Identified! OH - Columbus, S High St & Williams Rd, WhtMale 30-50, UP263, missing upper front teeth, Mar'06 - Randy Raines

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https://identifyus.org/en/cases/263

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Unidentified Male
Found: March 30, 2006
Age: 30-50
Race: White
Height: 5'6"
Probable year of death: 2005-2006
Hair: brown 3" long, mustache
Poorly healed fracture of cheek
2 white Converse socks
Missing 2 front teeth (DoeNetwork doesn't say post mortem loss, but Namus does)

Body found in Scioto river. Cause of death is unknown.

Rule-outs:
Amos Mortier
Bradley Ross

Possible?? Dull Meredith.

http://charleyproject.org/cases/m/meredith_dull.html
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They look similar IMO, particularly if the hair in the upper sketch is accurate, except that John Doe's eyes seem to be higher up than the missing person's. Some problems I see are that the UID is estimated to be 6 inches shorter than Meredith Dull (65 vs 71 inches) and if it's correct that the front teeth of the UID were lost postmortem then it's not Mr. Dull who had lost his front teeth before going missing.
 
It's not Meredith, Charley Project lists his case as resolved. His remains were identified in 2013. The Namus link for the UID is still up.
 
Randy Dewayne Williams

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Missing from Michigan

Is the same height as the UID

Has 2 missing teeth

Although he is described to have graying red hair... Could it have been mistaken for brown?

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/w/williams_randy_dewayne.html


Kenneth Wayne Moss

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Went missing from Arkansas, which isn't too far away from Ohio.

Is 5'8'', so slightly taller than the UID, but considering it's just an estimate, I wouldn't rule it out.

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/moss_kenneth.html

Timothy Eugene Fisher

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Missing from Columbus

Is taller than the UID (5'10), so that could be a problem.

His hair is also listed as blond, but the picture makes it look more brown, so I don't know...

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/f/fisher_timothy.html
 
Daniel Standifer? NamUS # 1125

Mentions a previously fractured jaw

Last seen in 1995 at age 41, putting him at 52 in 2006

65 inches tall which is approx on point. Was wearing converse shoes when he went missing ( I realize it is converse socks but shows he prefers the brand)

ETA: although it appears Daniel had a couple of tattoos. Darn!
 
Jesse Cross? NamUS #19258

Height is 5'6 to 5'8
Missing since Jan 6, 2006
26 to 34 years old
Last seen with long hair and a mustache/goatee
Damaged JAW from previous car accident

BUT he also has tattoos. Darn everyone that I'm finding that has a jaw issue has tattoo(s)
 
[h=1]New technology could identify these two bodies[/h]
Technology, Sicilian hopes, will give the men names.

DNA from both bodies was submitted to the Ohio attorney general’s Project LINK, or Linking Individuals Not Known. LINK compares DNA from unidentified bodies with that from missing persons, provided by the missing person’s relatives or from the missing person’s toothbrush or hairbrush.

DNA gathered for LINK is used only to help identify missing persons, attorney general spokeswoman Jill Del Greco said.

The LINK database now has 90 unidentified remains, dating from 1969, that can be compared to DNA provided by families looking for lost relatives. It also can be compared to the 964 missing-persons cases — 747 children and 217 adults — that LINK has in another database.

Since LINK started in 1999, it has helped identify at least 30 people. Two years ago, LINK identified Cheryl Wilson of Toledo from skeletal remains found in Holmes County in 2008, after Wilson’s family members submitted their DNA six months earlier to be included in the LINK database.
Click to expand...
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170709/new-technology-could-identify-these-two-bodies
 
Could this UID be Johnny Lee Smith missing from Alabama 4 months prior, so well within the Year of Death of 2005-6. No indication he may have travelled from AL to OH but he fits on a number of identifiers. His photo doesn't hugely resemble the recons but with such a broad PMI I'm not sure exactly how recognisable the remains would have been.
5203DMAL - Johnny Lee Smith
 

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Circumstances
On March 30, 2006, the decedent was found in the Scioto River at rear of South High Street and Williams Road. Estimated postmortem interval 4 months.

Demographics
Physical Characteristics
Hair: Brown
Eye: Undetermined
Facial: Mustache
Estimated Age Range: 30-50 years
Race: White
Sex: Male
Height: 65 inches (estimated)

Medical
Skeletal- Poorly healed fracture of right cheek

Clothing
On Body: 2 white socks (converse brand)


Law Enforcement: Columbus Police Department
Ohio BCI # 192
NamUs UP # 263

DNA on file
Dental (postmortem) charting on file
Please see accompanying artists' renderings





more images at link
coroner.franklincountyohio.gov

Franklin County Coroners Office

Welcome to the Franklin County Coroners Office
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According to Randy’s page on the DDP’s website, he was from Indiana

dnadoeproject.org

Franklin Co John Doe 2006 - DNA Doe Project

Description: On March 30, 2006, the partially decomposed body of an adult Caucasian male was discovered draped over a tree trunk in the Scioto River in Columbus, Ohio. He is believed to have died approximately 4 months prior. The manner of death could not be determined. The man was estimated...
dnadoeproject.org dnadoeproject.org
 
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