OkieGranny
Retired WS Staff
- Joined
- Apr 8, 2013
- Messages
- 21,516
- Reaction score
- 1,545
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/feb/05/spokane-county-has-identified-one-missing-person-u/
NamUs: https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/4933
One case is especially personal for Nelson.
Before becoming a forensic investigator, she was an emergency medical technician and volunteer diver for the Spokane County Sheriffs Office. In June 2007, she helped recover a mans body from the river just east of the Washington Street Bridge.
The man was badly decomposed, making fingerprints unobtainable. There was only one tooth left in his mouth. There were no tattoos on the remnants of his skin. He had multiple facial fractures and two titanium plates on his jaw from a previous surgery.
Forensic experts think he was about 40 years old, 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 6 inches tall, and between 130 to 180 pounds. He appears to be of mixed race.
NamUs: https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/4933
The anthropology exam indicates possibly Caucasian with possible African (Black) mixture. By Anthropology exam an estimated age of 33-55 years with an age emphasis toward age 40. The autopsy indicates an age range of 33-42 but not over age 50. The scalp hair is suggestive of African American or possible mixed race. The anthropology exam suggests that the jaw, nose, and left orbital ridge trauma probably occurred during a single traumatic injury. The body could weigh 120-150 pounds and could be slightly taller than the measured height of 64.5 inches. This man would have had obvious facial deformities secondary to a traumatic injury or injuries.