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Can you help to identify New York John Doe (November 2021)? While he was sleeping, he was set on fire. He had severe burns over more than 75% of his body, and died 13 days later. (nypost.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Pat12@lemmy.world to c/unresolvedmysteries@lemmy.ml

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**He was 25-40 years old. A white man and 5'9". He weighted 193 lbs. He had hazel eyes. He had previous cranial surgery. **

He was found on November 18, 2021 and brought to hospital.

He was sleeping in the stairwell of the Samuel Gompers Houses when a man set fire to his pants leg.

A picture of him is attached here.

The full story of what happened is found in the link below but it is a disgusting/traumatic story so I would not advise reading. His photo and measurements should hopefully be sufficient to identify him. https://nypost.com/2021/11/20/video-shows-homeless-man-being-torched-to-death-in-nyc-stairwell/

If you have information, you can contact (212) 447-2030 (Office of Chief Medical Examiner NYC) ; his case number is M21-37507.

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[–] canthidium@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sitting here thinking "who would just set a sleeping homless man on fire, how cruel" and apparently a lot of people. Did a search and found tons of articles about the same thing happening. WTF kind of psychopath does that to some random person? Why is that even a though?

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The people who do this kind of thing have a two step thought process.

Step 1: Realize that the homeless* aren't people.

Step 2: Do whatever since they aren't people.

*substitute any group that is different

[–] canthidium@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sad but true.

[–] eee@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wtf people are horrible. Is this a prank gone wrong or just an evil person?

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I remember the days when the word prank meant harmless surprises, not murder.

[–] Pat12@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

When they arrested the guy he said he wanted this person to move places to sleep, the guy is completely sociopathic