CANADA Canada - Niagara Falls, WhtMale 824UMON, 20-40, dagger-dragon tats, Jul'02

[casseole]

Link and images (added by mod):

http://doenetwork.org/cases/824umon.html

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Hi, I'm new to this so I hope this post is alright.

This man was recovered from the Niagara River in July of 2002. He has many identifying tattoos and there is a decent picture of his face.

WARNING - GRAPHIC
http://www.missing-u.ca/UIDetail.aspx?PersonID=58

 

[Mensch]

Hi, I'm new to this so I hope this post is alright.

This man was recovered from the Niagara River in July of 2002. He has many identifying tattoos and there is a decent picture of his face.

Graphic image warning.

http://www.missing-u.ca/UIDetail.aspx?PersonID=58

Hi casserole and welcome!
Just a brief look at the tat and wondering if he was possibly Hispanic? (its the dagger/rose combination and soimething about the style. I will try to find you some more info in awhile.

ETA: It is only a guess but since the letter "g" is lower case on the tattoo, the first letter would be "e" - not C. Still, I would not rule that out.

 

[MadMcGoo]

Very specific tattoos...

 

[AutumnFalls]

The Niagara region gets a large number or tourists, so I think the tattooed images should be shared fairly broadly. He could easily have been travelling from the USA or elsewhere. Canada does not have a national DNA database to my knowledge, so the tattoos might be crucial to identifying him.

 

[MadMcGoo]

The Niagara region gets a large number or tourists, so I think the tattooed images should be shared fairly broadly. He could easily have been travelling from the USA or elsewhere. Canada does not have a national DNA database to my knowledge, so the tattoos might be crucial to identifying him.

Agreed. They are very unique and not cheaply done (IMO)...I'm certain that someone has seen these before. Niagra Falls - unfortunately, he could have travelled from just about anywhere. I hope someone recognizes these!

FWIW, I spent several years analyzing (mostly prison) tattoos...and these don't seem to me to be gang-related at all. Not an American gang anyway. However, they do look like some of the popular artwork seen around this time in the US, almost "Ed Hardy" style design...


*ETA: I guess they're not almost Ed Hardy like....

 

[musicaljoke]

Hi casserole and welcome!
Just a brief look at the tat and wondering if he was possibly Hispanic? (its the dagger/rose combination and soimething about the style. I will try to find you some more info in awhile.

ETA: It is only a guess but since the letter "g" is lower case on the tattoo, the first letter would be "e" - not C. Still, I would not rule that out.

I believe the G may be uppercase, cursive in the European style. My family is from the Netherlands and we have always written G's as shown in the tatoo.


File:Vereinfachte Ausgangsschrift.png - Wikipedia

 

[MadMcGoo]

Here is a computer-generated image of him and the tattoo. Courtesy of The Doe Network

 

[Melt71]

I believe the G may be uppercase, cursive in the European style. My family is from the Netherlands and we have always written G's as shown in the tatoo.
File:Vereinfachte Ausgangsschrift.png - Wikipedia

I agree, my mother writes in that older style of cursive writing so I am used to seeing it. I would read the two letters as capital C followed by capital G.