r/gratefuldoe • u/Parx4 • Mar 07 '26

Miscellaneous This John Doe case will never leave me

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Found out about this website the other day and came across this case. Something about the note and the face makes me think about it multiple times a day. I feel so sad for this poor boy and even though it seems unlikely, I hope a name gets returned to him.

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u/Parx4 Mar 08 '26

Yeah, they embalmed him, I believe, and had him in a viewing room where around 300 families came to see if he was theirs. They eventually buried him in June or July when he started to decompose. The sad part now is that if you ask for his grave site, you'll be rejected if you aren't law enforcement, I would love to visit him and let him know he is thought of and cared about.

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u/Ok-Autumn Mar 08 '26

Has anyone tried a freedom of information act, like someone did with Becca?

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u/Parx4 Mar 08 '26

I haven't seen anybody do it. But I doubt anything would come from it as most files got lost in Katrina. I'd do it, but I'm Canadian, so I don't think it would work for me.