#UP15628
Location Found: Holtville, CA
[Roughly a 3.5-hour drive from Portland, OR]
Date Body Found: October 9, 1980
Sex: Unsure
Estimated Age: Uncertain
Estimated PMI: N/A
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Found in open desert
#UP60116
Location Found: Kern County, CA
[Roughly a 2.5-hour drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: April 28, 1985
Sex: Female
Estimated Age: Adult - Pre-80
Estimated PMI: N/A
Height: 5'0" - 5'3" (60 - 63 inches), Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Decedent found in eastern Desert region of Kern County.
#UP383
Location Found: Clark County, NV
[Roughly a 3.5- to 4-hour drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: March 31, 1986
Sex: Female
Estimated Age Group: Adult
Estimated Age Range: 20 - 99
Estimated Year of Death: 1981 - 1986
Estimated PMI: 3 Years
Height: 5'3" (63 inches), Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: These skeletal remains were discovered on 03/31/1986 in the desert area north of Power Line Rd. and east of US 95 on Nelson Rd. The remains consist of two femurs, one tibia, one fibula, one humerus, part of a pelvis and vertebra.
#UP9480
Location Found: Los Angeles, CA
[Roughly a 30-minute drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: July 4, 1986
Sex: Unsure
Estimated Age Group: Adult
Estimated Age Range: 18 - 99
Estimated PMI: 50 Years
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Partial skeletal remains found by residents at the listed location after they had "visions about cadavers and treasure buried in the yard"
#UP15379
Location Found: Palo Verde, CA
[Roughly a 3.5-hour drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: January 11, 1990
Sex: Unsure
Estimated Age Group: Adult
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Skull remains found in open desert near the U.S. Navy gunnery range and the chocolate mountains
#UP72399
Location Found: Garden Grove, CA
[Roughly a 45-minute drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: January 20, 1990
Sex: Unsure
Estimated Age Group: Cannot Determine
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Partial skeletal remains found on January 20, 1990 in the wheel well inside a 1971 Concord Travel Trailer in the city of Garden Grove, California.
#UP398
Location Found: Lake Mohave, NV
[Roughly a 5- to 6-hour drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: October 11, 1990
Sex: Unsure
Estimated Age Group: Cannot Determine
Estimated Age Range: 0 - 99
Estimated Year of Death: 0 - 1990
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: On 10/11/1990, these skeletal remains were discovered 150 feet above the water line on a rocky ledge near Katherine's Landing at Lake Mohave.
#UP10180
Location Found: Tucson, AZ
Date Body Found: October 20, 1990
Sex: Unsure
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre-90
Estimated Age Range: 18 - 88
Estimated Year of Death: 1900 - 1980
Estimated PMI: Years
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Swapmeet "skull" confiscated by LE. Partial cranium and mandible of two different individuals. Owner of skull reported that he obtained it from a dentist who said that the skull was from a woman who was shot in the head.
#UP15052
Location Found: Ventura County, CA
[Roughly a 1.5-hour drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: October 27, 1993
Sex: Female
Estimated Age Group: Cannot Determine
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Human Female Femur Bone
#UP11577
Location Found: Brea, CA
[Roughly a 45-minute drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: April 17, 1996
Sex: Unsure
Estimated Age Group: Cannot Determine
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Skull fragment found in flood control channel
#UP265
Location Found: Searchlight, NV
[Roughly a 3.5-hour drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: December 13, 1998
Sex: Unsure
Estimated Age Group: Adult
Estimated Age Range: 20 - 99
Estimated Year of Death: 0 - 1996
Estimated PMI: Years
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: A hunter discovered the remains of what appeared to be a human mandible at Christmas Tree Pass near Searchlight, Nevada.
#UP8043
Location Found: Clark County, NV
[Roughly a 3.5- to 4-hour drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: June 18, 1999
Sex: Unsure
Estimated Age Group: Cannot Determine
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Two long bones (tibia and fibula) were recovered from the rural desert area believed to be somewhere in Clark County by visiting hikers from Florida. The hikers took the bones and returned home in Florida. The hikers reportedly saw an episode of America's Most Wanted and thought the bones might have something to do with a case of a 16 year old boy in which all but a leg bone had been recovered. The bones were taken to the Pinellas Co. Sheriff's Office in Florida and were given to their Medical Examiner's office, who in turn notified and returned the bones to our office.
#UP151
Location Found: Nelson, NV
[Roughly a 4- to 5-hour drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: April 19, 2002
Sex: Unsure
Estimated Age Group: Cannot Determine
Estimated Year of Death: 0 - 2002
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Incomplete skeletal remains were found in an open desert area known as Nelson's Landing. It was estimated that the remains were at this location for a long period of time.
#UP72345
Location Found: Orange County, CA
[Roughly a 1-hour drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: December 18, 2002
Sex: Unsure
Estimated Age Group: Cannot Determine
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Skull found off the Ortega Highway in Orange County, California.
#UP72398
Location Found: Fullerton, CA
[Roughly a 45-minute drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: September 24, 2003
Sex: Unsure
Estimated Age Group: Cannot Determine
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Bone found on September 24, 2003 by a woman who was walking her dog in a Fullerton Park. The bone was brought to Orange County Coroner by the Fullerton Police Department.
#UP112536
Location Found: Indio, CA
[Roughly a 1.5- to 2-hour drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: January 25, 2006
Sex: Female
Estimated Age Group: Cannot Determine
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: Skeletal remains found in agricultural stand pipe.
#UP5323
Location Found: Kramer, CA
[Roughly a 2-hour drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: June 10, 2009
Sex: Unsure
Estimated Age Group: Cannot Determine
Estimated Age Range: 15 - 70
Estimated Year of Death: 0 - 2009
Estimated PMI: 3 Years
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: This cranial vault (facial portion, maxilla and mandible missing) was found in the desert northeast of the Kramer Junction. The skull was estimated to have been at this location at least three years, and as long as twenty years. No other bones were observed in the immediate area. Sex, age, race, stature, and cause of death could not be determined.
#UP85484
Location Found: Oxnard, CA
[Roughly a 1.5-hour drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: April 17, 2010
Sex: Female
Estimated Age Group: Cannot Determine
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: According to investigator information, a partial human skull was found at Thornhill Broome Beach off Pacific Coast Highway 1 south of Oxnard. A ranger had received the remains after they were discovered by a day camper. No other bones were found in the area. The ranger stated that where the bone was recovery is usually covered by the tide every 6-8 hours so a time frame of how long the bone had been there could not be established.
#UP10024
Location Found: Palmdale, CA
[Roughly a 1- to 1.5-hour drive from Monrovia, CA]
Date Body Found: January 11, 2012
Sex: Unsure
Estimated Age Group: Adult
Estimated Age Range: 18 - 99
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Circumstances: This partial human skull was found on 1/11/2012 when a local resident who was walking his dog in the desert, when the dog picked up the human remains.
United Search Corps might be one to contact, they're another group based in Oregon who search for people missing with vehicles and raise awareness for missing people in general.
