TX TX - Smith County, WhtMale (UP 3216), 27-42, In Barn Near Hwy 69S and FM 2813, Dec'04

[ShowerSinger]

Hopefully, this person can be identified, and the family can be located.

www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2730609&nav=1TjDUWXm

[WasBlind]

The article states...

"Police say human skeletal remains were found in a wooded area near the First Baptist Church West Campus just off South Broadway near FM 2813 in Smith County. Police tell us around 2:30 this afternoon, three church members found the body in the woods inside an abandoned building.

At this time, few details are available about the identity of the person. An autopsy has been ordered. Police told us the body has been there for quite some time."

Here is a map of Texas, which shows how close in proximity Tyler is to Dallas (for Texas, anyway).

Someone will soon have an answer, albeit not the one anyone wants.

Prayers for whoever this child belongs to. Child or adult, this is someones child. Thanks for posting this, ShowerSinger.

With HOPE for all missing, Lanie

[Gabby]

Tyler is about 75 miles from where I live... That is an hour's drive --- I have close friends who live in Whitehouse which is out of Tyler...

[englishleigh]

Could this be Joanna Rogers, possibly?

[amandab]

Joanna was my first thought, though there are a LOT of persons missing from Texas.....where is Tyler in relation to where Joanna went missing from?

[englishleigh]

Joanna is missing from LUBBOCK, TX. 450 miles from Tyler...so it likely is not Joanna.

[txsvicki]

Originally Posted by englishleigh

Could this be Joanna Rogers, possibly?

Just a reminder about Lubbock. There is another young woman, Jennifer Wilkerson who came up missing, I believe, several months after Joanna. I still think there is some connection, somehow and a reason why no bodies have been found despite searches. Lubbock isn't woods, forests, heavy vegetation, or desolate areas. It's just flat farm land around it mostly and everything else is populated. The only lake within miles around was dragged and people live all around it. Nothing was found of either girl.

[knale]

Just read more on this. They body is believed to be a man. This is the link for a little more info.

http://www.tylerpaper.com/site/news....d=226369&rfi=8

My prayers are with the family of whoever this person belongs to.

[Donjeta]

I think he is still a John Doe.

https://identifyus.org/cases/3216
NamUs UP Case Number: 3216
ME/C Case Number: 04-62939
Smith County, Texas
27 to 42 Year Old White Male
Minimum age 27 years
Maximum age 42 years
Race White
Ethnicity
Sex Male
Weight (pounds) 0, Estimated
Height (inches) 114, Estimated
Date found December 23, 2004 at 12:00 AM
B0DY L0CATED IN A BARN IN A W00DED AREA NEAR THE INTERSECTI0N 0F HWY 69S AND FM 2813
CL0THING DESCRIPTI0N WAS A BLK BBCAP BLU JACKET BLUE JEANS AND BR0WN R0CKP0RT SH0ES

There is little other information here.

[Donjeta]

So, has anyone had any luck finding a missing person who's 114 inches tall? That's 9ft 6 inches.

Should we e-mail the case manager and ask if there's an error?

[webrocket]

Originally Posted by Donjeta

So, has anyone had any luck finding a missing person who's 114 inches tall? That's 9ft 6 inches.

Should we e-mail the case manager and ask if there's an error?

if you were looking for feedback Donjeta, I think someone should advise Namus that the height is wrong.

[Donjeta]

I already did and got a nice understated reply that yes, he's a tad tall and that they're currently in the process of cleaning up all the records of the errors that came in the automated process of converting the records from another database to Namus.

[webrocket]

interesting enough, the Namus page was updated in October of this year but no one corrected the UID's height.

https://identifyus.org/cases/3216

[Donjeta]

They've left the height blank for now.