Reconstruction of decedent
Reconstruction of decedent
Date of Discovery: May 31, 2002
Location of Discovery: Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois
Estimated Date of Death: Months prior (2001-2002)
State of Remains: Only the skull was found. The skull still contained some flesh. The mandible (lower jaw) was not present.
Cause of Death: Presumed homicide
Estimated Age: 25-40 years old
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: The decedent at one time may have sustained a broken nose or trauma to the right side of his face extending from the nose to the forehead area. He might have had a scar from this trauma.
Dentals: Unknown, Mandible (lower jaw) was not present
Fingerprints: Not available
DNA: Available at UNT Center for Human Identification
Clothing: A hat and a shoe sole were found in the area where the skull was discovered. It is unknown if these items were somehow connected to the decedent.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
A farmer was working near a ditch beside railroad tracks near Wichert North Road and 500N Road in Momence Township, Kankakee County, Illinois. He smelled a foul odor and exited his tractor to look in the ditch. He spotted a decapitated skull and contacted the police.
The skull still contained some flesh and police estimate the victim has been dead for six months or less.
Extensive searches failed to yield any additional human remains near the area where the skull was discovered.
In February 2003, a Kankakee County inquest jury ruled the death of the unidentified man was a homicide and the case has been investigated as a homicide.
Police do not believe the unidentified man was killed at the spot where his skull was found, and they do not believe he was from the area.
Agency Name: Kankakee County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Todd Huntley, Det.
Agency Phone Number: 815-802-7100
Agency E-Mail: Unknown
Agency Case Number: Unknown
Agency Name: Kankakee County Coroner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Unknown
Agency Phone Number: 815-802-7190
Agency E-Mail: Unknown
Agency Case Number: 02-421
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: UP6256
Former Hot Case Number: Unknown
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Added: 01/12/11; Last Updated: 04/06/21
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** Listed information may be estimated.
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