Missing Raleigh woman matched to body in Durham
DURHAM — For the third time this year, a group of volunteers has used forensic genealogy to help au...
Baby found in landfill never received name, justice
PINETOPS — Mistaken for a baby doll at first, an unknown dead newborn wrapped in a plastic bag turne...
Woman found in Lake Norman remains unknown
LAKE NORMAN — Over the years, the Lady in the Lake has been the sorceress who spirits a dying King A...
Man's remains identified with DNA
WILKESBORO — Using forensic genealogy, a group of volunteers recently helped authorities identify a ...
Hotel suicides affect employees
A lot of you know I do private security on the weekends. I have in the past worked at hotels in that...
Who was the man with sad hazel eyes?
RALEIGH — A man with sad hazel eyes checked into a downtown hotel under an assumed name, died in his...
Charlotte homeless man's body remains unidentified
CHARLOTTE — Known only by the nickname T-Bone, a homeless man who lived and died in abandoned houses...
On the usefulness of newspaper clippings
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person in the world who still looks at microfilm. Most public li...
A swamp so vast...
This week's UNIDENTIFIED tells the tail of a Nash County swamp so vast that authorities haven't been...
Skull found in swamp still needs ID
BATTLEBORO — A hunter looking for a good spot to set up a deer stand found a human skeleton in the S...
Reflecting on homeless camp
Recently, I located the homeless camp where cops found a still unidentified man in 2015. The article...
Belongings of a dead woman
A few additional images from the story about the unknown woman found burned alive in southern Wake C...
Who was the woman in the polka dot dress?
FUQUAY-VARINA — In North Carolina’s oldest unidentified body case on record, authorities say they kn...
Unidentified Archive
Unidentified is a weekly series examining the more than 120 cases of unidentified human remains disc...
Buckhorn skull autopsy
Here's the autopsy of the skull found in Buckhorn Reservoir in 1993, identified recently as Dennis R...
Human bone found at dog park
ROCKY MOUNT — A bone found at the town’s dog park belongs to a human who died around 100 years ago...
Bones pulled out of ocean remain nameless
BEAUFORT — Fishermen in a trawler 10 miles off the coast netted an unexpected catch 20 years ago: a ...
The bone man, unsung hero of North Carolina's unidentified
Clyde Gibbs has been on television a few times. I've featured him in a article or two over the past ...
Skull identified 20 years after discovery
In my book of the unknown dead, this skull has been identified 20 years since being found. Happy the...
Exploring NamUs
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System has been a huge factor in my work to indentify ...
Local News
Wilson’s House district could add southern Nash
Wilson County could add a southern Nash County sliver to its N.C. House district under a plan state ...
Moderna, Johnson & Johnson booster shots now available
COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are now available for more North Carolinians. The Food and Drug Admi...
Store manager took machete from would-be robber
ROCKY MOUNT — City cops continue their search for a suspect who tried to rob a Dollar General with a...