FLEMING ISLAND, Fla. — On May 7, 2025, skeletal human remains were discovered near the bulkhead of a home on the St. Johns River in Fleming Island.
The person has now been identified.
On Friday, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office announced that the remains near Doctors Lake Bridge belonged to 24-year-old Nicholas Lamont Anderson, of Atlanta.
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With one mystery solved, the question remains of how he died and how he ended up there.
According to a missing person report filed with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, his mother said that Anderson had been visiting Jacksonville on vacation and was staying at the Baymont Inn on Blanding Boulevard. Family told officers he was supposed to check out on April 7, but never went to the front desk and had left behind all of his belongings, including his phones, in the room.
A man he had met with in Jacksonville said that on April 6, Anderson had mentioned planning to leave on a Greyhound bus the next day.
CCSO is seeking information about where Anderson was, what he was doing, and who he may have encountered from April 1 through April 7, 2025.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Clay County Sheriff’s Office at 904-264-6512.
Anonymous tips can also be submitted through the SaferWatch app. Tips that lead to an arrest or significant advancement of the case can qualify the person for up to a $5,000 reward.
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