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from Tacna, Arizona


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Mar 28, 2024

Apr 1, 2024

48413

2024-099

Cannot Determine

66963

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Jan 20, 2024

Remote desert area south of Tacna, Arizona, southwest of Betty Lee Mine

Tacna

Arizona

Yuma County

85352

No

46937

Yuma County Sheriff's Office

Yuma

Arizona

Yuma County

141 South 3rd Avenue, , Yuma, Arizona

9287834427

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.yumacountysheriff.org/

2024-07699

Jan 20, 2024

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

  • Clothing: Nike shoes, US size 9W
  • Clothing: Sun faded blue denim jeans, no brand or size available.
  • Other: Mexican 50 peso bank note.


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On 1/20/2024 the Yuma County Sheriff's Office contacted the Medical Examiner's Office regarding skeletal remains located in the desert area south of Tacna, Arizona, southwest of Betty Lee Mine. The remains were initially located by archeologists working in the area. The remains were located with a 50 peso note, Nike shoes, a piece of carpet, and a sun faded, unknown size and brand of denim pants. Remains recovered consisted of pieces of the pelvis, multiple vertebrae, several long bones, multiple ribs, and other smaller bone fragments. The remains were recovered and brought to the Medical Examiner's Office where a femur sample was retained pending possible DNA evidence.
Date Found: 2024-01-20

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