heartanium
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Quite an old case, don't think he has a thread. Surprisingly DNA is available in this one.
NAMUS UP55806
2393UMCA
Unidentified Male
Location Found: near Berry Summit, close to Willow Creek, Humboldt County, California
Date Found: April 28, 1968
Race: White/Caucasian
PMI: 4 Years
Estimated year of Death: 1964-1967
Estimated Age: 45-60 Years
Height: 5' 5"-5' 8"(65-68 inches) , Estimated
Weight: Cannot estimate
Hair: Brown, Hair color was of fine texture and light brown.
Eye Color: Unknown
Clothing: Jersey knit Shirt was green, short sleeved with open collar possibly with suspenders . Dark grey to black mid length socks. Fragments from a pair of cotton twill trousers, grey in color along with fragment of an elastic belt with Rusted belt buckle has lion emblem on front.
Footwear: Heavy leather boots with thick rubber soles. Rubber sole size measured approximate 11 1/4" in length by 4 1/8 " maximum sole width.
Other: Victim walked with a limp from shortened left lower limb due to early surgery. Possible old fracture which has now completely healed which delayed growth on the left side, Nicotine stains were found on 1st molar and 1st premolar were incidental to pipe smoking also suggesting victim was right handed, Victim was muscular and well developed.
Circumstances: Victim was found among large rocks cleared from the road after the 1964 Christmas flood.
Identifiers:
Dentals: Unknown. Ten teeth extracted.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Available
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Inventory of Remains: Unknown
Agency Info:
ME/C Case Number: C-080-68
Humboldt County Sheriff's Office-Coroner Bureau - (707) 445-7242
Agency Case Number: C-080-68
Charles Van Buskirk, Deputy Coroner
0 Exclusions
Case Media:
"Officials say bones may be murder link," The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA), May 3, 1968, pg 35. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-up55806-1/134016094/
"Skeletal remains found near Berry Summit off California 299 by two Arcata children are "probably" those of a murder victim, according to Sheriff Gene Cox and Coroner Edward L. Nielson."
"The skeleton was partially covered with rocks and earth, and coins found in the remnants of the clothing bore the date of 1963."
"Officers try to identify skeleton," The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA), May 9, 1968, pg 18. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-up55806-2/134016161/
"The remains are those of a man about 5'5", between 45 and 60, with a heavy build. The coroner estimated the man had been dead from one to four years."
"Pathologists Report on Skeleton Studies," The Times Standard (Eureka, CA), June 13, 1968, pg 1, 2. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-standard/126384030/
"The remains were found [in a shallow grave] a short distance from the shoulder off Highway 299 approximately six miles west of Willow Creek."
"Homicide is suspected in the case."
"The victim was a white male adult, possibly of European decent....he had a medium to heavy build with a deep chest and a stocky trunk. He had been dead more then six months, and probably more then one year."
"The remains indicated old injuries, including one to the left left slightly above the knee, which probably occurred earlier in life resulting in the leg being one half [inch] shorter then the right. The cheekbone shows an old injury, and the vertebras indicate a deformed or injured back."
"The report indicated the victim as having a medium-sized face with a high, beaky nose. Bone condition indicated a hard occupational use of the back, pelvis, shoulders and wrists, and the wrists showed the existence of arthritis."
"The man was wearing brown [three?] quarter length lace top boots."
NAMUS UP55806
2393UMCA
Unidentified Male
Location Found: near Berry Summit, close to Willow Creek, Humboldt County, California
Date Found: April 28, 1968
Race: White/Caucasian
PMI: 4 Years
Estimated year of Death: 1964-1967
Estimated Age: 45-60 Years
Height: 5' 5"-5' 8"(65-68 inches) , Estimated
Weight: Cannot estimate
Hair: Brown, Hair color was of fine texture and light brown.
Eye Color: Unknown
Clothing: Jersey knit Shirt was green, short sleeved with open collar possibly with suspenders . Dark grey to black mid length socks. Fragments from a pair of cotton twill trousers, grey in color along with fragment of an elastic belt with Rusted belt buckle has lion emblem on front.
Footwear: Heavy leather boots with thick rubber soles. Rubber sole size measured approximate 11 1/4" in length by 4 1/8 " maximum sole width.
Other: Victim walked with a limp from shortened left lower limb due to early surgery. Possible old fracture which has now completely healed which delayed growth on the left side, Nicotine stains were found on 1st molar and 1st premolar were incidental to pipe smoking also suggesting victim was right handed, Victim was muscular and well developed.
Circumstances: Victim was found among large rocks cleared from the road after the 1964 Christmas flood.
Identifiers:
Dentals: Unknown. Ten teeth extracted.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Available
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Inventory of Remains: Unknown
Agency Info:
ME/C Case Number: C-080-68
Humboldt County Sheriff's Office-Coroner Bureau - (707) 445-7242
Agency Case Number: C-080-68
Charles Van Buskirk, Deputy Coroner
0 Exclusions
Case Media:
"Officials say bones may be murder link," The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA), May 3, 1968, pg 35. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-up55806-1/134016094/
"Skeletal remains found near Berry Summit off California 299 by two Arcata children are "probably" those of a murder victim, according to Sheriff Gene Cox and Coroner Edward L. Nielson."
"The skeleton was partially covered with rocks and earth, and coins found in the remnants of the clothing bore the date of 1963."
"Officers try to identify skeleton," The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA), May 9, 1968, pg 18. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-up55806-2/134016161/
"The remains are those of a man about 5'5", between 45 and 60, with a heavy build. The coroner estimated the man had been dead from one to four years."
"Pathologists Report on Skeleton Studies," The Times Standard (Eureka, CA), June 13, 1968, pg 1, 2. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-standard/126384030/
"The remains were found [in a shallow grave] a short distance from the shoulder off Highway 299 approximately six miles west of Willow Creek."
"Homicide is suspected in the case."
"The victim was a white male adult, possibly of European decent....he had a medium to heavy build with a deep chest and a stocky trunk. He had been dead more then six months, and probably more then one year."
"The remains indicated old injuries, including one to the left left slightly above the knee, which probably occurred earlier in life resulting in the leg being one half [inch] shorter then the right. The cheekbone shows an old injury, and the vertebras indicate a deformed or injured back."
"The report indicated the victim as having a medium-sized face with a high, beaky nose. Bone condition indicated a hard occupational use of the back, pelvis, shoulders and wrists, and the wrists showed the existence of arthritis."
"The man was wearing brown [three?] quarter length lace top boots."
