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Unidentified Hispanic / Latino Male
Age 35-45
from Wilmington, California

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Four bodies were found deceased in a tank-type car of the Southern Pacific Railway on 2/9/1951. The car left Texaco Oil Company in Wilmington, California on 1/28/1953 en route to Tucson, Arizona. The car was unloaded in Tucson on 2/2/1953 and sent back to Wilmington on the same day. The car arrived in Wilmington on 2/6/1953. On 2/9/1953 the carloader checked the car for loading and found four decomposed bodies inside. See also 1953-83414, 1953-83415, and 1953-83416.
Date Found: 1953-02-09

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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP50814

Victim Details

created

Jun 27, 2018

Case Added

Dec 19, 2020

Case ID

20127

Case Number

1953-83417

Estimated Age Range

Adult - Pre 50

Age From

Age To

Pid

29543

Height

70 inches

Weight

155 lbs

Ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino

Primary Ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino

Gender

Male

estimatedPostmortemInterval

Post Mortem Interval

Weeks

Estimated Birth From

1908

Estimated Birth To

1918

Estimated Death Year From

1953

Date Found

1953-02-09

City

Wilmington

State

California

County

Los Angeles County

Agency ID

34831

Agency Name

Los Angeles County Medical Examiner

Agency City

Los Angeles

Agency State

California

Agency County

Los Angeles County

Agency Contact

Betsy Magdaleno

Contact Job Title

Medical Examiner Investigator, Identifications

Agency Address

1104 North Mission Road, , Los Angeles, California

Agency Phone

3233430512

Agency Jurisdiction

County

Agency Type

Medical Examiner

Agency Website

http://mec.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/mec

Agency Case #

1953-83417

Hair Color

Black

Left Eye Color

Unknown

Right Eye Color

Unknown

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Unidentified Hispanic / Latino Male
Age 35-45
from Wilmington, California

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