AZ AZ - Remains of male found buried among recently dumped dirt in Thunderbird Park on December 29, 1973

[MadMcGoo]

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- Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner Unidentified Persons Bureau

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The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) UP2076

Arizona Republic 30 Dec 1973, page Page 9 - Newspapers.com

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Arizona Republic 31 Dec 1973, page Page 23 - Newspapers.com

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Date of Discovery: December 29, 1973
Location of Discovery: Maricopa County, Arizona
Estimated Date of Death: 0-1973
State of Remains: Badly decomposed
Cause of Death: Unknown
Estimated Age: Unknown
Race: Probably White
Gender: Male
Height: 5'6"
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Straight partially gray/sandy colored, appears to be balding.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Dentals: Available. He had upper and lower dentures that are very rare and seldom used. The dentures were probably made between 1958 and 1961. More detailed information about the dentures may be available.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Not available.

Clothing: Long sleeve white shirt (size 14/33), jockey shorts (size 30), an undershirt, striped pants, and green socks.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: He was in possession of a red key with either B or 8 43 on it.

Circumstances of Discovery: The victim's remains were found in the desert near 51st Avenue and Pinnacle Peak Road under some debris that had been dumped earlier by construction workers.

Investigating Agency: Maricopa County Medical Examiner, Forensic Science Center (602) 506-3322
Agency Case Number: 73-1826

 

[Baddux]

I’m having a hard time visualizing the find itself. As I read it, the body was found under debris dumped by construction workers earlier.

I’m trying to imagine how the remains became visible enough for someone to spot after the fill was dumped, but not before?

Not trying to be pretentious about the veracity of any of the witness claims, it just doesn’t make sense to me.

 

[MadMcGoo]

I’m having a hard time visualizing the find itself. As I read it, the body was found under debris dumped by construction workers earlier.

I’m trying to imagine how the remains became visible enough for someone to spot after the fill was dumped, but not before?

Not trying to be pretentious about the veracity of any of the witness claims, it just doesn’t make sense to me.

I can’t visualize either. I was thinking maybe he was unearthed and transported with the dirt from the original site. Maybe? Like he was buried someplace else and workers needed to moved dirt from that place to Thunderbird park and he went unnoticed during transport.

But how someone spotted it when they did, I don’t know.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

I wonder if Arthur John Levario Sr. could be a potential match, what do you think?

Arthur John Levario Sr. – The Charley Project

charleyproject.org

 

[R. Towle]

I can’t visualize either. I was thinking maybe he was unearthed and transported with the dirt from the original site. Maybe? Like he was buried someplace else and workers needed to moved dirt from that place to Thunderbird park and he went unnoticed during transport.

But how someone spotted it when they did, I don’t know.

If its construction waste, labourers (groundworkers) are usually tasked to go through it to take out anything that can be used as hard-core for roads. So I can see how they could have been found under what most people would see as construction waste.

 

[MadMcGoo]

I wonder if Arthur John Levario Sr. could be a potential match, what do you think?

Arthur John Levario Sr. – The Charley Project

charleyproject.org

I don’t think it would be him. If the dentures were made between 1958 and 1961, Arthur would have only been in his early 20s. But it’s not impossible.