OR OR - St. Paul, HispMale, 20-40, UP14058, recognizable tattoos (butterfly, scorpion, "FELIX", female w/ sombrero), bathing suit under clothes, Oct'86

[heartanium]

Another fellow from Oregon with no thread. He has quite unique tattoo's so hopefully he is identifiable.

Unidentified Male
Namus UP14058
D.B.F: October 25, 1986
Estimated PMI: Months
Estimated year of death: 1986
Location Found: St. Paul, Marion County, OR

Vital Information:
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Age: 20-40
Height: 5' 4" (64 inches) , Estimated
Weight: 150 lbs, Estimated
Hair: Black
Eyes: Unknown
Clothing: Red sweatpants, "TULEX" brand; green swim trunks, "TOWNCRAFT" brand; red T-shirt with two buttons at the neck, 1.75" black belt with 5 diamond shaped hole pattern and a large metal belt buckle.
Accessories: Black rubber bracelets on both right and left wrists; black rubber ring on right ring finger.
Tattoo's:
Left deltoid/axillary region: female face, long hair, wearing sombrero type hat, unknown lettering


Left scapula: butterfly


Left scapula: female face with teardrop coming out of eye


Left forearm: "R.M.F." above a black and red scorpion (I think that looks more like H.M.F IMO)


Left forearm: "FELIX" in a vertical line


Circumstances:
The body of an adult male was discovered approximately 0.75 miles past the end of Horseshoe Road on Horseshoe Lake near St. Paul, Oregon. The decedent was wearing red sweatpants with a red short sleeve shirt; he also had on a green bathing suit under the sweatpants. The decedent also has multiple distinctive tattoos and jewelry; please see the Images section and Clothing and Accessories for additional descriptions and images.

Case Information:

ME/C Case Number: 86-6133

Marion County Sheriff's Office - (503) 588-5094
Agency Case Number: 86-12702
Mike Myers, Detective

Oregon State Police - State Medical Examiners Office - (971) 673-8200​

Veronica "Nici" Vance, Forensic Anthropologist

No Exclusions

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The 'R' in RMF reads more like an 'M' to me

 

[heartanium]

The 'R' in RMF reads more like an 'M' to me

Hhmm could be. M.M.F - Make Money Fast? Male Male Female?

 

[Hestia's Fire]

I think it looks like H.M.F. as well- the first letter isn't shaped the same as the M in the middle. I am assuming they are someone's initials, and it occurs to me that the F could stand for Felix. I have known several men who have gotten their surname tattooed on their arm in a similar way.

 

[Hestia's Fire]

This 2018 article from the Statesman Journal indicates that he may be a victim of serial killer Jose Manuel Martinez, "El Mano Negra," who claims to have killed 36 men across 12 states:

Is a drug cartel's serial killer behind a 32-year-old Marion County cold case?

A convicted murderer who claims to have killed 36 men across 12 states, recently confessed to many of the murders, including a 1986 shooting in Salem.

www.statesmanjournal.com

In 2015, he was sentenced to nine consecutive terms of life in prison for the murder of nine people in central and southern California from 1980 to 2011

He is now locked in a cell in Marion County, Florida, awaiting trial for the slaying of two men.

Apparently someone recognized the tattoos in the original newspaper article and came forward to give a description of the man, but there is no indication of who the woman was, how she knew him, or anything else.

After sketches of the tattoos were published in the Statesman Journal in 1986, a woman contacted police, identified the tattoos and gave enough details to generate a sketch.

Lastly, a potential name, Feliz Gonzalo-Martinez, was published in 2007 but apparently investigators have not been able to confirm it at this point.

A 2007 Statesman Journal article identified the body as Feliz Gonzalo-Martinez. Little is known about Gonzalo-Martinez. No court records exist in Oregon for a person with that name, and no obituaries could be located.

The Marion County Sheriff's, who still had the victim listed as unidentified, could not confirm the victim's name.

 

[lightofmine99]

His NamUs was modified today.

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