CA CA - Glendora, Wht/AsianMale 2409UMCA, 2-4, likely hydrocephalic, May'84

[DS2021]

Can he be exhumed for DNA or was he cremated?

I'd guess he was cremated

 

[Springrain]

I wonder why they think hydrocephalus? Un-fused cranial sutures? Remnants of a shunt? And if they so suspect the recon image does not even remotely indicate it.

I thought the same thing...slightly elongated head in the recon, but that's it. I'm curious to know about this.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

He might not have had the hydrocephalus as an infant. It could have been acquired as a toddler? In any case, what a pity they didn't save DNA.

 

[meanmaryjean]

He might not have had the hydrocephalus as an infant. It could have been acquired as a toddler? In any case, what a pity they didn't save DNA.

Acquired is possible- but if he doesn't have a shunt- what are they basing it off of? This is driving me slightly batty.

 

[iamshadow21]

Acquired is possible- but if he doesn't have a shunt- what are they basing it off of? This is driving me slightly batty.

I'd imagine minus a shunt, it's either based off a) skull morphology and/or b) some kind of evidence of surgery. However, I am not a doctor, surgeon, anthropologist, or anything else but an amateur with an interest in bones, so this is very much speculation and MOO.

 

[cvaldez1975]

I wonder why they think hydrocephalus? Un-fused cranial sutures? Remnants of a shunt? And if they so suspect the recon image does not even remotely indicate it.

my son became hydrcephalic as an infant. you cant tell at all (hes 28) he does have a shunt in his head but his hair covers any evidence of it.

 

[sonz82]

I found an old report of a missing 2 year old boy from La Puente CA on a photo someone posted on Facebook, last seen in 1984, a quick Google search turned up no hits, only that the name is Possibly Lebanese.

No information found on wether he is still missing or not, and no photo of him aged 2.


Off topic - there's no way on God's green earth that it takes someone 4 hours to walk 13 miles?!

 

[citizen_sleuth]

"Body Of Child Found In Mountains," Los Angeles Times, 3 May 1984, pt. 2, 5.

The badly decomposed body of a child was discovered by Los Angeles County road workers while working on a section of the Glendora Mountain Road.

Workers near mileage marker 33 spotted the body several feet from the top of the roadway, sheriff's deputies said.

The body, believed to be that of a child about 5 or 6, was in such an advanced state of decomposition that neither sex nor race could immediately be determined, coroner's officials said.

"Crew stumbles on body of child," Times-Advocate [Escondido, CA], 3 May 1984, A7.

The nude, badly decomposed body of a child believed to be about 5 or 6 years old was discovered Wednesday several feet from a scenic Angeles National Forest roadway. A county road crew stumbled on the body while doing work on Glendora Mountain Road.

 

[meanmaryjean]

I found an old report of a missing 2 year old boy from La Puente CA on a photo someone posted on Facebook, last seen in 1984, a quick Google search turned up no hits, only that the name is Possibly Lebanese.
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No information found on wether he is still missing or not, and no photo of him aged 2.

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Off topic - there's no way on God's green earth that it takes someone 4 hours to walk 13 miles?!

When I walk on the treadmill my pace is about 3 mph (I'm only 5' 1") so.that actually does sound right.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping case up. Have they ruled-out any missing children for him?

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

 

[Myrrh]

Bumping case up. Have they ruled-out any missing children for him?

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

No rule outs

 

[Melt71]

No mention of whether this child was cremated (as CA oftentimes did back then) or whether DNA will be a possibility - hopefully he will be able to be identified by @othram via Project 525

 

[othram]

If there is DNA, there is a way!

 

[Melt71]

Russell John Mort could be a possible match? He has available dentals so a respective comparison could be made to see if they match or not.

198DMNY - Russell John Mort

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

Worth taking a closer look. Mort's Namus has 11 exclusions listed but not this set of remains.