CA CA - Compton - Unknown White/Hispanic 45-75, UP136125, decomposed under railroad tracks w/faded photos, Dec 12, 2024

[chemicalpixie]

Has anyone considered the possibility that the second photo (the one in the classroom) is from the mid 2010s? I remember those thick glasses being popular then, and had a few friends who were very into film photography (though that may just be my personal friend group).

 

[Sweetluv]

In that pic, girl with glasses, is wearing a white sweatshirt with yellow or gold writing..maybe an emblem. If we can figure out what it says..or what the image is of, that could help with a time period the sweatshirt came out in.

 

[rose_quartz]

In that pic, girl with glasses, is wearing a white sweatshirt with yellow or gold writing..maybe an emblem. If we can figure out what it says..or what the image is of, that could help with a time period the sweatshirt came out in.

It looks like someone earlier in the thread was able to make out the text on the sweater. It reads: "Thrasher Flame".

 

[Sweetluv]

IF im looking at the right Company, Thrasher clothing has been around since 1981, originated in San Francisco , and is considered Skateboarding apparel. Anyone else familiar with Thrasher Flames..and can anyone make out anything more on the sweatshirt?

 

[fsngruv]

I was sure it had been shared up thread but I couldn't find the comment, but I'm pretty sure it's a great match. I wish I could give the credit where it's due, because it was great sleuthing but not not me! Eta: this looks like the hoodie, but it's probably a mad produced logo used by different companies. I'm wondering if the girl in the photo is the granddaughter of the couple in the photo? Forgive me if this was surmised before. Thrasher Hoodie Long Sleeve Pullover Casual Sweatshirt Teen Hooded Tracksuit with Pockets Men Women Sweater - Walmart.com

 

[blukat]

CA - CA - Compton - Unknown White/Hispanic 45-75, UP136125, decomposed under railroad tracks w/faded photos, Dec 12, 2024

In regard to the photo with the woman in the plaid shirt, it's possible she was wearing that as chola style. Tartan, flannel and Pendleton shirts were very popular in Southern California from the 1970's on. Not that it helps much, but when I saw the photo I remembered how many younger Hispanic people would wear them.

 

[fsngruv]

Bringing this one forward. Bolded the thrasher hoodie info, and there's some more info, excellent sleuthing if I say so myself!

In the one photo, a female appears to be wearing a neck gaiter, and Thrasher Flame hoodie (as stated by other commenters on another website) in class, both of which were popular during the pandemic (2021-2022), and so I spent a little time trying to find the location where the photo may have been taken, when I discovered Davis Middle School in Compton, CA. Both classrooms share similarities: features, colors, and layout. The door in the unknown photo seems to have a different door closer (or just orientation), and has a vision panel, or something attached or in front of the door but I suspect one of their classrooms will be a perfect match.

With this information, I've contacted Davis Middle School, and the Coroner Investigator. Hopefully this case will be resolved soon.

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[Sweetluv]

DEC 12, 2024......still unidentified

 

[Sweetluv]

The first pic, the older one...im thinking with that plaid print, it's from the 70s.
Female looks pregnant..UIDs parents?

2nd photo...UIDs daughter?

Maybe the UID was estranged from them for a while. Im sure the pics haven't had much press attention

 

[PezCandy]

The couple photo looks like an older wallet Polaroid (I'm going by how ink as well as frame) & the photo with the girl in mask looks like a standard style instax mini photo. I love how vintage looking the instax photos come out, I got a couple instax cameras a few years ago & you can buy the packs of photos where they're monotone or different frame colors, etc. So maybe the couple is mom & dad & the other one is daughter? The Polaroid cameras became pretty popular again during COVID. Also, thrift shops have been getting scoured over the recent years for vintage clothing, lots of things are making comebacks.

 

[arivory42]

Could the missing be the guy in the first photo? If so, I was looking through missing cases from that area, and thought that this guy had a very similar nose/facial structure to that man

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[JSolt1210]

Could the missing be the guy in the first photo? If so, I was looking through missing cases from that area, and thought that this guy had a very similar nose/facial structure to that man

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

I can see the resemblance. The Charley Project has more photos of Lance, offering better comparisons. Height and age are within the given ranges. Hair color is a match.

Lance had his "right index finger tip amputated." Is this why the hands of the unidentified male were never recovered, to get rid of such an identifiable characteristic?

Lance went missing on Jan 24, 2022 from Beshbito, AZ. I couldn't find Beshbito as a location on Google so I just used the coordinates given on Namus and found that Compton, CA is about an 11-hour drive away, definitely a doable distance.

However, although we don't have a PMI for the unidentified male, Namus suggests he died in the year he was found, i.e. 2024—meaning that, if this is Lance, he was alive for two years after he disappeared.

But according to this article, just one month after Lance disappeared, during a prayer run that took place for "the purpose of bringing awareness to the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples," Michael Vernon Shorty, Lance's "relative," confirmed "that some time after the search began, it was ruled a homicide case."

So from early 2022, police already considered Lance to have been deceased. But does that ruling necessarily conflict with the discovery of skeletonized remains over 600 miles away, two years later?