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Unidentified Uncertain Male
Age 65-70
from Palm Springs, California

Victim Details

Created
Apr 18, 2026

Case Added
Apr 30, 2026

Case ID
52804

Case Number
1955-10442

Estimated Age Range
Adult - Pre 70

Age From
65

Age To
70

Pid
73533

Height
66 inches

Height To
67 inches

Weight
140 lbs

Weight To
150 lbs

Ethnicity
Uncertain

Primary Ethnicity
Uncertain

Gender
Male

EstimatedPostmortemInterval
6

Post Mortem Interval
Weeks

Estimated Birth From
1885

Estimated Birth To
1890

Estimated Death Year From
1955

Date Found
1955-06-26

Description
Approx. 150 yards e/o Hwy 111

City
Palm Springs

State
California

County
Riverside County

Tribal Land
No

Agency ID
52619

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 #
1955-10442

Hair Color
Gray or Partially Gray

Left Eye Color
Unknown

Right Eye Color
Unknown

Clothing & Accessories
Accessories: A brown billfold (contained a $5 dollar and $1 dollar bill and several coins), a yellow gold Elgin pocket watch (B.W. Raymond 21 jewel railroad watch, size 16), a pair of horn-rimmed bifocal glasses, a can of Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco, a briar pipe, 2 penny boxes of matches, and a lower denture were noted.
Clothing: He was wearing a khaki shirt, khaki trousers, and brown oxford shoes (holes on the bottoms of both shoes).

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Case Description

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On 06/26/1955, witnesses who were target shooting, found the decedent was found face down, on a piece of carpet padding (possible bed), in the sand behind a clump of desert willow bushes. PSPD was notified and came to the scene which was 1/4-mile s/o the north city limits of Palm Springs, approx. 150 yards e/o Hwy 111, almost due east from the Angel Springs Trailer Park. (Nearest landmark was power line pole #78979, which was approx. 75 yards N/W).
Date Found: 1955-06-26

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