CA CA - Los Angeles, Hisp/AmerInd/AKNtv Male UP12158, 14-18, found unresponsive in alleyway, 7 January 2014

[HmmMysterious]

NamUs: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (UNCENSORED POSTMORTEM WARNING)

Unidentified Male

• Date of discovery: January 7, 2014
• Location of discovery: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
• Estimated date of death: 5 hours before
• State of remains: Recognizable face
• Cause of death: Unknown

Physical Description

• Estimated age: 14-18 years old
• Race: Hispanic/American Indian/Alaskan Native
• Gender: Male
• Height: 5'7"-5'11"
• Weight: 150-175 lbs
• Hair color: Black
• Eye color: Brown
• Distinguishing marks/features: large holes pierced in ear lobes, uncircumcised

Case History
On January 7, 2014, at 9:17 PM the decedent was found unresponsive in an alleyway at an unspecified location. 911 was called and he was transported to a local hospital where he remained until he died on January 8, 2014 at 12:07 PM.

 

[Triss]

Manuel Michael Anthony Ruiz went missing in December 2013 from Phoenix, Arizona. Height, age and ethnicity are a match. What do you guys think?
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[HmmMysterious]

Manuel Michael Anthony Ruiz went missing in December 2013 from Phoenix, Arizona. Height, age and ethnicity are a match. What do you guys think?
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

He weighed 30 pounds less than John Doe, so I'm not sure. It's worth a try though.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Manuel Michael Anthony Ruiz went missing in December 2013 from Phoenix, Arizona. Height, age and ethnicity are a match. What do you guys think?
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

In my opinion, Manuel Michael Anthony Ruiz is a possible match since, as you say, he coincides with everything, so I say that Manuel should be sent.

Manuel Michael Anthony Ruiz – The Charley Project

charleyproject.org

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I wish NamUs would not post post-mortem photos, especially of minors, to the public. They keep plenty of other things, less sensitive, hidden to the public!

Anyway I see resemblance and agree with someone sending in the potential match.

Poor kid(s).

 

[Bethan]

In my opinion, Manuel Michael Anthony Ruiz is a possible match since, as you say, he coincides with everything, so I say that Manuel should be sent.

Manuel Michael Anthony Ruiz – The Charley Project

charleyproject.org

I agree…..looks like a match!

 

[HeinzDoofenshmirtz]

With the description “large holes pierced in ear lobes” it sounds like he had stretched ears, or “gauges.”
Depending on the size, that could be a big piece in identifying him. The larger they are, the less common they are and the more attention they attract. Based on those and his haircut, I’d say this young man was probably hanging around or even involved in the alternative music scene around that time, speaking from my own experiences. Not sure this is of any help, but it’s something I noted when I looked at his PM. He looks like a lot of young guys in that crowd did at the time. Someone has to be missing a buddy somewhere.

 

[Triss]

Bumping

 

[cvaldez1975]

how did he pass? OD? so young. someone has to miss him. he could be as an above poster said into alternative or even EDM.

 

[Triss]

Bumping

 

[citizen_sleuth]

Isai Flores Garcia - #MP40113
Missing From: West Valley City, UT
Missing Age: 17
DLC: August 20, 2012
Height: 5'8" (68 inches)
Weight: 140 lbs
Race/Ethnicity: White/Caucasian, Hispanic/Latino
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Circumstances: Isai was last seen prior to stealing his parents vehicle back in 2012. Vehicle was recovered abandoned in California.

 

[HmmMysterious]

Isai Flores Garcia - #MP40113
Missing From: West Valley City, UT
Missing Age: 17
DLC: August 20, 2012
Height: 5'8" (68 inches)
Weight: 140 lbs
Race/Ethnicity: White/Caucasian, Hispanic/Latino
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Circumstances: Isai was last seen prior to stealing his parents vehicle back in 2012. Vehicle was recovered abandoned in California.

Garcia's eye color was black and this John Doe had brown eyes. I'm not too sure about this one. I wish there was a photo of Garcia available.

 

[bombardier]

Garcia's eye color was black and this John Doe had brown eyes. I'm not too sure about this one. I wish there was a photo of Garcia available.

I don't believe people can have genuinely "black" eyes...I'm not sure why some MP databases use that terminology but I just take it to mean dark brown.

 

[Triss]

I don't believe people can have genuinely "black" eyes...I'm not sure why some MP databases use that terminology but I just take it to mean dark brown.

Agreed. I think black and brown eyes are "close enough" of a match. It's not like blue vs brown eyes where the difference is rather significant.

 

[Hochman]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

Added September 20, 2024. I created this rendering.

 

[bombardier]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

Added September 20, 2024. I created this rendering.
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awesome, just saw this posted on NamUs!
Can anyone help me find his case on Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner He should be 2014-00205 but no 2014 case comes up with those digits.

 

[iulia]

awesome, just saw this posted on NamUs!
Can anyone help me find his case on Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner He should be 2014-00205 but no 2014 case comes up with those digits.

Here it is: Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner

ETA: I too have trouble searching by case number, even though the number is correct. I found that it works better if I search by Date Found.

 

[bombardier]

Here it is: Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner

ETA: I too have trouble searching by case number, even though the number is correct. I found that it works better if I search by Date Found.

Couple pieces of new info from his profile - was found w/ a cloth dream catcher bracelet, and the alley was at 5510 S. Compton Ave. Seems to be a normal residential neighborhood, but it is adjacent to the I-55 highway.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

How sad that a teenager has gone unidentified for a decade. Does anyone know if Manuel (mentioned above) has been excluded or even submitted? Thanks for caring about him, everyone.

Garcia's eye color was black and this John Doe had brown eyes. I'm not too sure about this one. I wish there was a photo of Garcia available.

There is a photo of IFG at Charley Project (see below) and NCMEC. I don't personally think he resembles this "John Doe..."

Isai Flores Garcia – The Charley Project

 

[The4TierBridge]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

Added September 20, 2024. I created this rendering.
View attachment 532499

I noticed that your composite doesn't have the longer eyelashes seen in the morgue photo for these remains, but I also get that the way you do eyes (taking opened eyes from a different image, placing them over the eyes of the UID in their morgue photo, and blurring over the edges) isn't very conducive to representing them.

I'm also curious how you decided to render the size of his ear gauge holes (I'm assuming based on what I know of your previous work that you weren't given access to a different morgue photo, and only a very small part of the right ear is visible in the public post-mortem image)?