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Unidentified American Indian / Alaska Native Male
Age 20-40
from Gila Bend, Arizona


Victim Details

Sep 26, 2013

Jun 3, 2024

12039

95-2248

Adult - Pre 40

20

40

20489

71 inches

87 lbs

American Indian / Alaska Native

American Indian / Alaska Native

Male

Aug 11, 1995

Gila Bend

Arizona

Maricopa County

85337

No

1

47448

Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner

Phoenix

Arizona

Maricopa County

701 West Jefferson Street, , Phoenix, Arizona

6025063322

County

Coroner

https://www.maricopa.gov/468/Medical-Examiner

95-2248

Brown

Short brown hair

Brown

Brown

Yes

  • Amputation: Below the knee right leg amputation
  • Artificial body part/aid: was wearing a makeshift prostesis

  • Accessories: makeshift prostesis on lower right leg
  • Clothing: blue and white jacket, tan pants,white undershorts,purple socks
  • Footwear: black shoes


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This unidentified male who may be Native American or Hispanic was found deceased near a set of railroad tracks 3 miles east of MC 85 near the town of Gila Bend Arizona. The body was under a Palo Verde tree and was discovered by a Southern Pacific Railroad employee. The subject had brown eyes, brown hair, a mustache, and natural teeth. The body was clothed in a blue and white jacket, tan pants, white underwear, purple socks, and black shoes. He also had a below the knee amputation of the right leg and was wearing a makeshift prosthesis which consisted of a portion of a plastic bucket, string, a metal rod , numerous irregular pieces of rubber which were attached to the rod. The apparatus was then connected to a shoe. The stump of the leg was covered with numerous colored socks.
Date Found: 1995-08-11

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