The remains of James V. Frias were recovered in Moss Beach, California, on August 17, 2020. The case is recorded in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System as an unclaimed person under case number UCP149564. The NamUs entry lists the decedent’s name and recovery date but does not provide a known “last seen” date; it categorizes the matter as an unclaimed decedent case rather than a missing-person investigation.
According to the NamUs record, standard descriptive fields offer no additional identifiers at this time: hair and eye color are marked unknown, no distinctive physical features are entered, and there are no clothing or accessories documented. The case file also shows no uploaded images or documents in support of identification or next-of-kin location efforts.
Jurisdiction and custodial details in the case file attribute ownership to the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office, listing the agency case number as 20-01586. The entry identifies the office at 50 Tower Road, San Mateo, California 94402, with the main telephone number 312-5562, and names Chief Deputy Coroner K’Lynn Weber as the case contact.
The Coroner’s Office is the county authority responsible for medico-legal investigation of deaths within San Mateo County, including the handling of unclaimed decedents such as this case. Its public materials explain that the office determines cause and manner of death and manages related records and processes for decedents under its jurisdiction.
Date Found: 08/17/2020
