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Unidentified Uncertain Unsure
Age 30-60
from Essex, California

Victim Details

Created
Aug 05, 2009

Case Added
Oct 30, 2020

Case ID
2733

Case Number
97-7924

Estimated Age Range
Adult - Pre 60

Age From
30

Age To
60

Pid
4878

Ethnicity
Uncertain

Primary Ethnicity
Uncertain

Gender
Unsure

EstimatedPostmortemInterval
5

Post Mortem Interval
Years

Estimated Birth From
1927

Estimated Birth To
1967

Estimated Death Year From
1987

Estimated Death Year To
1997

Date Found
1997-06-05

City
Essex

State
California

County
San Bernardino County

Zip Code
92332

Agency ID
2492

Agency Name
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department- Coroner Division

Agency City
San Bernardino

Agency State
California

Agency County
San Bernardino County

Agency Contact
September Fonzi-Jones

Contact Job Title
Sheriff's Service Specialist, Coroner Division

Agency Address
175 South Lena Road, , San Bernardino, California

Agency Phone
9093872978

Agency Jurisdiction
County

Agency Type
Coroner

Agency Website
http://wp.sbcounty.gov/sheriff/divisions/coroner/

Agency Case #
109700467

Hair Color
Unknown

Head/Hair
Unknown

Body/Hair
Unknown

Left Eye Color
Unknown

Right Eye Color
Unknown

Clothing & Accessories
Clothing: None found
Clothing: None found
Eyewear: None found
Footwear: None found
Jewelry: None found

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Mandible (lower jaw) with teeth found in the desert near Essex, CA. Designated "Undetermined Doe #23-97." Age estimated to be "mid 30s to mid 50s." Sex, race, stature, weight, cannot be determined. Believed to have been dead 10 years or greater. Identity may only be established with dental X-rays of lower jaw (on file with CA DOJ-MUPS), smiling photos (showing lower teeth) and possibly DNA (CA DOJ-MPDP reference #BK-04-000707 - no nucDNA yet).
Date Found: 1997-06-05

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