Unidentified Persons
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LSU’s FACES Laboratory maintains the Louisiana Repository for Unidentified and Missing People. This project is not affiliated with the repository. If you have information about one of the facial reconstructions below, please contact them directly at (225) 578-4761.
PMI (postmortem interval) is the estimated time between a person’s death and the discovery of their remains. Select a case number to view its FACES profile, which may include additional reconstructions, photos of recovered items, and other case details.
Case statuses were last verified on 11/07/2026. Best displayed on a tablet, laptop, or desktop computer.
Unidentified Women
 Case #: 11-24 Possible previously broken nose. Found in a wooded area near US Hwy 80. |  Case #: 07-39-3 |  Case #: 07-51-1 Previously broken nose, jaw and ribs. Found in a demolished house. |  Case #: 07-37 Found in a vacant lot. |
 Case #: 07-42 |  Case #: 92-16multiracial, age 22-29 Found: 12/22/1991 PMI: 3-4 weeks Calcasieu ParishHeritage: native american, black, white, hispanicFound in a wooded area. |  Case# 21-31female, age 45-75 Found: 03/10/2021 PMI: 1-3 weeks E Baton Rouge ParishFound beneath a tarp in an abandoned parking lot. |  Case #: 08-29-11white female, age 18-25 Found: 09/11/1979 PMI: < 1 day Jefferson ParishFound with serious injury near the Metairie Country Club, later died at hospital. |
 Case #: 93-28black female, age 25-38 Found: 10/22/1993 PMI: 3-12 months Jefferson ParishFound in lightly wooded area. |  Case #: 13-16Multiracial female, 38-48 Found: 06/30/2011 PMI: < 1 day Jefferson ParishHeritage: black, hispanicPassed away in hospice but was using a stolen identity. |  Case #: 83-10white female, age 34-44 Found: 12/03/1982 Orleans ParishPreviously broken nose, dentures, possible amputation of left forearm. |  Case #: 94-24black female, age 25-38 Found: 06/01/1994 PMI: 2-24 months Orleans Parish |
 Case #: 97-12black female, age 30-40 Found: 06/16/1997 PMI: 24-48 hours Orleans ParishFound in an urban warehouse. |  Case #: 98-28black female, age 25-35 Found: 08/24/1998 PMI: 2-4 weeks Orleans ParishPreviously injured right shoulder.Found under a house. |  Case #: 99-21black female, age 28-38 Found: 09/30/1999 PMI: 1-2 weeks Orleans ParishFound behind a business. |  Case #: 04-27black female, age 35-45 Found: 05/04/2004 PMI: 1-4 weeks Orleans ParishPrevious nose injury; tattoo on lower back of ‘Ananias’ in black script with curling lines and a heart over the letter ‘I.’Found in a lot. |
 Case #: 07-26white female, age 40-55 Found: 02/19/1982 PMI: 2 weeks-3 months St Martin ParishPreviously injured nose, left rib, and three vertebra.Found by levee near Stevensville. |  Case #: 85-01 |
Unidentified Men
 Case #: 05-35 white male, age 20-40 Found: 10/27/2005 PMI: 2-10 yearsCaddo ParishFound in a wooded area. |  Case #: 06-12-C
|  Case #: 06-17-A tooth wear; possible neck problems
|  Case #: 08-02 Found in an abandoned building in housing project.
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 Case #: 09-12 Healed fracture to nose and several ribs. Found in Little River. |  Case #: 19-16 Remains found in Mississippi River near Belle Chasse (mile marker 83).
|  Date found: 1990-02-04
|  Date found: 2011-03-28 Previous broken nose and possible jaw injury. Found in Mississippi River.
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 Date found: 1997-02-26
|  Date found: 2012-11-20 Previously broken left 3rd rib. Found in an abandoned house on Elysian Fields Ave.
|  Date found: 2015-08-10 Found in Mississippi River near Belle Chase.
|  Date found: 2019-03-14 Possible disturbed burial. Curated at Slidell Memorial Hospital for over 40 years prior to anthropological and DNA analyses. “Date found” refers to the date that Coroner’s office requested an anthropological analysis. No information about initial discovery or context.
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 Date found: 2020-07-03 Recovered from a train car that may have originated in Indiana.
|  Date found: 2021-01-16 Found inside abandoned apartment.
|  Date found: 2020/02/01 Found in the Mississippi River near the Spanish Plaza in New Orleans.
|  Date found: 2023/11/02 Found beneath the Chartres Street Wharf in New Orleans. |
 Date found: 1991-10-04 extensive dental work. located at the edge of a wooded area behind levee
|  Date found: 1997-08-16 Previous injury to nose and left cheek. Found in Gulf of Mexico.
|  Date found: 1981-06-15 surgical wire in jaw, previously broken nose found in cane field.
|  Date found: 1993-01-04 Found in wooded area.
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 Date found: 1984-10-12
|  Date found: 2024/04/03 Found in a wooded area off Mansfield Road in Shreveport.
|  Date found: 1975-02-14 Slightly protruding front teeth. The UnID was found near a farm road off of Hwy 23 that runs between Hwy 23 and the MS River.
|  Date found: 1980-08-28 Found near I-10 close to New Orleans
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 Date found: 1982-11-14 Found in wooded area. |  Date found: 1985-12-05 previous injuries to nose and face, possible back/neck/shoulder injury |  Date found: 2014-10-20 Found in an abandoned house.
|  Date found: 2025/04/09 Found inside of vehicle behind house on Harco Drive in Baton Rouge.
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 Date found: 2007-01-11 previous injury to right skull and right humerus
|  Date found: 2021-09-14 Found behind an abandoned Shell Food Mart.
|  Date found: 1993-06-18 found on bank of Mississippi River c |  Date found: 1991-01-01 Found in the river in 1991.
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Unidentified 01-08.
Date found: 1992-06-01
PMI: 1-10 years
Location: Red River Parish, Louisiana
Est. age at death: 25 to 40
Sex: male
Race: Admixture, White, Hispanic
Dental Records: Unavailable
DNA Records: Available
Case #: 06-12-E
previously broken nose and left cheek, possible neck problems
PMI: >1 year
Location: Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Est. age at death: 23 to 33
Sex: male
Race: White
Dental Records: Available
DNA Records: Available
Case #: 10-30
May have some Hispanic or Asian ancestry.
Date found: 2016/08/12
PMI: <1 day
Location: Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Est. age at death: 35 to 55
Sex: male
Race: Hispanic
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Black
Height: 60 to 65 inches
Tattoo: Yes
Dental Records: Available
DNA Records: Available
Case #: 17-03
Had a medical emergency and died at hospital.
Case #: 98-32
black male, age 22-28
Found: 10/21/1998
PMI: 1-6 months
Orleans Parish
Case #: 00-29
white male, age 45-55
Found: 08/19/1998
PMI: 2-7 days
Jefferson Parish
Dental bridge on upper front teeth, arthritis of lower back.
Found in Mississippi River.
Case #: 01-24
black male, age 28-38
Found: 2001-03-06
PMI: 1 day-2 weeks
Orleans Parish
Previous lower back injury. Found in burned apartment building.
Case #: 04-23
white male, age 19-28
Found: 05/09/1987
PMI: 2-5 weeks
Saint James Parish
Found on bank of Mississippi River.
Case #: 05-23
black male, age 45-55
Found: 09/06/2004
PMI: 1-24 weeks
Garyville, Saint John the Baptist Parish
Found in Mississippi River.
Case #: 05-34
black male, age 18-30
Date found: 10/16/2005
PMI: 1-25 years
Natchitoches Parish