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NamUs #UP12025 / Doe Network 2402UMCA
Demographics
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group: Cannot Determine
Estimated Age Range (Years): 20-50
Estimated Year of Death: 1969
Estimated PMI: About a month
Height: Cannot Estimate
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Cause of Death: Suicide by hanging
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: August 30, 1969
NamUs Case Created: January 23, 2014
ME/C QA Reviewed: N/A
Location Found: Mill Valley, California
County: Marin County
Circumstances of Recovery: At 10:59 p.m., a park ranger at the Pan Toll Ranger Station on Mt. Tamalpais alerted police after a young person reported finding a man hanging from a tree branch. Deputies discovered the decomposing body of a middle-aged man hanging from a 15-foot-high tree branch about a quarter mile from Ridgecrest Road.
The man made a noose with four strands of rope which he tied together. The noose itself was intricate, with three loops around the neck and three loops around the tree branch, and wire used to fasten the loops together. Before jumping from the branch, the man apparently used his sweater to tie his hands behind his back to prevent him from trying to remove the noose. A knife which was likely used to cut the rope was found stuck in the tree about the branch. A light blue shirt was also found in the tree.
The man carried no identification and left no note, but there was $190 in cash and a receipt from a Mill Valley hardware store for wire, clothesline, and a special knife inside his shirt pocket. Authorities estimate he had been dead for about a month.
Inventory of Remains: N/A
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Physical Description
Hair Color: Gray or partially gray
Head Hair Description: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: No known information
Clothing and Accessories
- Gold sweater, used to tie his hands behind his back; pants (On the Body)
- Tan high-top hiking boots (On the Body)
- Light blue shirt on a tree limb; knife stuck in tree (Near the Body)
- $190 in cash and a receipt from a Mill Valley hardware store for clothesline, wire, and a special knife, in shirt pocket (On the Body)
- Bausch/Lomb frame "Burbank" with rose tinted prescription lenses, frame color was "Brown Shadow" Rt: Lens 4.75 SPH; Lft: 4.25 SPH Frame size: 48/22/6 (On the Body)
Example of Bausch/Lomb "Burbank" glasses (for representation purposes only)
News Coverage
"Hanged Man Found On Tamalpais," Daily Independent Journal [San Rafael, CA], 1 September 1969, 1.
Deputy Coroner Richard W. Madigan said the man had been dead for about a month and it appeared to be suicide but an autopsy would be performed.
The body was discovered about a quarter-of-a-mile off Ridgecrest Road, and a half-mile from Rock Springs, Madigan said.
There was no identification or notes, he reported.
Sheriff's deputies said they were notified at 10:59 p.m. Saturday by Tim W. Parker, ranger at Pan Toll Ranger Station, that an unidentified youth had reported seeing the body.
Deputies said the body was hanging from a rope tied to a branch about 15 feet high.
There was a knife stuck in the tree above the branch and a short piece of rope beneath the tree.
Deputies said the man had gray hair and wore glasses and a gold-colored jacket, pants and high-top boots. A light-blue shirt was found in the tree.
"Hands Tied -- Suicide Found on Mt. Tam," San Francisco Examiner, 1 September 1969, 10.
In the man's pockets were $190 in cash and a receipt from a Mill Valley hardware store where he bought clothes line, wire, and a special knife for cutting it into four lengths.
He made the noose with four strands of rope wire together.
[Head of the Marin sheriff's identification bureau Edmond] Mauberret said the suicide was so carefully planned and executed that just before the man jumped from a limb to kill himself, he made a special knot with the sleeves of his sweater to tie his hands behind his back.
This, Mauberret said, made it impossible for him to save himself by grabbing the rope around his neck.
The man wore horn-rimmed glasses, light blue shirt, gold sweater and tan hiking boots. He had "salt and pepper" hair. He left no note.
"Hanged Man's Identity Still Is Not Known," Daily Independent Journal [San Rafael, CA], 2 September 1969, 4.
The body was found hanging from an intricate rope arrangement with triple loops around a tree and the man's neck. The loops had been fastened with wire, probably with a pliers, but no such tools have been found, [Deputy Coroner Richard] Madigan said. A knife, apparently used to cut the rope, was found stuck in the tree.
Madigan said there was no identification on the man but he had $190 in cash. He wore glasses and a pair of prescription sunglasses was found on the ground.
Madigan said the man had a sweater tied around his arms such as a hiker might wear.
