CA CA - Kerman, Wht/Male adult, in a canal Nov'67

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NamUs UP132138 Male, White / Caucasian
Date Body Found November 27, 1967
Location Found Kerman, California
Estimated Age Range--

Case Information​

Case Numbers​

ME/C Case Number 19679/ 67-11-0001​

Demographics​

Biological Sex Male
Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group Adult
Height 5' 7"(67 inches) , Measured
Weight 155 lbs, Measured

Circumstances​

Type Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found November 27, 1967
NamUs Case Created October 29, 2024

Location Found​

Location Kerman, California
County Fresno County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)--
Found On Tribal Land No
Circumstances of Recovery The unidentified male decedent was found in irrigation canal on the west side of Dickinson Avenue, 240 yards north of Muscat Avenue on 11/27/1967. Deceased for 3-6 weeks before discovery.

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Details of Recovery​

Inventory of Remains All parts recovered
Condition of Remains Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction

Physical Description​

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Distinctive Physical Features​

Appears to be small, well developed Caucasian male.

Clothing and Accessories​

A key to a cheap lock on a sting was around the neck.

Clothing on the body - Long sleeve khaki shirt, grey slacks under brown slacks, white socks and one buckskin loafer type shoe.

 

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"Kerman Ditch Yields Body of Elderly Man," The Fresno Bee, November 28, 1967, pg 19.

"The badly decomposed body of an elderly man was found...in a Fresno Irrigation Ditch near Muscat and Dickenson Avenues southeast of Kerman"

"The body was discovered by the Rev. Oscar Bankston of the Pentecostal Church of God."

"...there appeared to be a deep wound on the head. One of the dead man's slippers was missing."