The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office works to identify dozens of collections of human remains, some many years old. The office releases what information it does have in hopes of sparking a memory and helping give closure to survivors. Click a pin on the map to see details, including an artist’s rendering in some cases. Blue pins are males, pink females.
On-board ship/Pacific Ocean - Date remains found: 2/19/2005
Physical Description: w/m'; 30-40 yrs of age; 5' 4"; 163lbs; black hair= 1/4"-1" in length; eyes indeterminate color; patchy, black, facial hair/stubble; 1 brown belt; 1 blue trousers; 1 blue underpants; 1 multi-colored shirt; 1 t-shirt; 1 black wristwatch; 1 chop stick; 1 yellow paper; 1 green bag; 1 foreign coin. FBI case #GF021905 image
Public storage facility - Date remains found: 12/16/1999
Physical description: Skull and jawbone; possible young black female; voodoo materials. image
Orange grove - Date remains found: 12/30/1982
Physical description: Skeletonized oriental female, 5'2" - 5'4", approximate age 50 (range 45-50). Full upper dentures. Old fracture of left cheek. Clothing: Blue jeans and panties near body. image
Tampa incinerator - Date remains found: 1/15/1976
Physical description: charred body; approx 21 y/o, probably black, male, 5'10", found in the incinerator.
Information is from the Hillsborough Medical Examiner's Office. For questions or comments, contact Data Circle editor Dennis Joyce.
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