MI MI - St Joseph Co, WhtMale 7-12, UP9894, partial skull buried, Nov'93

James Howell - charleyproject.org/cases/h/howell_james.html

John Hundley - charleyproject.org/cases/h/hundley_johnny.html

James McQueary - charleyproject.org/cases/m/mcqueary_jimmy.html

I sent these matches in to NaMus.

Bumping

Bumping

Nov 29, 2019

COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Along Interstate 196 south of South Haven, Covert Township Police were stymied by a pair of decades-long mysteries:

What were the identities of the two bodies found near the highway a decade apart? And, how did they get there?

The woman’s body, found in 1988, was nicknamed 196 Jane Doe, and now has a name thanks to the Michigan State Police genealogy project: Marcia Bateman, of Oklahoma City.

The man’s body, discovered in 1979, never got a nickname and remains nameless.

Police hope DNA from his remains will help identify him, too.

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The two are among seven sets of remains state police from the Fifth District are trying to identify through the genealogy project.

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But there are other mysteries.

The partial skull of a boy, possibly 7 to 12 years old, was found buried in St. Joseph County in 1993.

Back on Christmas Eve 1987, a skeleton was discovered in woods in Van Buren County’s Keeler Township. He was dressed in layers ski jacket and a plaid shirt over a Busch Gardens t-shirt with a pair of Clydesdale horses on the back.

Police said this is the only real chance for families of the missing.

“They don’t know what happened. They’re just gone,” Christensen said. “They don’t have the remains, they don’t have closure, they don’t have any idea what happened, so when you look at it from that standpoint, it’s something you have to do, you can’t not do it.”

Indiana State Police Capt. Kevin Smith, who used the technology to catch a child killer, said identifying the remains, in some cases, could eventually lead to other killers.

“Some of those are crimes and some of those are not,” Smith said. “If you can’t identify who it is, it is nearly impossible to go the next step and figure out what happened. Often, it is skeletal remains, so the cause of death is very difficult to determine. If you don’t have an identification, you don’t even know where to start.”

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BBM.

Marcia Bateman's thread: Identified! - MI - Covert Township, WhtFem 730UFMI, 23-40, Near I-96, Oct'88 - Marcia Bateman

The 5 other Doe threads they are attempting to ID:

1979 Covert Twp John Doe:
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
MI - MI - Van Buren Co, Wht/HispMale, 33-69, Broken Nose, Spanish Medallion, Timex, Covert Twp, July 1979

1988 New Buffalo Jane Doe:
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
MI - MI - New Buffalo, Wht Fem 43-53 UP8228 foud in lake Michigan April 1988

2010 Covert Township John Doe
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
MI - MI- Van Buren Co, Asian Male, 25-40, Beach of Lake Michigan, Covert Twp, Oct 2010

2014 Saugatuck John Doe (Maxilla w/teeth)**
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
MI - MI - Allegan Co, Male, 18-99, Maxilla w/teeth, Shore of Lake Michigan, Saugatuck, July 2014

1987 Keeler Twp. John Doe (Age 15-22)*
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
MI - MI - Van Buren Co, HispMale, 15-22, Busch Gardens Tee, Keeler Twp, Dec 1987

Bumping up for this 7-12 year-old boy. Who are you? I hope you were not a victim.

I wonder if a skilled anthropologist could try to determine approximately how old the skull is.

Colleen Fitzpatrick is working on this case. You can see an announcement from Identifinders International on the Facebook page.
This Doe had English and Danish ancestry.
He also has ties to Utah, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio with possible ties to the Southern US.

Jake479 said:

James Howell - charleyproject.org/cases/h/howell_james.html

John Hundley - charleyproject.org/cases/h/hundley_johnny.html

James McQueary - charleyproject.org/cases/m/mcqueary_jimmy.html

I sent these matches in to NaMus.

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I also sent in a tip on those boys, but I also added Joseph Andrew Spisak of Hammond, IN, 11 years old, small for his age, who vanished January 27, 1974, 2 hour drive away from St. Joseph County

and even though he's slightly older than the approximation, I added Brian Grocki, 14 years old, missing since October 16, 1990 from Trenton, Michigan.

@Identifinders is there any way WS can supplement your work on this one? Lobbying or promoting in a particular geographic area, for example?

I was looking for possible matches for St. Joseph County John Doe and found 2 possible matches that I would like to know what you think of these possible matches:

Joseph Andrew Spisak
Joseph Andrew Spisak – The Charley Project

Arthur Gerald Noske

@Caring1 Hey could you post the current list of NamUs exclusions for this John Doe? I would greatly appreciate it.

John/Jane Doe said:

@Caring1 Hey could you post the current list of NamUs exclusions for this John Doe? I would greatly appreciate it.

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1 Missing Person Exclusion