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from Tacna, Arizona


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Nov 8, 2023

Remote desert area east of Tacna, Arizona, west of Mohawk Pass

Tacna

Arizona

Yuma County

85352

No

46939

Yuma County Sheriff's Office

Yuma

Arizona

Yuma County

141 South 3rd Avenue, , Yuma, Arizona

9287834427

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.yumacountysheriff.org/

2023-110882

Nov 8, 2023

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  • Clothing: Gray oval belt buckle with a raised 'M'
  • Clothing: Sun faded denim jean pocket.
  • Clothing: Fruit of the Loom underwear
  • Footwear: Black shoe insole
  • Other: Colgate toothpaste with Spanish writing.
  • Other: Electrolit bottle Fresa flavor


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On 11/08/2023 the Yuma County Sheriff's Office contacted the Medical Examiner's Office regarding skeletal remains located in the desert area east of Tacna, Arizona, west of Mohawk Pass. The remains were located by US Border Patrol Agents in the area. The remains consisted of a skull, two scapula, a humerus, a radius, a broken pelvis, a femur, a tibia, and multiple bone fragments, ribs and vertebrae. The remains were located with underwear, a belt buckle with an 'M,' a blue denim jean pocket, Colgate toothpaste and a bottle of electrolyte drink. The remains were recovered and brought to the Medical Examiner's Office where teeth samples were retained pending possible DNA analysis.
Date Found: 2023-11-08

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