# There are more than 15,000 unidentified-decedent cases in the US today. Does that surprise you?

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**Created:** [September 13, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-more-than-15-000-unidentified-decedent-cases-in-the-us-today-does-that-surprise-you/1033027 "2026-09-13T01:37:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-more-than-15-000-unidentified-decedent-cases-in-the-us-today-does-that-surprise-you/1033027/77 "2026-09-24T11:22:21Z")

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Here in another thread is a cite to an unusually high quality news article about a famous unsolved unidentified decedent case now seemingly solved. Which then leads to reopening another famous unsolved murder case. Anyone in this thread will probably enjoy reading about that.

> [@What True Crime Story Fascinates You Most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-true-crime-story-fascinates-you-most/1010511/311):
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> I may have missed this being mentioned in another thread. It looks like a possible suspect in the Chicago Tylenol murders has been identified. [https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article317342919.html](https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article317342919.html)

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