Coroner Scott McCord reflects on the casket containing Adam Doe's remains, which he had interred at his local mausoleum after seven years of trying unsuccessfully to find his family. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_49.jpg
Coroner Scott McCord and Chief Deputy Heidi McCord return to the site where the body was discovered in 1983. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_10.jpg
Coroner Scott McCord in his car. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_05.jpg
Coroner Scott McCord and Chief Deputy Heidi McCord in the field at the site where the body was discovered in 1983. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_11.jpg
DNA Doe Project Volunteer Janel works to identify Adam Doe. (National Geographic/Venita Kidza)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_20.jpeg
Coroner Scott McCord and Chief Deputy Heidi McCord return to the site where the body was discovered in 1983. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_07.jpg
The site in Newton County, IN, pictured in 2023, where the body was discovered in 1983. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_13.jpg
DNA Doe Project (DDP) volunteers Rebecca and Janel work the case at the DDP retreat. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_16.jpg
DNA Doe Project volunteer Rebecca works late to identify Adam Doe. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_17.jpg
DNA Doe Project (DDP) volunteers Rebecca and Janel work the case at the DDP retreat. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_15.jpg
Coroner Scott McCord at his desk. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_01.jpg
Tamara Bismillah, younger Sister of the doe Kaif Bismillah (birth name Keith Lavell Bibbs). (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_28.jpg
DNA Doe Project Volunteer Janel works to identify Adam Doe. (National Geographic/Venita Kidza)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_22.jpeg
DNA Doe Project volunteer Rebecca works late to identify Adam Doe. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_19.jpg
Chiam Bismillah Senior, father of the doe, holds a picture of his son, Kaif (birth name Keith Lavell Bibbs). (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_24.jpg
Lenette Smith, eldest sister of the doe, holds a photo of her brother, Kaif Bismillah (birth name Keith Lavell Bibbs). (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_30.jpg
In 2014, Coroner Scott McCord and the local community held a funeral for Adam Doe, and interred his remains at the Brook Abbey Mausoleum. (National Geographic)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_UHD_03.jpg
Coroner Scott McCord and Deputy Coroner Heidi McCord visit the abandoned farmhouse where serial killer Larry Eyler dumped the bodies of some of his victims in the 1980s. (National Geographic)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_UHD_01.jpg
Tariq el-Amin, Imam of Masjid Al-Taqwa mosque in Chicago, IL, holds a photo of his cousin, Kaif Bismillah (birth name Keith Lavell Bibbs). (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_33.jpg
Tamara Bismillah, younger sister of the doe, holds a photo of her brother, Kaif Bismillah (birth name Keith Lavell Bibbs). (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_27.jpg
The DNA Doe Project team gather to try and crack the case of Adam Doe. (National Geographic)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_UHD_04.jpg
Chiam Bismillah Senior, father of the doe, holds a picture of his son, Kaif (birth name Keith Lavell Bibbs). (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_23.jpg
The mausoleum at Riverside Cemetery, Newton County. After seven years of trying to identify the Doe, Coroner Scott McCord held a funeral and placed the remains in his local mausoleum. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_36.jpg
Highway 41, where serial killer Larry Eyler picked up Adam Doe as a hitchhiker. (National Geographic)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_UHD_05.jpg
Tariq el-Amin, Imam of Masjid Al-Taqwa mosque in Chicago, IL, holds a photo of his cousin, Kaif Bismillah (birth name Keith Lavell Bibbs). (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_34.jpg
The mausoleum at Riverside Cemetery, Newton County. After seven years of trying to identify the Doe, Coroner Scott McCord held a funeral and placed the remains in his local mausoleum. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_35.jpg
Coroner Scott McCord and Chief Deputy Heidi McCord return to the site where the body was discovered in 1983. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_09.jpg
Flags flutter outside Newton County Government Center, workplace of Coroner Scott McCord. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_50.jpg
Coroner Scott McCord reflects on the casket containing Adam Doe's remains, which he had interred at his local mausoleum after seven years of trying unsuccessfully to find his family. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_44.jpg
Coroner Scott McCord reflects on the casket containing Adam Doe's remains, which he had interred at his local mausoleum after seven years of trying unsuccessfully to find his family. (National Geographic/Tom Beard)Episode: #101 "The Hitchhiker"Air Date 08/02/2025101_TheHitchhiker_NamingTheDead_40.jpg
