Identified! NV - Carson City, Marlette Lake, Lake Tahoe SP, UnkAge/Sex/Race, UP76947, partial skeletal, Sep'20 *Ronald V. Hendricks*

[TwoLea]

Cyclists find human skull at Lake Tahoe's Flume Trail

 

[MadMcGoo]

From the link above:

“Police say the skull was visible and looked as if it had been exposed to the elements for some time.”

“On Monday, the Carson City Search and Rescue Unit, along with the Sheriff's Office Investigation Division, uncovered what they believe to be additional remains near the site of the skull.”

 

[iulia]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

#UP76947
Date Body Found September 20, 2020
ME/C Case Number 2020-03969 CAR

Sex Unsure
Race/Ethnicity Uncertain
Estimated Age Group Cannot Determine
Height Cannot Estimate
Weight Cannot Estimate

Location Carson City, Nevada 89703
County Carson City

Circumstances of Recovery Partial human skeletal remains were located in a natural area near Marlette Lake on 09/20/20.

Condition of Remains Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

Hair Color Unknown
Left Eye Color Unknown
Right Eye Color Unknown

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Carson City sheriff uses DNA to identify two bodies

The newly identified people are Joyce A. Rogers, who was homeless and about 72 years old when she died, and Ronald V. Hendricks, who was 39 when he disappeared from San Francisco in December 1992.

www.kolotv.com

On Sept. 20, 2020, bicyclists riding on the Flume Trail at Marlette Lake in the Sierra discovered a human skull next to the trail. Carson City Sheriff’s Office investigators, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Unit and Associate Professor Mary Cablk and her human remains detection partner, canine Inca, searched on the steep mountainside above the west side of Marlette Lake and found more remains.

The medical examiner could not determine the cause of death.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office partnered with Intermountain Forensics in Salt Lake City to develop an extended DNA profile needed for genetic genealogy investigations. A DNA profile was obtained and uploaded to GEDmatch and Family Tree DNA databases.

Hendricks was identified as a possible match and investigators used DNA from siblings to confirm it.

Hendricks was reported missing and suicidal in 1992. His vehicle was found at the Spooner Lake parking lot and he was last seen snowshoeing toward Spooner Lake. Searches in December 1992 and July 1993 did not find his remains. His remains were about 5.3 miles from where he was last seen in 1992.

 

[Melt71]

RIP Ronald, I hope you found peace.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

DNA profile was created, authorities said. The medical examiner’s office determined the remains belonged to a man but could not find a match in law enforcement databases. So an “extended DNA profile” was taken and turned over to the GEDmatch and Family Tree DNA databases. From this DNA profile, it was determined the remains possibly belonged to Hendricks, deputies said.

Hendricks’ siblings submitted their DNA profiles, and they were a a match. Authorities were then able to confirm the human remains belonged to Hendricks. HENDRICKS LAST SEEN SNOWSHOEING When Hendricks went missing, he was reported being suicidal, deputies said. He was last seen snowshoeing toward Spooner Lake, and his vehicle was found at the lake’s parking lot, authorities said.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article272555610.html

 

[iulia]

His NamUs page was finally removed today.