IL IL - Chicago, AsianMale 15-25, UP129225, Found at Lane Technical School Campus, Mustache & Goatee, Tattoos, Jul'00

[aurycore]

submitted a potential match panel for mustapha and the doe. fingers crossed.

 

[aurycore]

its gonna get run through soon. let's see if its him.

 

[aurycore]

Okay, thats weird: They contacted me and said that there's no DNA, but it said on his NamUs and Doe Network page that his DNA was available?

I'm gonna see if they could likely get Mustaphas dental records and this does dental chart to line them up and see if they match. So far its a little shaky, but we have something at least, and I hope that this ends up being a match.

 

[aurycore]

I got a response, they do believe that Mustapha is this UID, but we have to wait and see.

It's confirmed that apparently the Illinois Department just... doesn't have his DNA Anymore? that's so weird.

 

[aurycore]

One more update: The genealogy group is making some inquiries about the UID and Mustapha. But unfortunately, its going to take months before we get any real confirmation that this UID is him.

 

[callieghkat]

As a Chicagoan, Lane is a massive school (4000+ students). It’s not uncommon for people with no affiliation to the school to hang out on the campus especially on the weekends. There are also multiple bus stops on Lane’s campus.

 

[aurycore]

As a Chicagoan, Lane is a massive school (4000+ students). It’s not uncommon for people with no affiliation to the school to hang out on the campus especially on the weekends. There are also multiple bus stops on Lane’s campus.

Interesting, but it doesn't explain why he looks beaten up, especially if it were on a weekday, let alone a weekend. I'm not sure if vehicle accidents can cause the internal blotches/bruises on his skin. My theory I have is that he was likely a drifter or from another school district who got in a fight with a lane kid, something like that, as seen in his post mortem.

There's another individual who could be the john doe, but I'd say he's a ruleout.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

this is the said individual in question, Phu Tan Nguyen. I think appearance wise he could be a match, but the circumstances likely rule him out, and this is due to the distance between Raileigh NC and Chicago IL, which is a 12 hour drive. It could be like the case of Marcia Shiree Thomas, where she was found in Santa Ana California when she went missing from reno nevada (an 8 hour drive) but how he'd end up there would be questioned.

When I get more time I'm going to submit a match paneling for Phu Tan Nguyen once the results come back from the potential match paneling to see if the doe is Mustapha. But the problem is Phu doesn't have a doe network or charley project page, only a NamUs page.

 

[aurycore]

Still no updates yet. Inquiries are rolling through.

 

[aurycore]

Okay, so i researched more on Phu Tan Nguyen and I think its starting to make more sense that it would be him.

On Feb 10 1996, he ambushed and shot an individual after an argument at a Vietnamese restaurant, taking his car and speeding off. I'm assuming that's how he ended up in Chicago. I would submit a potential match paneling but the issue is that he doesn't have a doe network page to even allow me to do that.

 

[aurycore]

okay ladies and gents, we got a big fat blubbery update. We got ahold of Mustapha's and UID's dental records and um... It's not looking too hot.

There's spacing between the UIDS front teeth (Maxillary central incisors) and Mustapha doesn't have those. So unfortunately I think Mustapha might be a ruleout despite all of the line ups in his disappearance.

to put it briefly, the UID has a gap tooth, indicating he never had any braces, which would normally close up a gap tooth. Mustapha doesn't have those spaces between the teeth.

 

[aurycore]

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okay ladies and gents, we got a big fat blubbery update. We got ahold of Mustapha's and UID's dental records and um... It's not looking too hot.

There's spacing between the UIDS front teeth (Maxillary central incisors) and Mustapha doesn't have those. So unfortunately I think Mustapha might be a ruleout despite all of the line ups in his disappearance.

to put it briefly, the UID has a gap tooth, indicating he never had any braces, which would normally close up a gap tooth. Mustapha doesn't have those spaces between the teeth.

It's likely he's going to be ruled out soon unless his (Dao's) fingerprints are recovered to line them up.