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Rick Russell Sterner

Unclaimed
Case Description
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On June 23, 2023, a male body was discovered unresponsive on the concrete beneath an overpass in Santa-Fe-Springs, California. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office later identified the deceased as Rick Russell Sterner, using fingerprint analysis. Despite the definitive identification, efforts to locate any next of kin (NOK) have so far been unsuccessful, leaving Sterner's case as an unresolved unclaimed person file.

The Medical Examiner's Office, which is handling the case, is ...Read More
Date Found: 06/23/2023
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  • Unclaimed Person / NamUs #UCP107183
    • Victim Details

    2023-08-18T13:55:25.717

    2024-04-11T01:47:50.737

    107183

    UCP107183

    41746

    Rick

    Russell

    Sterner

    White / Caucasian

    White / Caucasian

    Male

    06/23/2023

    Santa Fe Springs

    California

    Los Angeles County

    90670

    No

    38561

    Los Angeles County Medical Examiner

    Los Angeles

    California

    Los Angeles County

    Melissa Munoz

    Investigator, Notifications

    1104 North Mission Road, , Los Angeles, California

    3233430512

    County

    Medical Examiner

    https://me.lacounty.gov/

    2023-07648

    Gray or Partially Gray

    Blue

    Blue

    01/24/2026


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