#UP17301
Location Found: Churchill County, NV
[Roughly a 1-hour drive from Reno, NV]
Date Body Found: August 31, 1980
Estimated Age: 22 - 29
Estimated Year of Death: 1979 - 1980
Estimated PMI: 1 Year
Height: 6'1" (73 inches), Estimated
Weight: 140 lbs, Estimated
Hair Color: Reddish brown
Eye Color: Unknown
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Circumstances: Skeletal remains were found on 08/31/1980 near Highway 95 north of Fallon, Nevada.
#UP7426
Location Found: Floriston, CA
[Roughly a 20-minute drive from Reno, NV]
Date Body Found: January 6, 1984
Estimated Age: 25 - 45
Estimated Year of Death: 0 - 1984
Estimated PMI: N/A
Height: 5'6" - 6'2" (66 - 74 inches), Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Circumstances: On 01/06/1984, the decedent's skeletal remains were found beneath a tree by a hiker north of I-80 near Floriston, California. There were three gunshot wound defects to the skull.
#UP55231
Location Found: Truckee, CA
[Roughly a 30-minute drive from Reno, NV]
Date Body Found: April 6, 1986
Estimated Age: 25 - 45
Estimated Year of Death: 1980 - 1985
Estimated PMI: N/A
Height: Cannot Estimate
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Circumstances: Skull located off of a USFS road by skiers.
#UP7516
Location Found: Sun Valley, NV
[Roughly a 10-minute drive from Reno, NV]
Date Body Found: July 30, 1989
Estimated Age: 30 - 35
Estimated Year of Death: 1988
Estimated PMI: Years
Height: 5'8" (68 inches), Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Long red-brown or brown hair.
Eye Color: Unknown
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Circumstances: Skull, mandible and bone fragments found by hikers on a dirt trail in the Castle Pits located northwest of Chimney Drive in Sun Valley, Nevada.
#UP7517
Location Found: Washoe County, NV
[Roughly a 1.5- to 2-hour drive from Reno, NV]
Date Body Found: October 7, 1989
Estimated Age: 20 - 29
Estimated Year of Death: N/A
Estimated PMI: Years
Height: Cannot Estimate
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Researchers from University of Nevada found skull on the north side of Granite Basin in the Granite Mountain Range, east of Gerlach, Nevada.
#UP7566
Location Found: Washoe County, NV
[Roughly a 1.5- to 2-hour drive from Reno, NV]
Date Body Found: April 12, 1991
Estimated Age: 30 - 40
Estimated Year of Death: 1991
Estimated PMI: Years
Height: Cannot Estimate
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: On 04/12/1991 at approximately 1330 hours, a hiker discovered the decedent's fragmented skeletal remains. Law enforcement was notified. A loaded .22 caliber revolver (serial # 205683) was found near the remains.
#UP8426
Location Found: Reno, NV
Date Body Found: August 7, 1993
Estimated Age: 37 - 45
Estimated Year of Death: 1993
Estimated PMI: Months
Height: 5'11" (71 inches), Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Unknown
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Circumstances: On 08/07/1993 at approximately 2115 hours, a passerby was walking through an empty lot north of 524 Bell Street in Reno, Nevada when he discovered the decedent's body lying supine in some weeds and bushes. The body was in a state of advanced decomposition and located in an area commonly utilized by homeless persons.
#UP7584
Location Found: Churchill County, NV
[Roughly a 1-hour drive from Reno, NV]
Date Body Found: August 24, 1993
Estimated Age: 27 - 34
Estimated Year of Death: N/A
Estimated PMI: N/A
Height: 6'0" (72 inches), Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Circumstances: Passerby found a near complete skeleton with skull. Remains scattered appox. 100 feet. No clothing or hair located
#UP91013
Location Found: Carson City, NV
[Roughly a 30-minute drive from Reno, NV]
Date Body Found: May 26, 1994
Estimated Age: N/A
Estimated Year of Death: N/A
Estimated PMI: N/A
Height: Cannot Estimate
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Skeletal remains were found by a US Forest Service personnel during forest survey on 05/25/1994.
#UP7622
Location Found: Patrick, NV
[Roughly a 20-minute drive from Reno, NV]
Date Body Found: October 21, 1995
Estimated Age: 28 - 38
Estimated Year of Death: 1995
Estimated PMI: N/A
Height: 5'10" (70 inches), Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Circumstances: On 10/14/1995 at approximately 0530 hours, a hunter found the decedent's skeletal remains lying in a supine position adjacent to the south bank of the Truckee River near Patrick, rural Storey County, Nevada.
#UP17011
Location Found: Nevada City, CA
[Roughly a 1.5-hour drive from Reno, NV]
Date Body Found: March 23, 2013
Estimated Age: N/A
Estimated Year of Death: N/A
Estimated PMI: Years
Height: Cannot Estimate
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: On 03/23/2013, a private citizen was panning near a bank of the Yuba River and located partial human remains.
#UP98302
Location Found: Dayton, NV
[Roughly a 45-minute drive from Reno, NV]
Date Body Found: July 3, 2022
Estimated Age: N/A
Estimated Year of Death: N/A
Estimated PMI: N/A
Height: 5'7" - 6'3" (67 - 75 inches), Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Skeletal remains discovered by a mountain lion hunter in a remote area near Dayton, NV.
