UP15001
Sex
Male
Age
18–99
Race
Black / African American
Height
5′ 8″
Weight
123 lbs
Date Found
Nov 1, 1997
Location
Birmingham, Alabama
Condition
Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Description
On 11/01/1997, while unloading steel beams from a railroad car, employees of O'Neal Steel discovered the decomposing remains lying underneath the steel beams inside the railroad car. The railroad car was loaded at Northwestern Steel and Wire Company in Sterling, IL on 9/29/1997 and had been sitting on the O'Neal Steel lot since approximately 10/28/1997.
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