After 36 years, Ventura County John Doe (1987) is Identified
Ventura County Sheriff's Office & Medical Examiner’s Office Team with Othram to Identify a 1987 John Doe
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At the time that his remains were discovered, the man was wearing a brown, long-sleeve zippered sweater, a brown geometric zig-zag patterned short-sleeved shirt, a pair of blue pants and brown underwear, and size 9-10 red and white tennis shoes. Details of the case were entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) as UP60645. Despite law enforcement’s efforts, the man could not be identified and he became known as Ventura County John Doe.'
"This investigation led to the positive identification of the man, who is now known to be Russell Alexander Stewart, born February 19, 1936. Stewart was known to be missing since the early 1980s.''