Mr. Baskovic died of natural causes after a brief inpatient stay at a local hospital. Following his death we interviewed his current landlord (the only emergency contact he listed was a friend, who was contacted and had no family information), his previous landlord (he documented he had no living family), and performed the same searches you reference above. In addition, we completed an Accurint search for Mr. Baskovic as well as Ann M. Baskovic (she said she was not related to Ivo Baskovic), Katrina Baskovic (said they did not know the decedent), andTina Ardern has not yet responded to efforts to contact her.
A few months before his death Mr. Baskovic was found wandering in Atlanta after returning from a trip to Croatia. A friend helped him obtain first an extended-stay room and then long-term housing. He had an extensive medical history, and in all of his medical records he lists only friends (already contacted) as emergency contacts. He mentioned to only one of those friends that he had an ex-wife and two daughters, although he reportedly did not provide their names or whereabouts.
There are 24 discrete previous addresses for Mr. Baskovic in the US. None of them revealed any viable information regarding family, including several locations that provided government housing assistance and gathered what would otherwise be extensive demographic information.
Mr. Baskovic is associated with two different social security numbers in many records; his original social security number is only different by one digit from the second number found in many of his records. It would seem this was a transposition error.
I would agree that within the information already known the family of Mr. Baskovic lies. Without accusing anyone of anything, I will say that there are times when even though family members are thought to be known and contacted, they decline to acknowledge their tie to a decedent.
The efforts to locate and notify Mr. Baskovic's family are ongoing. We appreciate you all looking at the case and providing your input. Thanks for the help!
Tami Schroder-Sedivy
Senior Investigator
Fulton County Medical Examiners Center
Atlanta, GA 30312