MD MD - Upper Marlboro, WhtMale 40-59, UP2079, Poss missing eye, Healed fractures, Nov '83

[BrownBear]

2714UMMD - Unidentified Male

Date of Discovery: November 13, 1983
Location of Discovery: Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland
Estimated Date of Death: 9 weeks prior
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Cause of Death: Unknown

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 40-59 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 5'7"
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Light brown worn in crewcut style.
Eye Color: Unknown. One eye may have been missing prior to death; Possible ocular prosthesis found.
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Healed fracture of left jaw; Healed fractures of ribs (15 total) suggestive of prior automobile accident; Deformity of the sternum (possibly at birth or genetic).

Identifiers
Dentals: Available. Poor dentition.
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Not Available

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Blue jean pants, wide leather belt with a horseshoe belt buckle, and white t-shirt with blue lettering "Curl Swim Club Developmental Program" with a stylized swimmer.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Fragments of a paper letter.

Circumstances of Discovery
The decedent found in a wooded area off Pennsylvania Avenue (Route 4) and Woodyard Road.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Maryland Office of State Medical Examiner
Agency Contact Person: Charlotte Romero
Agency Phone Number: 410-333-3225
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 136916

NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 2079

Information Source(s)
Namus

Admin Notes
Added: 3/2/16; Last Updated: 3/2/16

 

[BrownBear]

1 Exclusion
MP3840 Kenneth Schweighart 03/02/1982 Burlington, NJ

 

[Goecke]

A quick google search of 'curl swim club developmental center' shows that there was a Curl-Burke Swim Club in Washington, DC that has been around since 1978. Interestingly, the center has been renamed after the swim coach it was named for (Richard Curl) was arrested for child sex abuse. Probably not related to this, but I feel like I should include this info.

Nothing about a 'developmental center' associated with the swim club, though. It makes me think that this man may have had some sort of mental disability, though- Maybe a traumatic brain injury from the same accident that he may have lost his eye and broken his jaw/ribs in? The one ruleout (Kenneth Schweighart) is mentally disabled as well.

 

[Goecke]

Going through my old cases and bumping them. Still thinking about this guy.

 

[Richard]

This man's death would have occurred in early September 1983. This was about the time of the Prince George's County Fair. The Fair Grounds are adjacent to Route 4, just a few miles south of the area where this man's body was found.

 

[Richard]

Bumping.