Demographics
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group: Cannot Determine
Estimated Age Range (Years): 20-50
Estimated Year of Death: 1969
Estimated PMI: About a month
Height: Cannot Estimate
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Cause of Death: Suicide by hanging
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: August 30, 1969
NamUs Case Created: January 23, 2014
ME/C QA Reviewed: N/A
Location Found: Mill Valley, California
County: Marin County
Circumstances of Recovery: At 10:59 p.m., a park ranger at the Pan Toll Ranger Station on Mt. Tamalpais alerted police after a young person reported finding a man hanging from a tree branch. Deputies discovered the decomposing body of a middle-aged man hanging from a 15-foot-high tree branch about a quarter mile from Ridgecrest Road.
The man made a noose with four strands of rope which he tied together. The noose itself was intricate, with three loops around the neck and three loops around the tree branch, and wire used to fasten the loops together. Before jumping from the branch, the man apparently used his sweater to tie his hands behind his back to prevent him from trying to remove the noose. A knife which was likely used to cut the rope was found stuck in the tree about the branch. A light blue shirt was also found in the tree.
The man carried no identification and left no note, but there was $190 in cash and a receipt from a Mill Valley hardware store for wire, clothesline, and a special knife inside his shirt pocket. Authorities estimate he had been dead for about a month.
Inventory of Remains: N/A
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Physical Description
Hair Color: Gray or partially gray
Head Hair Description: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: No known information
Clothing and Accessories
- Gold sweater, used to tie his hands behind his back; pants (On the Body)
- Tan high-top hiking boots (On the Body)
- Light blue shirt on a tree limb; knife stuck in tree (Near the Body)
- $190 in cash and a receipt from a Mill Valley hardware store for clothesline, wire, and a special knife, in shirt pocket (On the Body)
- Bausch/Lomb frame "Burbank" with rose tinted prescription lenses, frame color was "Brown Shadow" Rt: Lens 4.75 SPH; Lft: 4.25 SPH Frame size: 48/22/6 (On the Body)
Example of Bausch/Lomb "Burbank" glasses (for representation purposes only)
News Coverage
"Hanged Man Found On Tamalpais," Daily Independent Journal [San Rafael, CA], 1 September 1969, 1.
Deputy Coroner Richard W. Madigan said the man had been dead for about a month and it appeared to be suicide but an autopsy would be performed.
The body was discovered about a quarter-of-a-mile off Ridgecrest Road, and a half-mile from Rock Springs, Madigan said.
There was no identification or notes, he reported.
Sheriff's deputies said they were notified at 10:59 p.m. Saturday by Tim W. Parker, ranger at Pan Toll Ranger Station, that an unidentified youth had reported seeing the body.
Deputies said the body was hanging from a rope tied to a branch about 15 feet high.
There was a knife stuck in the tree above the branch and a short piece of rope beneath the tree.
Deputies said the man had gray hair and wore glasses and a gold-colored jacket, pants and high-top boots. A light-blue shirt was found in the tree.
"Hands Tied -- Suicide Found on Mt. Tam," San Francisco Examiner, 1 September 1969, 10.
In the man's pockets were $190 in cash and a receipt from a Mill Valley hardware store where he bought clothes line, wire, and a special knife for cutting it into four lengths.
He made the noose with four strands of rope wire together.
[Head of the Marin sheriff's identification bureau Edmond] Mauberret said the suicide was so carefully planned and executed that just before the man jumped from a limb to kill himself, he made a special knot with the sleeves of his sweater to tie his hands behind his back.
This, Mauberret said, made it impossible for him to save himself by grabbing the rope around his neck.
The man wore horn-rimmed glasses, light blue shirt, gold sweater and tan hiking boots. He had "salt and pepper" hair. He left no note.
"Hanged Man's Identity Still Is Not Known," Daily Independent Journal [San Rafael, CA], 2 September 1969, 4.
The body was found hanging from an intricate rope arrangement with triple loops around a tree and the man's neck. The loops had been fastened with wire, probably with a pliers, but no such tools have been found, [Deputy Coroner Richard] Madigan said. A knife, apparently used to cut the rope, was found stuck in the tree.
Madigan said there was no identification on the man but he had $190 in cash. He wore glasses and a pair of prescription sunglasses was found on the ground.
Madigan said the man had a sweater tied around his arms such as a hiker might wear.
