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Unidentified White / Caucasian Male
Age 30-50
from Twenty-Nine Palms, California

Victim Details

Created
Aug 26, 2008

Case Added
Aug 30, 2022

Case ID
43630

Case Number
81-57410

Estimated Age Range
Adult - Pre 50

Age From
30

Age To
50

Pid
4743

Height
68 inches

Ethnicity
White / Caucasian

Primary Ethnicity
White / Caucasian

Gender
Male

EstimatedPostmortemInterval
4

Post Mortem Interval
Months

Estimated Birth From
1931

Estimated Birth To
1951

Estimated Death Year From
1981

Date Found
1981-02-14

City
Twenty-Nine Palms

State
California

County
San Bernardino County

Zip Code
92277

AllPartsRecovered
1

Agency ID
2405

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 #
81-57410

Hair Color
Brown

Head/Hair
Light-Brown

Body/Hair
Unknown

Left Eye Color
Unknown

Right Eye Color
Unknown

Clothing & Accessories
Clothing: Fragments only. Possibly tan-orange corduroy fabric (pants?). Boxer shorts with small pink and purple stars.
Eyewear: None found
Footwear: None found
Jewelry: None found

Area Recovered: allowfullscreen>

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John Doe #10-81 is a White male adult, between 30-50 years of age, 5'8" to 6', with light-brown hair and a robust build. His skeletal remains were found in and around a shallow grave in the open desert. Identity may only be established with dental X-rays (see attached) and DNA (refer to CODIS #BK-04-000736).
Date Found: 1981-02-14

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