Date of Discovery: July 5, 1995
Location of Discovery: Rio Verde, Maricopa County, Arizona
Estimated Date of Death: Unknown
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Cause of Death: Unknown
Estimated Age: 40-60 years old
Race: Unknown
Sex: Male
Height: 5'2" to 5'6"
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Healed fracture of the right arm from a previous injury which required three orthopaedic titanium screws, the heads of the screws are on the lateral side of the bone.
Dentals: Available, partial piece of a denture was found.
Fingerprints: Unavailable
DNA: Unavailable
Clothing: Brown Levi's jeans; brown leather belt with a leather buckle imprinted with the design of a horse; black boots.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
The decedent's widely scattered skeletal remains, as if they had been strewn around by animals, were found in the desert four miles north of Rio Verde by firefighters battling a desert brush fire.
Agency Name: Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Christen Eggers
Agency Phone Number: 602-506-3322
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 95-1796
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 1932
Former Hot Case Number: 421
NamUs
Maricopa County ME
Tucson Citizen July 6, 1995
Added: 2012; Last Updated: 12/21/20
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information may be estimated.
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