But, no clue to any family. Marion County Coroner Dr. Dennis Nicholas explains what his office will do next. If we can not find any next of kin then we will advertise in the newspaper. If we wind up by not finding anyone then we'll get the city to bury him at taxpayer's expense. Each year in Indianapolis there are between 10 and 20 John Does, people like Joe Harney who wind up in the county morgue.
Nobody knows who they are and apparently no one really cares.
On the street, meantime, another day and there is one fewer among those who live on the outside. I went to the Wheeler Mission on North Delaware Street and talked with some of them. He sat down and they'd pitch him out. He'd come back and they'd pitch him out. Street people usually don't share their lives with others like them.