A Skull Washed Up on a Beach 30 Years Ago. Students Just ID’ed the Remains.

A Skull Washed Up on a Beach 30 Years Ago. Students Just ID’ed the Remains.

Henry Goodsell, the identified deceased, died at sea when his ship was caught in a storm on the way from Connecticut to Philadelphia.

The Mystery of Scattered Man: A Skull on the Shore - USA Herald

In 1995, a human skull washed up on the beach in Longport, New Jersey. Over the next two decades, additional bone fragments were discovered in 1999 and 2013. Investigators were unable to identify the remains, which were eventually nicknamed “Scattered Man” due to their fragmented condition and widespread discovery. But in the fall of 2023,

Decades Later, a Mystery Skull Found on a Beach Finally Identified by Students

A decades-long mystery has finally been solved after a skull that washed up on a beach in New Jersey in 1992 was identified. This discovery offers an incredible glimpse into a maritime tragedy that occurred over 180 years ago. The remains were linked to Henry Goodsell, a man who tragically died alongside his crew during a storm in 1844. For years, the identity of the person behind the remains was a mystery, but recent scientific breakthroughs ha…