Identified! CA - Marina Del Rey, WhtFem 35-55 UP4379, Heroin O/D, dumped on parkg lot, May'80 - Maria Lopez

[Moonwalker9]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
1394UFCA

Recongnizable face, no photo

Date of Discovery: May 14, 1980
Location of Discovery: Marina Del Rey, Los Angeles County, California
Estimated Date of Death: 1 week prior
State of Remains: Recognizable face
Cause of Death: Heroin overdose

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 35-55 years old
Race: White and/or Hispanic
Sex: Female
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 138 to 140 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Right little finger in a splint. Scar on right knee; scar on right thigh; scar on right wrist.

Identifiers
Dentals: Available. 11 hypocalcification 15 large caries distal buccal.
Fingerprints: Available.
DNA: Not available.

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Blue socks, light pink T-shirt, blue jeans.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery
The decedent was located in the rear of a parking lot at 4560 Admirality Way, Marina Del Rey, California on May 14, 1980.

It appeared she died somewhere else and was placed at the location.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Los Angeles County Coroner
Agency Contact Person: Daniel Machian
Agency Phone Number: 323-343-0512 or 323-343-0754
Agency E-Mail: dmachian(at)coroner.lacounty.gov
Agency Case Number: 806256

Agency Name: California Department of Justice
Agency Contact Person: Jeannine Willie
Agency Phone Number: 916-227-3405
Agency E-Mail: jeannine.willie(at)doj.ca.gov
Agency Case Number: Unknown

NCIC Case Number: U763463178
NamUs Case Number: 4379
Former Hot Case Number: 1441

 

[digitective]

Not sure what it was in 1980 but the address where she was found is now an office building filled with doctors' offices (including one of my doctors). It was built in 1969.

 

[theshadow45]

Marina Del Rey Jane Doe was found 40 years ago today. Her NamUs page is no longer available, hopefully she has been identified.

 

[iulia]

Her page on LA County Medical Examiner-Coroner has also been removed.

Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner

 

[digitective]

That’s great, I hope that means she got her name back...

 

[Bit of hope]

Poor soul.....RIP...whatever your name was.

 

[Bit of hope]

Sorry...WS is acting up..double post

 

[Otterly]

As of March 3rd, the Doe Network has Marina Del Ray Jane Doe classified as identified.

Site Updates
1394UFCA

 

[digitective]

@Sillybilly Should an admin mark the thread as “identified”?

 

[theshadow45]

According to Doe Network her name is Maria Lopez. She has gotten her name back but has yet to return home, she is now listed in NamUs’s Unclaimed section as case number 66431.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Warning: Non-graphic postmortem photo.

 

[Bit of hope]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Warning: Non-graphic postmortem photo.

Oh....this unclaimed people always make me sad.......maybe the family turned their backs a long time ago, because of her drugs use....who knows....

Nickname/Alias
Angela Lopez,
Angela Careness, <maybe from Carenas>
Angela Hascall

 

[Bit of hope]

Just wondering why it took 20 years to identify her......just curious. And as she has many aliases, how are they so sure Maria Lopez is her real (birth name) She could have given a false name from the beginning and went under that name into the system? Anyone knows how this works? I wonder if they have documents with her birth date f.i.

Found 5/14/1980. She was identified via fingerprints on 3/16/2020.
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

I'm also not sure why I couldn't find her on this list....

Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner

 

[YaYa_521]

Thank you all for the updates. I will mark Maria's thread as 'Identified' then move it to the Identified forum. I've created a new thread for her on the Unclaimed Persons forum.

CA - CA: Lopez, Maria, AKA Angela Lopez, A Careness, A Hascall, Marina Del Rey, found 5/14/1980 #UCP66431

Rest in peace, Maria.

 

[digitective]

Just wondering why it took 20 years to identify her......just curious.

I was wondering that, too. If her fingerprints were already in the system, how did it take them this long to match them?

 

[theshadow45]

Maria was found 43 years ago today.

 

[theshadow45]

Maria was found 44 years ago today.

 

[Teignmouth 22]

Just had a look on Namus link and she is still unclaimed it would seem. That is sad.

R.I.P.

 

[digitective]

I think of her every time I go to my doctor who is in that building, like I did this week. She passed away so long ago that maybe her family is no longer alive, either. Or they could be in Mexico (or another country) and not realize that she was identified?