AZ AZ - Grand Canyon, Coconino Co., WhtMale, around 18-22 years, "the Kolb Skeleton," Feb'77 OR Jun'33

[RickshawFan]

IMO June 1933 reflects the time the skeletal remains were spotted, and perhaps not the time Kolb took that photo. I reckon the remains were handed over to him by authorities for professional reasons, and perhaps he kept them because no one cared to track them or he forgot about them. It's possible that the rangers used Kolb to document the find, but that Kolb wasn't the finder.

 

[RickshawFan]

At the Unsolved Mysteries link ^^^^ at around minute 20 is the stuff on Kolb and items related to this case.

 

[lightofmine99]

IMO June 1933 reflects the time the skeletal remains were spotted, and perhaps not the time Kolb took that photo. I reckon the remains were handed over to him by authorities for professional reasons, and perhaps he kept them because no one cared to track them or he forgot about them. It's possible that the rangers used Kolb to document the find, but that Kolb wasn't the finder.

I haven't been able to discern the date the photo was taken, but I remember reading in some sources that the photo was taken in June. It's possible he discovered the remains prior to June 1933 and then returned in 1933 to photograph and retrieve them. 1977 is when they were discovered by others among his property after he died.

 

[cenazoic]

Looks like this is one of the active cases at the Ramapo College of New Jersey Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center:

Cases In Progress

www.ramapo.edu