FL FL - Miami-Dade County- MultiMale, 18-40- White metal ring and chain w/ cross- Tattoos- UP16425- Dec. 22, 1981

[PatLaurel]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Race / Ethnicity- Black / African American, Hispanic / Latino

Height 5' 6"(66 inches) , Estimated
Weight 144 lbs, Estimated

Circumstances of Recovery- Found floating in canal.

Hair Color- Black
Head Hair Description- Approximately 9 cm long

Facial Hair Description- Black beard and mustache continuous with sideburns.

Scar/mark
- A 16 centimeter vertically oriented surgical scar is on the anterior abdominal wall. - A 5 centimeter puckered scar is on the midback.

Tattoo
-"Adela nunca te olvidare peace and love" on left upper arm -"Zori" or "1205" on top of an arrow heart on upper right arm -Cartoon woman's face on right side of chest (All tattoos look homemade)

Other distinctive physical characteristic
possibly had abdominal surgery


Clothing
-Blue denim jeans -Blue fabric belt -Black long-sleeve shirt
On the Body

Jewelry
White metal ring on the pinky finger White metal chain with a white metal cross
On the Body

 

[MadMcGoo]

This says the man was discovered on January 12, 1982. It was an accidental drowning.

Jan 13, 1982, page 6 - The Miami News at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com

View the digital scanned newspaper from The Miami News dated Jan 13, 1982, page 6.

www.newspapers.com

 

[PatLaurel]

This says the man was discovered on January 12, 1982. It was an accidental drowning.

Jan 13, 1982, page 6 - The Miami News at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com

View the digital scanned newspaper from The Miami News dated Jan 13, 1982, page 6.

www.newspapers.com

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Great find, @MadMcGoo!

 

[MadMcGoo]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

“The missing person was last seen in 1981 after arriving from Cuba during the mariel boat lift.”

Timing is a bit vague but Rogelio seems like a possibility.

ETA: Nevermind, I knew his name was familiar. However, I did submit this to NamUs and the profile is still up so I’m not sure what’s going on.

VA - VA - Doswell, MultipleMale 25-45, UP6245, wooded area, clothes/boots, jewelry w/Lucy 4/14/75, Feb'82

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Found in a wooded area on the east side of I-95 N of Doswell, VA .

www.websleuths.com

 

[PatLaurel]

This one mentions a body pulled from a canal at the same location and on December 22, 1981.
Same Doe?
UP16425? - Newspapers.com

 

[MadMcGoo]

This one mentions a body pulled from a canal at the same location and on December 22, 1981.
Same Doe?
UP16425? - Newspapers.com

View attachment 428018

Nice find! This was confusing to me at first because the article is talking about 2 different Does (one a suicide and the other the subject of this thread). LOL I had to read it twice!

The same address makes me think it must be our guy. I’m not sure why they reported he was pulled from the canal “yesterday” in the Jan. 13th article but maybe that was a misprint or misinformation.

 

[PatLaurel]

Nice find! This was confusing to me at first because the article is talking about 2 different Does (one a suicide and the other the subject of this thread). LOL I had to read it twice!

The same address makes me think it must be our guy. I’m not sure why they reported he was pulled from the canal “yesterday” in the Jan. 13th article but maybe that was a misprint or misinformation.

The person who wrote the article most likely got the dates wrong. The Medical Examiner case number starts with 1981, this means the body was definitely found in 1981. MOO JMO

 

[PatLaurel]

Timing is a bit vague but Rogelio seems like a possibility.

ETA: Nevermind, I knew his name was familiar. However, I did submit this to NamUs and the profile is still up so I’m not sure what’s going on.

Pending legal identification?

Remember that many Mariel refugees "changed" their names in order to leave Cuba. The Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas is one example. He changed his last name to Arinas, so he could leave the island.

Rogelio RR entered the US but, did he "leave" Cuba?

MOO JMO