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Unidentified White / Caucasian Male
Age 18-25
from Mecca, California

Victim Details

Created
May 19, 2010

Case Added
Nov 02, 2022

Case ID
43660

Case Number
35748

Estimated Age Range
Adult - Pre 30

Age From
18

Age To
25

Pid
14251

Height
72 inches

Weight
185 lbs

Ethnicity
White / Caucasian

Primary Ethnicity
Multiple

Gender
Male

EstimatedPostmortemInterval
3

Post Mortem Interval
Days

Estimated Birth From
1950

Estimated Birth To
1957

Estimated Death Year From
1975

Date Found
1975-10-04

City
Mecca

State
California

County
Riverside County

AllPartsRecovered
1

Agency ID
40648

Agency Name
Riverside County Sheriff- Coroner Bureau

Agency City
Perris

Agency State
California

Agency County
Riverside County

Agency Contact
Nancy Rissi

Contact Job Title
Coroner Sergeant

Agency Address
800 South Redlands Avenue, , Perris, California

Agency Phone
9514432300

Agency Jurisdiction
County

Agency Type
Coroner

Agency Website
https://www.riversidesheriff.org/389/Coroners-Bureau

Agency Case #
35748

Hair Color
Brown

Head/Hair
Straight dark brown hair, medium

Body/Hair
Normal

Left Eye Color
Unknown

Right Eye Color
Unknown

Clothing & Accessories
Accessories: None found
Clothing: Blue denim (Levis) and a white T-shirt
Clothing: None found
Eyewear: None found
Footwear: None noted
Jewelry: None found

Area Recovered: allowfullscreen>

Case Description

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The canal is controlled with a series of gates. The distance to the last gate was about eight miles into the rural community of Mecca. The body was found in the canal face down at the last gate. He was fully dressed with a rope around his neck tied to a weight. His pockets were empty and no identification was established
Date Found: 1975-10-04

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