Identified! CA - Willits, UncMale Pre40, UP122617, Partial remains found in a creek bed just off Hwy 101, Jan'04 - Douglass “Doug” Svendson

[ProudSuggestion3528]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
NamUs: UP122617
UID Uncertain Male
Willits, CA

Case Numbers​

ME/C Case Number: 2004-00205

Demographics​

Biological Sex: Male
Race / Ethnicity: Uncertain
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 40
Height: 5' 6"-6' 0"(66-72 inches) , Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate

Circumstances​

Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: January 16, 2004
NamUs Case Created: May 23, 2024

Location Found Map​

Location: WILLITS, California 95490
County: Mendocino County
Found On Tribal Land: No
Circumstances of Recovery: Partial human remains were located in the creek bed just off highway 101. In a subsequent search of the area, a pair of blue jeans size 34 waist x 34 length were located in the area.

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Details of Recovery​

Condition of RemainsNot recognizable - Partial remains with soft tissues

Physical Description​

Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown

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No Distinctive Physical Features Info Entered​

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Clothing and Accessories​

Clothing: Blue Jeans size 34x34" - Near the Body

 

[The4TierBridge]

This person was identified in July 2025 as Douglass Wallace Svendson III, last seen in Moab, Utah, in July 2023, via DNA comparison with his mother and brother.

MPD cold case detective brings another family closure

www.moabtimes.com

 

[Darling136]

As we have an according thread in missing and now moved to located, please proceed there for further discussion )this one will be closed)

Found Deceased Post in thread 'UT - Douglass Svendson III, 38, Moab, 1 Jul 2003'

Jan 4, 2026

Aug 6, 2025-Doug's remains found and identified

MPD cold case detective brings another family closure

www.moabtimes.com

<<Drexler noted the remains found in one case were located close to where Doug Svendson was last known to live — Willits, California, where his mother owned an undeveloped 40-acre parcel.

Willits, known as the “Gateway to the Redwoods,” is in Mendocino County in Northern California and is also part of the Emerald Triangle, a tri-county region that has long been the largest marijuana cultivation area in the U.S.

Two worries came to Drexler’s...

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