IL IL- Chicago, WhtMale, 20-35, UP11689 decomposed in a field, distinctive skull tattoo, July 1983

[cheemsg]

He was found decomposed in a field. Not a lot of info about the recovery. PMI unknown.
He's white, aged 20-35, 5'7 (weight unknown) He had brown/dark brown hair.
He had a very distinctive tattoo on his right forearm (pictured)
He wore green khaki pants and dark sneakers.
Does this tattoo look familiar to anyone? Is it a reference to something I haven't heard of?

NAMUS

 

[cheemsg]

Just realised something from his NamUS page I missed; rubber o-ring gaskets around wrists. I'm not too sure how these things are used, can someone explain why he'd have these around his wrists?

 

[cheemsg]

Does anyone know his missing person exclusions? @Caring1 ?

 

[Caring1]

Does anyone know his missing person exclusions? @Caring1 ?

0 Missing Person Exclusions

 

[cheemsg]

His NamUs was modified today!
@Caring1 @Myrrh @PatLaurel are there any rule-outs now because I can't really see a difference.
(I'm really hoping this means something, I messaged Othram about the case and they said they'd look into it, so perhaps it's been re-opened or more work to find DNA? I can only dream lol)

 

[PatLaurel]

His NamUs was modified today!
@Caring1 @Myrrh @PatLaurel are there any rule-outs now because I can't really see a difference.

No rule-outs.

 

[cheemsg]

No rule-outs.


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Hmm, I guess it's something we can't see publicly. My fingers are crossed it means a DNA sample has been submitted. This is probably one of the cases I'm dying to see identified, because I know that if the right person saw the listing, they'd know who this was. It's one of those cases that really just needs more people to know about it.

 

[HopeRains]

Hmmm. I'm not particularly familiar with the tattoo - the hat in the tattoo is likely a bucket hat which became quite popular in the mid-80s by rappers/groups such as LL Cool J and RUNDMC. Prior to that, from what I can find it appears it was mostly used as a utilitarian hat. I think the gasket rings are used to "seal" things - I've heard this from my car repair place. I would suggest this guy either worked in an environment where these were used in some capacity and/or he was kind of setting his own trend. His tattoo is pretty trendy/cool as well - the bucket hat, long hair, square framed shades.