CANADA Canada - Male, 35-50, near Port Coquitlam Cemetery, BC, 2 Jul 1998

[cybervampira]

Help needed to identify a man found dead in Port Coquitlam in 1998

Police look for your help solving a 20-year-old mystery

Coquitlam
File # 1998-25600
2018-07-12 08:29 PDT

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On July 2, 1998, a man’s body was discovered by someone walking their dog near the Port Coquitlam Cemetery. In spite of a composite drawing, a DNA profile, and help from forensic experts, police have not been able to identify the mystery man. Now, we’re asking for your help to solve the puzzle and return the man to his family.

The mystery man’s body was found in a heavily wooded area in the 4100 block of Oxford Street, Port Coquitlam. A forensic anthropologist estimated that the man had already been dead between 2 and 10 years. He also had some unique features that may help identify him:

• Age: Between 35 and 50 years old when he died,
• Height: Between 168 cm to 183 cm (5’ 6 to 6’),
• Mixed ancestry Caucasian/First Nations:Wearing blue dress pants and remnants of a red T-shirt,
• Bad teeth: Visible tooth decay and a missing upper front tooth which was probably removed at least one year before his death,
• Osgood Schlatter disease: This condition develops during adolescence and appears as a bump on the shin below the knee. It is commonly found in young people who play physically demanding sports such as soccer or hockey,
• A healed broken nose: It may have appeared slightly lopsided or crooked.

The mystery man’s apparent poor health indicates he may have been homeless or leading a transient lifestyle and the RCMP would like to get him back to his family.

If the mystery man sounds like someone you recognize, or you know a family who lost someone, please call the Coquitlam RCMP non-emergency line at 604-945-1550and ask for Constable Michael Keller (file 1998-25600).

Released by

Cpl. Michael McLaughlin

Media Relations Officer
Coquitlam RCMP
coquitlam.rcmp.ca
2986 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7Y5
Office: 604-945-1580
Email: [email protected]

Police look for your help solving a 20-year-old mystery

Coquitlam RCMP

 

[Tssiemer]

Maybe 35 to 50? Maybe 5’6 to 6’??? That’s not a lot to go on.

 

[lindamichelle1]

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