site, mere, says she called from Erie, OH. As far as I know, there's no Erie, OH. There's Erie, PA (and Erie COUNTY) and the highway she was probably on (man, she was really lost) would sort of take her through that part of town once she headed back towards Toledo. She could have stopped for directions along the way back....

Good find, mere!

Taximom · May 26, 2008

Erie County is where Sandusky and Cedar Point are located. That's closer to Toledo/Michigan (where her car was found) than Erie, PA so that had to be where she called from. If that's the case, she wouldn't have driven past that area the skeleton has been found.

(Not that someone couldn't have abducted her and taken her that way though.)

mere · May 26, 2008

From Atlanta she who have taken I75 pretty much all the way home to Michigan. Cleveland and Erie are both east of I75. How she ended up off I75, I don't know. But when I was 16 I would not have been capable of driving from Atlanta to Michigan by myself.

ttrachel04 · May 27, 2008

i thought of gina and amanda too

oh god im nervous

ttrachel04 · May 27, 2008

Taximom said:
That site, mere, says she called from Erie, OH. As far as I know, there's no Erie, OH. There's Erie, PA (and Erie COUNTY) and the highway she was probably on (man, she was really lost) would sort of take her through that part of town once she headed back towards Toledo. She could have stopped for directions along the way back....

Good find, mere!

erie, oh does exist. it's about 1 1/2 - 2 hours from cleveland.

erie, pa is about the same distance from cleveland.

Taximom · May 27, 2008

ttrachel, where is it exactly? I'd love to know! Thanks.

Taximom · May 27, 2008

Hmm:
http://www.woio.com/Global/story.asp?S=8382408&nav=menu68_2
Coroner Tentatively ID's Remains As Male, Aged 30-50

Posted: May 27, 2008 08:45 AM EDT
Updated: May 27, 2008 03:05 PM EDT

UPDATE: The coroner's office tentatively says the bones belong to a male between the ages of 30-50-years of age.
No other information is known at this time. (more at link)

Well, if they found clothing and a gun, this could be a suicide by a man. Guess we'll have to start over w/our research unless they have it wrong this time! sheesh.

mywarmbluefleece · May 27, 2008

I am living out of the area now and it did not seem clear to me if this was part of the other remains they found or a whole different body. Anyone know?

Taximom · May 27, 2008

Well, heck. Now that I read that last article it does sound like they may be talking about a 2nd set of bones. Although I have only heard about one set. I'll go sleuthing around.

Taximom · May 27, 2008

OK, this article says basically the same thing and implies they are the bones found off Hilton Rd.
http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=90382&catid=45

So we are no longer dealing with "young" and "female". I wonder why they spoke so soon?!

zinc · Sep 17, 2010

This one was added to Doe recently. It's odd to me that he has not been identified, given the extensive dental work and unusual dentition and the likelihood (in my opinion) that he was a local.

Namus UP #4993
https://identifyus.org/cases/4993

The Doe Network: Case File 208UMOH
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/208umoh.html

Unidentified Black Male

* The victim was discovered on May 25, 2008 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
* Estimated Date of Death: Years prior
* Skeletal remains

Vital Statistics

* Estimated age: 18-60 years old
* Approximate Height and Weight: Cannot Estimate.
* Distinguishing Characteristics: Unknown
* Clothing: Gray hooded sweatshirt with Cleveland Browns logo; green nylon jacket; waistband-Hilfiger XL; gray sweats; white cloth; green knit cap with yellow cross. Ladies high-heeled shoe (left); Timberland boot (left).
* Dentals: Available. Restorations present. Presence of three supernumerary teeth (extra teeth). Gaps present.
* Fingerprints: Not available
* DNA: Not available.

Case History
Skeletal remains found in wooded area on Hilton Road in Cleveland. A man walking his dog found a skull in the Nela Park area of Cleveland, a search of the area uncovered additional bones.

Investigators
If you have any information about this case please contact:
Cuyahoga County Coroners Office
216-721-5610
You may remain anonymous when submitting information.

Agency Case Number: IN2008-01383

webrocket · Dec 4, 2010

this is the only possible match I could find - Willie C. Stanberry:

https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/7650/0/

he is a bit older than the estimated age of the UID and Stanberry had a glass eye (which would be lost with skeletonized remains)

one other thing about Stanberry is that he was supposedly last seen in the company of an unknown woman. near the UID's remains they listed two left shoes - one male and one female.

Stanberry's Namus page says nothing about teeth.

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