CA CA - San Diego, WhtMale, 18-25, UP99185, belt w/ name "SKIP" and initials S.O, found at Gompers Park, Jan'79

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Unidentified Male
Namus UP99185
D.B.F: January 31, 1979
Estimated PMI: Unknown
Estimated year of death: 1979
Location Found: San Diego, San Diego County, California - Gompers Park

Vital Information:
Race: White/Caucasian
Age: 18-25
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 164lbs
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Clothing: The decedent was clad in a red jacket and a maroon colored trousers. He had an undershirt and black undershorts and a white sock on his left foot. Two black boots were noted on the ground near his left leg.
Accessories: A trouser belt was draped over the left knee area that had the name "SKIP" on the outside of the belt and the initials S/O on the outside of the belt buckle, Black comb
Scars/Marks: None mentioned
Circumstances:
The decedent was found on the ground at Gompers Park in San Diego, California

Case Information:

ME/C Case Number: 1979-00247

San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office - (858) 694-2895​

Kathy On, Medical Examiner Investigator
Agency Number: 1979-00247

San Diego Police Department - (619) 531-2000

Exclusions:
None

 

[victoriarobinson642]

I wish there was a photo of him - I found a possible 'Skip O' in a San Diego yearbook who would've been around 23 in 1979

 

[heartanium]

I wish there was a photo of him - I found a possible 'Skip O' in a San Diego yearbook who would've been around 23 in 1979

I wish they did too - he's listed as "recognizable" so he probably wasn't deceased for to long. The SD coroner hopefully has photos.

 

[Beccalicious]

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[heartanium]

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victoriarobinson642 any chance he resembles the Skip O you found in your searches?

 

[victoriarobinson642]

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victoriarobinson642 any chance he resembles the Skip O you found in your searches?

I don't remember offhand, but I can look and see.
Edit: If it's the same boy/man, then no, he doesn't.

 

[heartanium]

I don't remember offhand, but I can look and see.
Edit: If it's the same boy/man, then no, he doesn't.

Ah good to know, thank you for checking!

 

[cvaldez1975]

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victoriarobinson642 any chance he resembles the Skip O you found in your searches?

he looks so young

 

[heartanium]

he looks so young

Indeed, if I'm guessing he's probably closer to 18 then 25

 

[Beccalicious]

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[Essbee]

Don't know anything about this case, but I recall that in my high school, there was a kid who went by "Skippy". His real name was Andrew, and our yearbook would only list him as Andrew. (I am not suggesting that my acquaintance Andrew was the victim here; he would have only been a little kid in 1979). My point was just to say that I don't know if Skip / Skippy is typically a nickname for certain formal names, but if not, it seems like searching for "Skip O" in yearbooks could be like searching for a needle in a haystack. Many times yearbooks wouldn't even list this type of information.

It seems really sad that they couldn't ID this young person. His photo looks like he should be easily identified.
I will also mention that this park (Gompers Park) is in the "rough" part of San Diego -- higher crime area with drug issues, gangs, etc at least from the 1980s onward. Don't know about 1979 but it was probably the same.
It's weird that the Medical Examiner report doesn't mention a cause of death. Was it murder, overdose, suicide, or ???