Register entry · Case file · Unidentified victim · Garfield Heights OH
Garfield Heights John Doe (1991).
MUS-2026-0185
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MUS-2026-0185
Unidentified victim
- Incident
- 1991
- Indexed
- Oct 10, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office
- Location
- Garfield Heights OH
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Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Decomposed remains of a Black male, 18 to 21, were found by children in woods behind East 81st Street in Garfield Heights, Ohio, on September 11, 1991. A handwritten note in his shoe read 'For Daddy, Miss You' and 'Love Cynthia and Boo, Boo.' In 2026 the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office reclassified the manner of death as homicide. He is listed on the Ohio Attorney General's unsolved-homicide page as John Doe number 1963. He remains unidentified.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 1991
His remains are found in woods behind East 81st Street on September 11.
- 2026
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office reclassifies the manner of death as homicide.
- 2026
Thirty-five years later, he remains unidentified.
Key people
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Unidentified Black male, 18 to 21. Remains found September 11, 1991, in Garfield Heights.
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