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Unidentified American Indian / Alaska Native Male
Age 23-50
from Gallup, New Mexico

Victim Details

Created
Nov 02, 2011

Case Added
Jun 03, 2024

Case ID
10880

Case Number
1997-2840

Estimated Age Range
Adult - Pre 50

Age From
23

Age To
50

Pid
18431

Weight
190 lbs

Ethnicity
American Indian / Alaska Native

Primary Ethnicity
American Indian / Alaska Native

Gender
Male

Post Mortem Interval
Hours

Estimated Birth From
1947

Estimated Birth To
1974

Estimated Death Year From
1997

Date Found
1997-06-05

City
Gallup

State
New Mexico

County
McKinley County

Tribal Land
Yes

AllPartsRecovered
1

Agency ID
8772

Agency City
Winslow

Agency State
Arizona

Agency Contact

Agency Address
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Hair Color
Black

Head/Hair
black/grey

Left Eye Color
Brown

Right Eye Color
Brown

Clothing & Accessories
Clothing: Blue sweat pants, white underwear, black t-shirt
Footwear: white socks with lt. brown boots

Area Recovered: allowfullscreen>

Case Description

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Passenger of a single vehicle roll over. Driver of a 1983 Vandara Van, overcorrected, and the decedent was thrown from the vehicle. Tentative names given by the law enforcement, were Johnson Yazzie or Ernie Lohman. OMI field investigator was asked to perform an external examination on the decedent, as the accident occurred on sovereign land. The body was released back to the law enforcement, as OMI did not have legal jurisdiction over the case. No record of an identification reported to OMI. The ...

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Date Found: 1997-06-05

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