The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Date Found - January 13, 1975
Location Found - Montara, California
Demographics
Sex: Male
Race / Ethnicity: Uncertain
Possible First Name--
Possible Middle Name --
Possible Last Name --
Possible Nickname --
Estimated Age Group: PreAdolescent
Estimated Age Range: (Years) 7-8
Estimated Year of Death: 1974-1975
Estimated PMI: 2 Months
Height: Cannot Estimate
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains: Head not recovered. One or more limbs not recovered. One or both hands not recovered.
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Traumatic injuries
Circumstances of Recovery: Torso with two attached thighs was found nude. An orange plastic piece 1/8" wide was found in the rib cage.
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NamUS profiles are not as easy to copy as they used to be, so I tried my best to include all of the details I felt were most important.
- A couple of things stood out to me; the plastic piece struck me as extremely odd in particular. I don't have much knowledge of the respiratory system or anatomy in general, but I'm assuming that the child ingested the plastic. It doesn't look like this would have been enough to kill him, seeing as the piece was really small. I don't know how likely it is that the plastic piece was actually much bigger than what was found in the torso. Is it possible that whoever was with this child was able to extract most of the plastic from him? If he choked to death as a result of swallowing the full plastic piece, perhaps a bit broke off and "went down the wrong pipe", and the majority of the plastic remained in his airway, and someone took it out in the process of dismembering and decapitating him (I really did not like typing that).
- What I don't get even more, though, is that they went as far as to dismember the body if this child did die as a result of a freak accident. If this was an accident, maybe whoever got rid of the body had some sort of criminal history that would have discouraged them from reporting the death. I can't think of anything else that fits or that would explain the destruction of the remains. Usually, when children this young are found dead and dismembered, I get an idea that they died as a result of some type of abuse and not accidental or natural causes.
- Also, does anyone have any input regarding the likelihood that 7 to 8 year old child would try to ingest plastic? It's been a minute since I was that age, but I remember being told at 3-4 not to "eat" small objects like marbles and plastic toys because they were a choking hazard, and I (usually) listened.
I forgot to put "Jan'75" in the thread title.
Date Found - January 13, 1975
Location Found - Montara, California
Demographics
Sex: Male
Race / Ethnicity: Uncertain
Possible First Name--
Possible Middle Name --
Possible Last Name --
Possible Nickname --
Estimated Age Group: PreAdolescent
Estimated Age Range: (Years) 7-8
Estimated Year of Death: 1974-1975
Estimated PMI: 2 Months
Height: Cannot Estimate
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains: Head not recovered. One or more limbs not recovered. One or both hands not recovered.
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Traumatic injuries
Circumstances of Recovery: Torso with two attached thighs was found nude. An orange plastic piece 1/8" wide was found in the rib cage.
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NamUS profiles are not as easy to copy as they used to be, so I tried my best to include all of the details I felt were most important.
- A couple of things stood out to me; the plastic piece struck me as extremely odd in particular. I don't have much knowledge of the respiratory system or anatomy in general, but I'm assuming that the child ingested the plastic. It doesn't look like this would have been enough to kill him, seeing as the piece was really small. I don't know how likely it is that the plastic piece was actually much bigger than what was found in the torso. Is it possible that whoever was with this child was able to extract most of the plastic from him? If he choked to death as a result of swallowing the full plastic piece, perhaps a bit broke off and "went down the wrong pipe", and the majority of the plastic remained in his airway, and someone took it out in the process of dismembering and decapitating him (I really did not like typing that).
- What I don't get even more, though, is that they went as far as to dismember the body if this child did die as a result of a freak accident. If this was an accident, maybe whoever got rid of the body had some sort of criminal history that would have discouraged them from reporting the death. I can't think of anything else that fits or that would explain the destruction of the remains. Usually, when children this young are found dead and dismembered, I get an idea that they died as a result of some type of abuse and not accidental or natural causes.
- Also, does anyone have any input regarding the likelihood that 7 to 8 year old child would try to ingest plastic? It's been a minute since I was that age, but I remember being told at 3-4 not to "eat" small objects like marbles and plastic toys because they were a choking hazard, and I (usually) listened.
I forgot to put "Jan'75" in the thread title.