Unidentified people · Ocean City, Cape May County
The Ocean City skeletal remains (2000)
Unresolved · Remains unidentified
Skeletal remains found in Ocean City in February 2000 have never been matched to a name, according to New Jersey State Police records.
Remains found in Ocean City
The state police record says the skeletal remains were found on February 29, 2000, in Ocean City, Cape May County. The New Jersey State Police carry the case as number 00-4509, with NIC number U200002337. The listing gives an estimated date of death of December 31, 1999, but does not explain how that date was reached.
What the record describes
The listing classifies the remains as a white male with an estimated birth year between 1956 and 1975. In dated anthropological terms, it adds that the skeleton suggested mixed white and Black ancestry. It also records a skeletal abnormality of the neck. Height, weight, hair, eye color, scars or marks, and clothing are all listed as unknown.
The listing says full x-rays and dental records are available for comparison.
What remains unknown
The listing gives no name and no cause of death. It does not say where in Ocean City the remains were found or who found them. Anyone with information is asked to contact the New Jersey State Police at 1-800-709-7090 or missingp@gw.njsp.org, or the Ocean City Police Department at 609-399-9111, the contacts given on the official case page.
Sources and research limits
- New Jersey State Police, Unidentified Persons/Bodies — Cape May County, case 00-4509 / NIC U200002337 — Official case page, reopened and checked September 11, 2026, for the date found, town, estimated date of death, biological profile, the ancestry and neck notes, and tip contacts. The page gives no cause of death, no exact location, and no narrative of the discovery. No contemporary 2000 newspaper account was located.