Waukesha John Doe (1988)

Template:UIDWaukesha County John Doe was a young man found in Waukesha, Wisconsin in 1988.

Case

In December of 1988, the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department was notified by the Milwaukee Police Department about a body in Waukesha County. They stated that the body had been buried since 1978 in the shed of a Waukesha County resident. The unidentified man's skeletal remains were unearthed from the shed on December 8, 1988.

Despite the MPD's statement that the body had been in the shed since 1978, the Doe Network reports a possible date of death as anywhere between 1978 and 1983.

Characteristics

• A "very prominent" chin.
• Old, healed nasal fracture resulting in a slight deviation of the nose to the left.
• Large frontal sinuses in the frontal lobe.
• The decedent was determined to have been right-handed.
• Completely separate neural arch on the fifth lumbar vertebra.
• Multiple tooth fractures, 2 of them possibly postmortem.

Sources

• Waukesha County John Doe at NamUs
• Waukesha County John Doe at the Doe Network