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Skeletal Remains Found in Queens Believed to Be Missing Nurse Richard ‘Max’ Albright

City medical examiners are working to confirm the identification after a survey crew discovered a skull and other bones near a College Point parking lot.

Human bones discovered in a Queens parking lot may be linked to Richard "Max" Albright (inset), a nurse who vanished without a trace nearly four years ago. A survey team found the bones in some brush just outside the parking lot on 20th Ave. near 132nd St. in College Point, Queens, on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images; NYPD)
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Overview

  • The remains were discovered Monday shortly before 4 p.m. in brush off 20th Avenue in College Point, across from stores such as Target, Home Goods and ShopRite.
  • Items recovered included a human skull, a leg bone and a hip bone, according to police and investigators at the scene.
  • A wallet belonging to Richard “Max” Albright was found with the remains, police sources said.
  • The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner says forensic anthropologists are conducting tests to confirm the identity and determine how the person died.
  • Albright’s wife says police told her the remains are her husband, and she believes he likely suffered a medical episode given his cardiac history, though authorities have not ruled on cause or manner of death.