1027UMKY - Unidentified Male

Date of Discovery: October 20, 1981
Location of Discovery: Pine Mountain, Letcher County, Kentucky
Estimated Date of Death: 1981 - months prior
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Cause of Death: Stab wound to back.

Physical Description

Estimated Age: 20-35 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 6'2", Estimated
Weight: 190 lbs, Estimated
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Previously fractured and healed nasal bones; Healed depressed fracture left skull above ear(parietal and temporal bones); Possible healed coccyx (tail bone) fracture.

Identifiers

Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Not Available

Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery

Remains found in remote mountain dump.

Per NamUs, Ryan Kemp, missing from Pennsylvania has been ruled out as being this decedent.

Investigating Agency(s)

Agency Name: Kentucky State Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Amy Burrows-Beckham, Medicolegal Death Investigator
Agency Phone Number: (502) 489-5209
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 81-F-15

Agency Name: Kentucky State Police
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: (606) 435-6069
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A

NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 105

Information Source(s)

NamUs

Admin Notes

Added: Prior to 2012; Last Updated: 11/19/2023