BRUNSWICK, Maine — One of the few clues to the identity of a man found dead near a set of train tracks in Brunswick last Thursday was the presence of a catheter, a top official with the state medical examiner’s office said Tuesday.
Mark Belserene, administrator of the state medical examiner’s office, said the man’s body has left authorities frustratingly few leads. But he said state and local officials are questioning local doctors and medical personnel after discovering the catheter during his office’s examination.
In conjunction with the Brunswick Police Department, Belserene’s office also issued a description of the man Tuesday afternoon.
“He didn’t have any identifiers,” Belserene told the Bangor Daily News. “He didn’t have any scars or tattoos, so we’re going to go back today and see again if we can find anything else. He did have a urinary catheter in place, so he probably had a medical problem, and we’re trying to check with doctors in the area, but so far, we haven’t turned up anything.”
The man was discovered Thursday near railroad tracks between Bath Road and Route 1, which are situated near a strip mall, the former Brunswick Naval Air Station and several other businesses. The body was found near a small makeshift campsite, according to Brunswick Lt. Thomas Garrepy.
Late Tuesday afternoon, Belserene’s office released a more specific description of the man, calling him between the ages of 50 and 65, with “salt-and-pepper-type dark hair.”
“He also has a light beard with [a] mustache,” the medical examiner’s office news release states, in part. “He was wearing tan pants, a brown knit hat, black work boots and two fluorescent orange sweatshirts under a dark tan coat.”
The Brunswick police are asking anyone with information about who might have been living near the tracks to call 725-5521.
BDN writer Christopher Cousins contributed to this report.
Such a shame that no one is missing this man. Rest in peace Sir.
Yes indeed, rest in peace.
Very sad indeed…RIP
Not old enough for Medicare but probably would have been eligible for Mainecare adult care which would have been able to allow this man to live in a private residential facility instead of sleeping outside in the winter time. If we want to see more tragedies like this then by all means, support LePage’s insistence on cutting adults off Mainecare and eliminating coverage of private residential services.
A very stupid analogy. A lot of “campers” refuse shelter care and attempt to stay out of sight. I don’t know of this gent (and neither do you….), but many folks who could and should stay at shelters; refuse to – due to the prohibitions of alcohol use. Many years ago, folks like this were picked up and taken to the state hospital. Now a days; they cannot be taken against their will unless they are a demonstratable threat to their own safety. Blaming the Governor is foolish and counterproductive.
You’re assuming that this man had a drinking problem, which is wrong. Clearly he had medical issues and was not old enough for Meidcare. Since he didn’t have the money for a home he was clearly a poor adult. He would be exactly the kind of person LePage’s cuts would impact. And yes, we WILL see more of this if those cuts are made…A LOT more.
I don’t read that it has yet been said that the man is the person who occupied the tent. He may have been someone else altogether out walking or who knows what. Too often comments reflect assumptions that have not yet been proven and it occurs to me that if one is wrong, one may have been incredibly insensitive or at best ill informed. With that said, while the LePage cuts are poorly advised and may cause terrible hardship and even suffering, but here that cannot yet be applied. So, while I tend to agree with some of the LePage arguments I see here, I cannot always agree with what they have been based on.
Patient dumping ?? like the big cities ! In some large sities they take patients who have no insurance and are constant users of the hospital, downtown and just drop em off in wheelchairs ,hospital gowns, you name it ,most of them have no clue where they are or been.very common ! just sayin !
Perhaps you could post some hard evidence of your blatant statement of the “sities” where this has been done … just sayin’ !
California you do the research not that you will believe it I’m sure its happened elsewhere too they certainly didn’t invent it even if it is the left coast
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why don’t they post a picture of this man like they did for that little boy left dead on the side of the road months back it work to find out on finding out who and where he was from
or at least an artist rendition of a photo..