TN TN - Memphis, Swinnea Rd south of E Holmes Rd, BlkMale 45-65, UP17552, Skeletal, clothes, Feb 2018

Any news??

NamUs Profile: https://identifyus.org/en/cases/17552

ME/C Case Number: 2018-0351
Shelby County, Tennessee
30 to 60 year old Black/African American Male

Body condition: Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

Clothing with body: Wrangler jeans and belt found near remains. Also found in woods was a pair of blue sweat pants.

Dental information / charting is available and entered

DNA Status: Sample available - Not yet submitted

Gardener1850 said:

NamUs Profile: https://identifyus.org/en/cases/17552

ME/C Case Number: 2018-0351
Shelby County, Tennessee
30 to 60 year old Black/African American Male

Body condition: Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

Clothing with body: Wrangler jeans and belt found near remains. Also found in woods was a pair of blue sweat pants.

Dental information / charting is available and entered

DNA Status: Sample available - Not yet submitted

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So glad you keep up with everything Gardner!!

kat913 said:

So glad you keep up with everything Gardner!!

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Lol, I don't! I just google and bing things.

I have submitted the following potential match to Amy Dobbs @ NamUs. Based on the identifiers below that are shown in green and the fact that only a three year period lapsed between the MP's disappearance and the UID's discovery, I believe this UID is a strong possibility as being Mr. Barnes' remains. Considering that Mr. Barnes' profile doesn't have any specific destinations described other than searching through "various dumpsters" presumably around Memphis, it's quite possible he ended up in the woods where the UID was located.

I find it hard to believe that Memphis investigators haven't compared the two cases but I've seen enough to know stranger things have happened in MP and UID cases. Three years in a high crime area such as Memphis is plenty of time for paperwork to get lost or misplaced, cases tend to go cold and/or prioritized lower on the investigators' file lists, and investigators get transferred or replaced quicker than say in smaller jurisdictions or ones with lower crime rates. I'll sleep better knowning I submitted it...just in case.


Contact - For UID and MP - NamUs, The Regional Program Specialist contact for this case is Amy Dobbs (817) 304-8873 Amy.Dobbs@unthsc.edu

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPerso ... 52/details

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Ca ... etails?nav

MP42979
James Edward Barnes
Male, Black / African American
Date of Last Contact - September 20, 2015
Missing From - Memphis, Tennessee
Missing Age - 63 Years
Height - 5' 9" (69 Inches)
Weight - 180 - 190 lbs
Hair - Black
Eyes - Brown
Date of Last Contact - September 20, 2015
NamUs Case Created - April 7, 2018
Last Known Location - Memphis, Tennessee 38106 Shelby County

Circumstances of Disappearance
Left home in route to filter through various dumpsters looking for food.

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NamUs #UP17552
Male, Black / African American
Date Found - February 22, 2018
Location Found - Memphis, Tennessee
Height - 5' 8"-6' 0"(68-72 inches) , Estimated
Weight - Cannot Estimate
Estimated Age Range - 45-65 Years
Hair - Unknown
Eyes - Unknown
Clothing - Wrangler jeans and belt found near remains.
Also found in woods was a pair of blue sweat pants. Near the body.

Location Found - Swinnea Rd s/o E. Holmes RdMemphis, Tennessee 38118 Shelby County
GPS Coordinates - Lat. 35.002, Long. -89.97185

Circumstances of Recovery -
Partial skeletal remains found in woods on Swinnea Rd south of E. Holmes Rd

Inventory of Remains -
One or more limbs not recovered
One or both hands not recovered

Condition of Remains -
Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

0 images - 0 compairsons

@YaYa_521 any feedback on the above potential match? Mr Barnes is not listed on the UID's ruleouts and nor is the UID listed as a comparison in Mr Barnes' Namus record.

Melt71 said:

@YaYa_521 any feedback on the above potential match? Mr Barnes is not listed on the UID's ruleouts and nor is the UID listed as a comparison in Mr Barnes' Namus record.

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I haven't heard anything beyond the standard email from the NamUs rep thanking me for the submission.