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Um, WHAT????
I have no idea, really. That is so freakin' bizarre that I can't even think where to ask questions.
Maybe a mistake in the Doenetwork listing?
Um, WHAT????
I'm more inclined to think this was a mistake? I assume the UID's head was recovered at one point, since they know his hair color/style and that he had a GSW to the head. I feel like they'd mention if the skull in CA had a gunshot wound as opposed to nondescript trauma that might not be related to the cos of death, but who knows.So I went to check for case updates--nobody listed as an official exclusion on Namus.
But I noticed this on his Doenetwork file 1841UMWA:
NCIC Case Number: Entered, number unknown
NamUs Case Number: UP# 13290 NamUs Case Number: 980
Connected to TWO Namus cases? And #980 is a skull with no body found in 1989 in California.
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.www.namus.gov
Circumstances of Recovery
This skull (designated John Doe #48-89) has been in Anthropological curation since it was found at a residence in Johnson Valley (San Bernardino County), California, back on 10/09/89. It was only recently re-examined and determined to be treated as a forensic case. No history was obtained during the original “investigation.†There is trauma to the skull, but it is unknown if this were perimortem or post-mortem. Probable Asian male. There are no teeth in the maxilla, and no mandible was recovered. Dental examination (with X-rays) was completed 09/11/07, and the skull was submitted to California DOJ DNA program for profiling on 10/11/07 (DOJ reference #BK-07-000909; not yet completed). Refer to NIC #U740021820.
Looks like maybe somebody absconded with the skull as a souvenir or something? This is weird!