CA CA- Baker, WhtMale, 18-30, UP2514, decomposed @ Soda Dry Lake, 'close encounters of the 3rd kind' top, prior brain surgery. Sept '79.

[cheemsg]

This young man's body was found at Soda Dry Lake, about 4 and a half miles from the I-15. He was decomposed and had been dead for 'days'.
He was 5'10 and 175 pounds. He had really long blond hair, apparently 1 and half foot long, and a moustache. He had some filling and there were signs he had brain surgery in the past. He was dressed in blue cord pants and a dark pullover with the motif; 'CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND - WE ARE NOT ALONE'
His body was exhumed in 2010 for DNA.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
3138UMCA

 

[PatLaurel]

3138UMCA - Newspapers.com

 

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[PatLaurel]

3138UMCA? - Newspapers.com

Not sure if this the same body or if two bodies were found alongside Zzyzx Road. One was found by a Fullerton college student and the other by a Land Management ranger.

 

[ifindedout]

Zzyzx on Bing Maps (Google doesn't have streetview):

https://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=35.143056~-116.104167&style=r&lvl=12&sp=Point.35.143056_-116.104167_Zzyzx%2C%20California___

Split map and Streetscene view of the location, looking south (less than a mile north of road's end):

 

[sorcoy14]

Something about this one reminds me of Jason Callahan. I feel like someone knows he’s missing but just doesn’t know how/where to report it or they think he just struck out on his own.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping case up. This case interests me, because I know several people who have had brain surgeries. This man had a significant serious health condition, and he's been unidentified for so long.

I would guess he has relatives who knew about his surgery. Maybe some still alive who have heard about a relative who took off to see the world and wasn't heard from again. But they don't think to report him missing, because he was an adult and left willingly. JMO.