CA CA - San Bernardino Co, UnkSex&Race UP2520, 8-16, skull along SR-247, Jan'98

[Romulus]

NamUs UP 2520

https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/2520

Unidentified Body/Remains (Unknown Sex & Race)
Found January 30, 1998 in San Bernardino County, CA
Body Condition: Not recognizable - partial remains with soft tissues
Probable year of death: 1995 to 1998
Estimated postmortem interval: years


Vital Statistics
Estimated age: 8-16
Approximate Height: cannot estimate
Approximate Weight: cannot estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Scars and marks: nothing

Clothing & Accessories
Clothing: nothing
Jewerly: nothing
Footwear: nothing
Accessories: nothing

Identifiers
Fingerprints: Fingerprint information is not available
Dentals: Dental information / charting is not available
DNA: Sample submitted-tests complete

Case History: This skull, designated "Undetermined Doe #03-98" was found along a desert roadside near Lucerne Valley. The skull is that of a juvenile, probably between 8 and 16 years of age. The maxilla (upper jaw) was missing and no mandible or post-cranial remains were ever found. Sex, race, stature, weight, cannot be determined. Identity can only be established using head X-rays or DNA. Samples were submitted to CA DOJ-MPDP (Reference #BK-02-000450), but no nucDNA profile could be developed, only mtDNA. Therefore missing person comparison samples must be submitted from the maternal side of the family as well

 

[Dylgem22]

Just looking at some old, dormant cases and this one made me sad with the age listed as 8-16 yoa - I came across this little one:

Jesus Carillo
http://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/11485/4/

He was only 10, went missing from the town of Hesperia, CA which is only 28 miles or 40 minutes west of the location of the bones/UID ... not much else to go on since the UID wasn't found with anything (clothes, etc) - also he was missing about 3 months before the UID was found ..

 

[Dylgem22]

Here is another young man missing from the same area, about 70 miles southwest of the location of UID in Bloomington, CA:

Daniel Carver
http://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/2655/36/

He was 15 when he went missing one year before the UID was found ... not much more I am finding about him

 

[creepedout]

Here is a list of thirteen individuals missing that have a connection to San Bernardino. Any of these that have DNA available would be good places to start:

https://tinyurl.com/yck9vxc3

EDIT: One of them, Jack Phillips, is ruled out.

 

[Melt71]

No updates in Namus since 2018 - given the notes about DNA in the first post, does this mean all comparisons would be manually triggered (ie: no auto rule outs)?

 

[Melt71]

www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/2520/details?nav
No recent updates and still only the one ruleout listed.
@othram maybe one of interest where initial DNA tests were only partially successful

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Some Potential Matches:

Jack Daniel Phillips
Jack Daniel Phillips – The Charley Project

Patrick Wayne Mello
Patrick Wayne Mello – The Charley Project

Blake Wade Pursley

Blake Wade Pursley – The Charley Project

 

[Mysteries1974]

I definitely think Jesus Carillo should be checked out. He vanished only a half hour away from where the remains were found and the time of death fits in the case

 

[buyerninety]

Jesus Carrillo
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)