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Circumstances (for both Does)
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: October 9, 1998
NamUs Case Created: April 27, 2010
ME/C QA Reviewed: N/A
Location Found: Thermal, California
County: Riverside County
Circumstances of Recovery: Two men were found lying in a vineyard on an agricultural access road just north of Avenue 60, near its intersection with Buchanan Street, with multiple gunshot wounds. No identification has been established.
Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Traumatic injuries
NamUs #UP7023
Demographics
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian, Hispanic / Latino
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 30
Estimated Age Range (Years): 20-30
Estimated Year of Death: 1998
Estimated PMI: 2 days
Height: 5'5" (65 inches), Measured
Weight: 141 lbs, Measured
Cause of Death: Homicide by multiple gunshots
Physical Description
Hair Color: Black
Head Hair Description: Black short hair, combed back
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: No information entered
Clothing and Accessories
- Gray denim pants, dark brown belt, white pull over T-shirt with "NO FEAR" on the left chest area. White with green striped long sleeve pull over sweat shirt with a hood-medium size. (On the Body)
- Brown work boots with orange socks (On the Body)
NamUs #UP7024
Demographics
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian, Hispanic / Latino
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 30
Estimated Age Range (Years): 18-30
Estimated Year of Death: 1998
Estimated PMI: 2 days
Height: 5'8" (68 inches), Measured
Weight: 115 lbs, Measured
Cause of Death: Homicide by multiple gunshots
Physical Description
Hair Color: Black
Head Hair Description: Black short hair
Facial Hair Description: Small, trimmed mustache
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: Tattoo of the letter "R" in a scroll on left lower anterior leg, tattoo of the letter "R" on left anterior forea, and an unknown small tattoo between left thumb and forefinger.
Clothing and Accessories
-Black denim pants, white pullover short sleeve shirt with red stripes horizontal across the chest, with Arizona Jean Co label (On the Body)
- Black sneakers (Near the Body)
News Coverage
Kristin Storey, "Bodies found dumped in desert," Desert Sun [Palm Springs, CA], 10 October 1998, B1.
Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Indio station were called about 10 a.m. when a truck driver found the bodies on an agricultural access road just north of Avenue 60, near its intersection with Buchanan Street.
Mark Wasserman, a Riverside County Sheriff's Department spokesman, said the practice of dumping bodies in the desert is "all too frequent."
"There are a lot of areas that are not heavily populated with easy access," Wasserman said.
Investigators said it is unknown who owned the field where the bodies were found.
It was also unknown how long the bodies had been there, but they had probably been left overnight, Wasserman said.
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: October 9, 1998
NamUs Case Created: April 27, 2010
ME/C QA Reviewed: N/A
Location Found: Thermal, California
County: Riverside County
Circumstances of Recovery: Two men were found lying in a vineyard on an agricultural access road just north of Avenue 60, near its intersection with Buchanan Street, with multiple gunshot wounds. No identification has been established.
Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Traumatic injuries
NamUs #UP7023
Demographics
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian, Hispanic / Latino
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 30
Estimated Age Range (Years): 20-30
Estimated Year of Death: 1998
Estimated PMI: 2 days
Height: 5'5" (65 inches), Measured
Weight: 141 lbs, Measured
Cause of Death: Homicide by multiple gunshots
Physical Description
Hair Color: Black
Head Hair Description: Black short hair, combed back
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: No information entered
Clothing and Accessories
- Gray denim pants, dark brown belt, white pull over T-shirt with "NO FEAR" on the left chest area. White with green striped long sleeve pull over sweat shirt with a hood-medium size. (On the Body)
- Brown work boots with orange socks (On the Body)
NamUs #UP7024
Demographics
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian, Hispanic / Latino
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 30
Estimated Age Range (Years): 18-30
Estimated Year of Death: 1998
Estimated PMI: 2 days
Height: 5'8" (68 inches), Measured
Weight: 115 lbs, Measured
Cause of Death: Homicide by multiple gunshots
Physical Description
Hair Color: Black
Head Hair Description: Black short hair
Facial Hair Description: Small, trimmed mustache
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: Tattoo of the letter "R" in a scroll on left lower anterior leg, tattoo of the letter "R" on left anterior forea, and an unknown small tattoo between left thumb and forefinger.
Clothing and Accessories
-Black denim pants, white pullover short sleeve shirt with red stripes horizontal across the chest, with Arizona Jean Co label (On the Body)
- Black sneakers (Near the Body)
News Coverage
Kristin Storey, "Bodies found dumped in desert," Desert Sun [Palm Springs, CA], 10 October 1998, B1.
Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Indio station were called about 10 a.m. when a truck driver found the bodies on an agricultural access road just north of Avenue 60, near its intersection with Buchanan Street.
Mark Wasserman, a Riverside County Sheriff's Department spokesman, said the practice of dumping bodies in the desert is "all too frequent."
"There are a lot of areas that are not heavily populated with easy access," Wasserman said.
Investigators said it is unknown who owned the field where the bodies were found.
It was also unknown how long the bodies had been there, but they had probably been left overnight, Wasserman said.
