There are currently 102 cases of unidentified bodies that have been found in the state of Arkansas listed with NAMUS stretching all the way back to 1970.
Those 102 individuals have never been identified, never claimed by a family member or next of kin and no one knows who they are or, in most cases, even the cause of death or the circumstances surrounding the demise of the unidentified person.
Unfortunately, most of these cases are lost causes.
"Cold cases" because of the circumstances and the amount of time that has passed since the bodies were found, many of these cases will never be solved and and despite the best efforts of law enforcement over the years to match missing person reports to those bodies that have been found, the effort to clear these cases is as frustrating as they appear to be futile.
Over the next few months, Today in Fort Smith will look back at some pf these cases with the hope that some detaal might jog the memory of someone out there that can shed some light on these deaths.
This is a case of a man who was found on a transit bus in Fayetteville in 2011.
On January 7, 2011, a group of three individuals boarded a transit bus in Fayetteville at a homeless shelter.
One of the three riders alerted the bus driver that one of the other men was ill and needed to be taken to the hospital.
The bus proceeded on its route and the other two individuals got off bus at a stop without the ill man. The decedent was found unresponsive in his seat and EMS called.
This man was in possession of a fraudulent ID.
The man was listed as being being in an estimated age of 40-70 years of age. She was 6'1" tall and weighed in at 232 pounds. He had short gray hair with prominent male pattern balding
. He had stubble growth on his face.
His eyes were hazel.
In addition, the man was missing his right great toe, probably from a surgical amputation, and had a two-inch scar on his right foot. There was a skin tab noted on the back of the left leg.
At the time of death, the unidentified man was wearing a black jacket with gray trim, a green long sleeve button down shirt, and a pair of denim jeans.He wore black sandals with white socks that were trimmed in gray.
If you have any information that might help identify this John Does, you are asked to call the Fayetteville Police Department at (479) 587-3555.
