CA CA - HispMale, 15-18, died in car accident, known by driver as "Eliah Valdes" from El Salvador, travelling from LA to San Fran. UP79528. May 1984.

[cheemsg]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)​

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Demographics​

Biological Sex: Male
Race / Ethnicity: Hispanic / Latino
Possible First Name: ELIAH
Possible Last Name: VALDES
Nickname/Alias: ALIA
Estimated Age Group: Late Teen/Young Adult
Estimated Age Range (Years): 15-18
Estimated Year of Death--
Estimated PMI--
Height: 5' 3"-5' 5"
Weight: 125-130 lbs

Circumstances​

Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: May 19, 1984
NamUs Case Created: April 14, 2021

Location Found Map​

Location: Redwood Valley, California 95470
County: Mendocino County
Circumstances of Recovery: A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH 3 OCCUPANTS. THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO HAVE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE. THE VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT FIRE WITH 2 OF THE OCCUPANTS TRAPPED INSIDE. THIS IS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE THAT WAS TRAPPED BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL. PER THE SURVIVING OCCUPANT THIS DECEDENT IS POSSIBLY ELIAH VALDES APPROX 15 YEARS OLD AND FROM EL SALVADOR. FURTHERMORE THE 3 INDIVIDUALS WERE FROM THE LOS ANGELES AREA AND HAD TRAVELED TO THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA LOOKING FOR WORK

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Details of Recovery​

Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Charred/burned

Physical Description​

Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Unknown

Clothing and Accessories​

Clothing
PANTS WERE PROBABLY WOVEN POLYESTER MATERIAL COVERING A PAIR OF JOCKEY TYPE SHORTS

 

[cvaldez1975]

its utterly nuts but the possible name is one of my kids names (varied spelling tho)

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Not getting any results for 'Eliah'. I wonder if his name was Elijah and pronounced as Eliah.

 

[HmmMysterious]

View attachment 480037Not getting any results for 'Eliah'. I wonder if his name was Elijah and pronounced as Eliah.

Could it also be Elias?

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Could it also be Elias?

Didn't get any results for that either. Though I guess if his friends' story is true, he probably wouldn't have a ton of records in the US and I don't have access to Salvadoran databases.