On March 2, 2023, the San Diego Sheriff's Department responded to a welfare check request in Fallbrook, California, leading to the discovery of an unclaimed individual, Andres Velasquez. Identified through the NamUs ID: UCP102905, the decedent was an 83-year-old Hispanic male residing alone in a rear home on a property located in the rural community. Velasquez's absence over several days prompted his landlord to alert local authorities, raising concerns about his well-being.
Upon arrival at the residence, deputies from the Sheriff's Department were compelled to forcefully gain entry. Inside, they found Velasquez unresponsive, lying just inside the entrance of his home. Unfortunately, by the time the authorities reached him, Velasquez had already succumbed, with the conditions observed at the scene making immediate medical intervention futile. The unattended nature of his passing and subsequent decomposition indicated that he had been deceased for some time before discovery.
The investigation was subsequently handled by the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office, based at 5570 Overland Avenue, Suite 101, San Diego. With Agency Case Number 2023-00735, the office undertook the task of examining the circumstances of Velasquez's death. While the official cause of death remains to be publicly disclosed, the office continues to serve as the central point of contact for this case, providing information and updates to any potential family or interested parties at their contact number, 858-694-2895, or through their official website. Despite his advanced age and evident solitary lifestyle, the absence of personal or familial claimants to Velasquez's remains has left him without representatives to arrange final rites, underscoring the somber, isolated nature of his final days.
Date Found: 03/02/2023
