Unidentified White Male
Vital Statistics
A hunter discovered the skeleton in November 1995, lying face-up, in a remote wooded area of Lower Turkeyfoot. It was 180 feet from a township road that is not maintained during the winter, on property logged by Kern Brothers Lumber Co. The location is a half-hour south of the turnpike and 20 minutes north of the Maryland border.
Police don't know if he was killed there or dumped there. The skeleton was on top of leaves that had fallen in fall 1994, according to a forensic anthropologist. That places the time of death between October 1994 and June 1995, but not during the dead of winter.
He was shot twice in the head, but no gun, bullets or cartridges were found.
Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Pennsylvania State Police Somerset
814-445-4105
NCIC Number: U-892595124
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case. Source Information: Pennsylvania State Police
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/170umpa.html
http://www.psp.state.pa.us/psp/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=38286
- Located on November 3, 1995 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
- Cause of death was gunshot wounds to the head.
- Estimated Date of Death: October of 1994.
Vital Statistics
- Estimated age: 30 - 50 years old
- Approximate Height and Weight: 5'6"-5'10"; 150-170 lbs.
- Distinguishing Characteristics: Black or brown hair. His shoulder was dislocated at one time, and he may have felt discomfort there.
- Dentals: He had a cast Vitallium horseshoe palate partial plate in his mouth, replacing nine upper teeth which were missing from his mouth. The partial plate appeared to have been made for the victim about 1 year prior to his death. This partial plate was a very high quality type of dental work. It is estimated that the man's teeth had been lost earlier in life as a result of blunt force trauma.
- Clothing: He was wearing tan Genuine Country Road Pants, a light colored Claiborne button-down, short-sleeve shirt, a brown Italian calfskin belt and a light colored Claiborne pullover sweater. He also wore socks, striped Jockey briefs and a gold box chain with a cross. No shoes were found. All clothing sizes were medium and all clothing was expensive. The pants would have cost about $200 and have been sold at one of the exclusive Country Road Australia shops that catered to wealthy clientele. In the mid-1980s, Country Road Australia was the archetypal yuppie clothing brand. Two stores in the Pittsburgh area - at Fifth Avenue Place, Downtown, and The Galleria in Mt. Lebanon - closed in mid-1994. A detective previously working on the case had no luck finding employees who could recognize a computer drawing of the victim.
- Other: He may have been from the Pittsburgh area.
A hunter discovered the skeleton in November 1995, lying face-up, in a remote wooded area of Lower Turkeyfoot. It was 180 feet from a township road that is not maintained during the winter, on property logged by Kern Brothers Lumber Co. The location is a half-hour south of the turnpike and 20 minutes north of the Maryland border.
Police don't know if he was killed there or dumped there. The skeleton was on top of leaves that had fallen in fall 1994, according to a forensic anthropologist. That places the time of death between October 1994 and June 1995, but not during the dead of winter.
He was shot twice in the head, but no gun, bullets or cartridges were found.
Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Pennsylvania State Police Somerset
814-445-4105
NCIC Number: U-892595124
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case. Source Information: Pennsylvania State Police
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/170umpa.html
http://www.psp.state.pa.us/psp/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=38286