LYNCHBURG Four decades have done little to clear up the identities of eight bodies found in and near Nelson County in the aftermath of the destruction caused by the remnants of Hurricane Camille.
Their remains, still unidentified and still unclaimed, rest in a cemetery in southern Richmond...
...Other than the fact that four of the eight shared similar features and the same stomach content, though, little is known about them...
...Published descriptions of the bodies kept in the state file of the four who shared the same meal show:
* A boy, about 17 years old, with high cheek bones and long blond or brown hair and a neatly trimmed blond moustache. He was found Aug. 24 below Schuyler in the Rockfish River.
* A girl, about 10 years old, with long blond or brown wavy hair weighing about 70 pounds and standing about 4 feet, 7 inches tall. She was found in the Rockfish River, about two miles above Howardsville on Aug. 31.
* A girl, about 6 years old, with hair similar to the 10-year-olds, weighing about 60 pounds and standing about 3 feet, 10 inches tall. She was found in the James River, about seven or eight miles above Bremo Bluff on Aug. 31.
* A boy, about 12 to 14 years old, with long dark-brown hair, weighing between 125 and 135 pounds and standing between 5 feet, 2 inches and 5 feet, 4 inches tall. He was found half a mile below the railroad bridge on the Rockfish River in late August...
...The other four victims are described as:
* A woman, about 35 to 40 years old, well groomed with light-blond hair, weighing between 140 and 145 pounds and standing about 5 feet, 5 inches tall. She was found at Woods Mill.
* A woman, about 70 years old, with long white hair, weighing between 140 and 150 pounds and standing about 5 feet, 2 inches tall. She was found at Buford Island, which sits in the James River between Wingina and Howardsville.
* A man in his 50s, with balding black hair, the worn teeth of a tobacco chewer, rough hands and a muscular, stocky build. His height was estimated at 5 feet, 11 inches. He was found in the Rockfish River near Howardsville.
* A woman in her late 40s or early 50s, with brown wavy hair, weighing between 160 and 180 pounds. She had had a hysterectomy. She was found in the Rockfish River below Woods Mill on Sept. 1...
