CA CA- Cadiz Dry Lake, WhtMale, 17-25, UP2600, skeletal remains with no skull/head. December 1985.

[cheemsg]

This young man's skeletal remains, minus skull and jaw, were found in the Cadiz Dry Lake area. He is believed to have died less than a year before he was found.
He has a height estimate of 5'8 and is believed to have had dark hair.
DNA is available.
(This case is quite obscure, no DoeNet or anything else to go off)

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[PatLaurel]

UP has zero exclusions.

This MP went missing not far from where the skeletal remains were found. "Per family, the missing person had not been seen in months. Rumors indicate the missing person may have been killed."

More possible matches:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Melt71]

Now a DNA Doe Project case, announced on social media today and listed as pending case John Cadiz Doe 1985.