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Unidentified Asian Male
Age 25-35
from Moraga, California

Victim Details

Created
Aug 25, 2014

Case Added
Apr 12, 2023

Case ID
44097

Case Number
74-1075

Estimated Age Range
Adult - Pre 30

Age From
25

Age To
35

Pid
22058

Height
60 inches

Weight
150 lbs

Ethnicity
Asian

Primary Ethnicity
Asian

Gender
Male

Estimated Birth From
1938

Estimated Birth To
1949

Estimated Death Year From
1973

Estimated Death Year To
1974

Date Found
1974-11-24

City
Moraga

State
California

County
Contra Costa County

Zip Code
94556

Agency ID
28647

Agency Name
Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff- Coroner Division

Agency City
Martinez

Agency State
California

Agency County
Contra Costa County

Agency Contact

Agency Address
1960 Muir Road, 1st Floor, Martinez, California

Agency Phone
9253132850

Agency Jurisdiction
County

Agency Type
Coroner

Agency Website
http://www.cocosheriff.org/bureaus/field_operations/special_operations/coroners.htm

Agency Case #
74-1075

Hair Color
Black

Left Eye Color
Unknown

Right Eye Color
Unknown

Clothing & Accessories
Accessories: Dark colored belt with destinctive belt buckle (right fist with Asin characters above and below the fist).
Clothing: Navy blue undershirt, orange socks, navy blue shorts - partially faded to red, navy blue Sta-Prest levi slacks.
Clothing: Brown belted corduroy jacket
Footwear: Dark shoes

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Case Description

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A citizen found human remains wrapped in a sheet, down a steep slope off of Pinehurst Road, Moraga. The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department conducted an investigation. The decedent appears to be an Asian male, 25-35 years old, black hair, weighing 150 - 170 pounds, wearing blue trousers, belt, light colored shirt, orange socks, black shoes and red shorts. The belt had a distinctive belt buckle (right fist with Asian characters above and below the fist). The remains were badly decomposed and the right hand was missing and not recovered. The male appears to have been stabbed with an unknown object.
Date Found: 1974-11-24

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