OK OK - Oklahoma County, UnkUnc (possibly black female), UP14460, Adult, Brown hair, severed leg found in Oklahoma City bombing rubble, Apr'95

[The4TierBridge]

I had heard of the Oklahoma City bombing leg and the conspiracy theories around it before but did not know it had a profile on NamUs until today. It doesn’t seem to have a thread here either.

#UP14460:
Date found: April 27, 1995

NamUs case created: November 1, 2015

Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Age range: Adult

M/E case number: 9502469 P-71

FBI case number: 174A-OC-56120 (first time I’ve ever seen this listed on a page)

Sex: Unsure

Race/Ethnicity: Uncerain

Estimated year of death: 1995

Circumstances of recovery: Remains found on April 27, 1995.

Inventory of Remains: Head not recovered, Torso not recovered, One or more limbs not recovered, One or both hands not recovered

Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial remains with soft tissues

Hair color: Brown

NamUs link: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[The4TierBridge]

This recent article from May 26 says that the grandmother of two children killed in the bombing is teaming up with Terry Nichols’ legal team to request that the leg be re-tested for DNA suitable for investigative genetic genealogy, which is very interesting. It also gives a good overview of the case in general: The grandmother and the bomb builder: How one woman’s search for the truth forged an unlikely bond

 

[Magnum P.E.]

Nichols’ defense attorney will be on this like a wolf on a pork chop. Combined with the descriptions of a third bomber, this will be used to try to get a new trial. Anything to put doubt into a jury’s collective mind can free him.
The leg is probably from some homeless person who was never missed.

 

[The4TierBridge]

Nichols’ defense attorney will be on this like a wolf on a pork chop. Combined with the descriptions of a third bomber, this will be used to try to get a new trial. Anything to put doubt into a jury’s collective mind can free him.
The leg is probably from some homeless person who was never missed.

Personally, I’m not really opposed to this if it means that the person can be identified because everyone deserves their name. The article talks about how the grandmother tried to request DNA testing by herself and was told that only somebody who was more directly involved with the case could do that.

Also apparently 8 of the victims were missing their legs when found so that could be another possibility. In this case, since the person already has a CODIS-suitable profile it would only require getting relatives of those 8 people to submit their own DNA and not involve any expensive testing or genealogical research at all.