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Unidentified Uncertain Male
Age 20-30
from Near Tacna, Arizona

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Victim Details

Created

Nov 5, 2014

Case Added

Apr 4, 2023

Case ID

6600

Case Number

ML83-0342

Estimated Age Range

Adult - Pre 40

Age From

Age To

PID

11633

Ethnicity

Uncertain

Primary Ethnicity

Uncertain

Gender

Male

Post Mortem Interval

Months

Estimated Birth From

1949

Estimated Birth To

1960

Estimated Death Year From

1979

Estimated Death Year To

1980

Date Found

Aug 8, 1980

City

Near Tacna

State

Arizona

County

Yuma County

Agency ID

5838

Agency Name

Yuma County Sheriff's Office

Agency City

Yuma

Agency State

Arizona

Agency County

Yuma County

Agency Address

141 South 3rd Avenue, , Yuma, Arizona

Agency Phone

9287834427

Agency Jurisdiction

County

Agency Type

Law Enforcement

Agency Website

https://www.yumacountysheriff.org/

Agency Case #

R 9779-80

Hair Color

Unknown

Left Eye Color

Unknown

Right Eye Color

Unknown

Physical Descriptions

Scar/mark: Possible scarring from broken facial bones (see below)

Clothing & Accessories

Accessories: Mexican personal cedula in the name of Jose Contreras Flores; time-piece repair receipt from Sinaloa, dated 20 March 1978; five US coins

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Case Description

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Skeletal remains found in 1980 in desert. Identification card (Mexican cedula) for Jose Flores Contreras of Sinaloa, Mexico also found. YASO reportedly searched for two Mexican men, one named Contreras, in this part of the desert in August 1978.
Date Found: 1980-08-08

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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP13076

Unidentified Uncertain Male
Age 20-30
from Near Tacna, Arizona

Victim Details

Case Description

Links to Additional Sources (1)

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