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Unidentified Uncertain Male
Age 55-0
from Cathedral City, California

Victim Details

Created
Jun 16, 2025

Case Added
Jun 16, 2025

Case ID
51296

Case Number
1977-38739

Estimated Age Range
Adult

Age From
55

Pid
71320

Height
62 inches

Ethnicity
Uncertain

Primary Ethnicity
Uncertain

Gender
Male

EstimatedPostmortemInterval
2

Post Mortem Interval
Months

Estimated Birth From
1922

Estimated Birth To
1922

Estimated Death Year From
1977

Date Found
1977-05-27

City
Cathedral City

State
California

County
Riverside County

Zip Code
92234

Tribal Land
No

Agency ID
50438

Agency Name
Riverside County Sheriff- Coroner Bureau

Agency City
Perris

Agency State
California

Agency County
Riverside County

Agency Contact

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 #
1977-38739

Hair Color
Red/Auburn

Left Eye Color
Unknown

Right Eye Color
Unknown

Clothing & Accessories
Clothing: No shirt, empty pockets, gray and tan "whip cord" "pin-stripe" trousers, gray socks, two tone brown shoes

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Case Description

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On 05/27/1977, a transient male exited the train on the Southern Pacific Railroad property. As he was walking through an open desert along the tamarack trees, on the south side of the railroad right of way, about .4 miles e/o the Date Palm overcrossing, he found the decedent mummified remains. LE was notified and responded to the scene (near mile post 596). No trauma was found. He appeared to have died from natural causes.
Date Found: 1977-05-27

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