AZ AZ - Gila Bend, BlkMale UP9827, 40-60, wearing boxers, healed shotgun injury to knee, Dec'11

[citizen_sleuth]

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP9827​

Case Information​

NCMEC Number: N/A
ME/C Case Number: 11-7618

Demographics​

Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black/African American
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre-70
Estimated Age Range (Years): 40-60
Estimated Year of Death: 1992-2007
Estimated PMI: N/A
Height: 5'10" (70 inches), estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate

Circumstances​

Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: December 18, 2011
NamUs Case Created: January 26, 2012
Location: Gila Bend, Arizona
County: Maricopa County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped): N 32 58.972 W 112 41.248
Found On Tribal Land: N/A
Circumstances of Recovery: These Unidentified Remains (male) were found in a desert area near Gila Bend. The remains were transported to the Medical Examiner's Office by MCSO.
Inventory of Remains: N/A
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

Physical Description​

Hair Color: N/A
Head Hair Description: N/A
Body Hair Description: N/A
Facial Hair Description: N/A
Left Eye Color: N/A
Right Eye Color: N/A
Distinctive Physical Features: scar on left knee from healed shotgun injury.

Clothing and Accessories​

Clothing: partial blue and white checker boxers- no size no name brand (On the Body)

 

[iulia]

- UnidentifiedPersonsBureau

The decedent is believed to be a black male but may be of a mixed race as well.

Dental x-rays are available. DNA will be submitted to CODIS.

 

[Church]

New to these forums. You would think if there was a type on injury from a gunshot there would be a police report or medical record somewhere, no?

 

[carbuff]

New to these forums. You would think if there was a type on injury from a gunshot there would be a police report or medical record somewhere, no?

Probably a medical report, but it could be anywhere in the US and any time in the 20 years before he was found. (Or in another country for that matter.) Since it could have been an accident, there wouldn't necessarily be a police report, and again it could be anywhere.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Case Number11-7618
Found on12/18/11
Age Range40-60
GenderMale
Circumstances
Unidentified remains (male) were found in a desert area near Gila Bend. The decedent is believed to be a black male but may be of a mixed race as well.
Description
The decedent is believed to be 40-60 years of age. Black male (may be of a mixed race).The decedent is approximately 5'10 (70 inches) tall. His weight cannot be estimated. The decedent is believed to have been deceased from 5-20 years. There is a scar on the left knee from a healed shotgun injury.
Scientific Information
Dental x-rays are available. DNA will be submitted to CODIS.
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- UnidentifiedPersonsBureau

 

[carbuff]

So I looked up black men who went missing in Arizona in the right time frame. I found three possibilities.

Darrin Hale The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). The demographics fit and he went missing from Gilbert, only an hour away from Gila Bend. He has burn scars and a tattoo that don't match, but it's not clear from the condition of the remains whether they would have been visible. No mention of knee injury.

James Malcom Diamond The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Again, scars don't line up, but they might not have been visible, and no mention of knee injury.

Marco King: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
He was working on a ranch west of Tucson when he disappeared. Details sketchy.

I don't think any of them look very promising.

 

[branmuffin]

New to these forums. You would think if there was a type on injury from a gunshot there would be a police report or medical record somewhere, no?

Could be a Vietnam vet.

 

[branmuffin]

So I looked up black men who went missing in Arizona in the right time frame. I found three possibilities.

Darrin Hale The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). The demographics fit and he went missing from Gilbert, only an hour away from Gila Bend. He has burn scars and a tattoo that don't match, but it's not clear from the condition of the remains whether they would have been visible. No mention of knee injury.

James Malcom Diamond The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Again, scars don't line up, but they might not have been visible, and no mention of knee injury.

Marco King: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
He was working on a ranch west of Tucson when he disappeared. Details sketchy.

I don't think any of them look very promising.

I used to go on a website that was dedicated to missing American veterans. Not those MIA but those that went missing after returning home. I can't seem to find it now. Do you know if it's still active?

 

[victoriarobinson642]

I used to go on a website that was dedicated to missing American veterans. Not those MIA but those that went missing after returning home. I can't seem to find it now. Do you know if it's still active?

@apearn's VeteranDoe.com

 

[branmuffin]

@apearn's VeteranDoe.com

Thanks for the link. It's not the one I had been on. It had hundreds of missing vets going all the way back to the 70s. I thought it was a government site but I can only find references to MIAs mostly from the Vietnam war.

 

[carbuff]

I used to go on a website that was dedicated to missing American veterans. Not those MIA but those that went missing after returning home. I can't seem to find it now. Do you know if it's still active?

I remember the site you're talking about but I haven't been on it for at least a couple of years. I'll have to look to see if I have it in my old files.

 

[branmuffin]

I remember the site you're talking about but I haven't been on it for at least a couple of years. I'll have to look to see if I have it in my old files.

It was very useful because it would list tattoos, last location, etc. I don't know if it was taken down because while I was searching for it just yesterday, I came upon this:

Bill creating Green Alert for missing, at-risk veterans heads to Indiana Senate for consideration

A 2021 report from the same department showed 139 Hoosier veterans died by suicide that year.

www.wthr.com

I thought perhaps the missing was included somewhere on the Dept of Veteran Affairs website but I don't see anything.