When an employee discovered a body at the bottom of a boiler chimney at the Georgia-Pacific West steam plant in Bellingham, Washington, investigators weren’t sure who the victim was or how he got into the chimney. Nearly 37 years later, investigators are still no closer to uncovering the answer to either of these questions. Listen now for all the details.
If you have any information about the Whatcom County John Doe, please reach out to the Bellingham Police Department at 360-778-8800 or the Whatcom County Medical Examiner’s Office at 360-738-4557.
All photos discussed in the episode are below.
All photos are from The Doe Network.
- Slide 1-4: Forensic reconstructions of John Doe
Sources:
- https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/77459/details?nav
- https://doenetwork.org/cases/862umwa.html
- https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/cleanupsearch/site/2279
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia-Pacific#:~:text=Georgia%2DPacific%20LLC%20is%20an,largely%20made%20from%20its%20own
- https://www.healthline.com/health/average-shoe-size-for-men
- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indigent
- https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/wa-bellingham-georgia-pacific-plant-whtmal-20-40-862umwa-continental-airlines-ticket-sep87.124804/page-7
- https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/36p2ro/in_1987_in_washington_remains_were_found_inside_a/
- https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article173627656.html
- https://fac.utk.edu/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_Anthropological_Research_Facility
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Ci
- https://www.wral.com/story/what-remains-what-happens-at-a-body-farm/20339783/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_exploration
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