NV NV - North Las Vegas, E Cheyenne Ave, WhtMale 35-50, UP297, 6 tatts incl'g: Monique, Dell, Oct'91

[Romulus]

The Doe Network:
Case File 434UMNV

Victim's Tattoo

Unidentified White Male

• 
  [*]The victim was discovered on October 13, 1991 in a dumpster behind the AM-PM Market located at 2000 E. Cheyenne Avenue, North Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Manner of death is homicide.
• State of remains: Incomplete.

---

Vital Statistics

• Estimated age: 35 - 50 years old
• Tattoos: A woman’s face (wearing a sombrero on head) & bust on right upper chest with the words Brown Sugar, a tattoo of the name Monique under his right nipple, a Pink Panther on his uper right abdomen, the letter "N" on his lower mid chest adjacent from what resembles an inverted "Y", apparent 2 small roses on his left lower chest, an apparent cartoon character of possibly a dog or bear dressed in pants & a shirt on his right shoulder.

Victim's Tattoos

---

Case History
The victim was located in North Las Vegas on October 13, 1991. At approximately 0220 hours a person looking into dumpsters for cans was at the AM-PM Store at 2000 East Cheyenne Avenue in North Las Vegas, Nevada when they found the torso of the victim inside a dunpster. No head or limbs were recovered. No clothing was on the body.

---

Investigators
If you have any information about this case please contact:
The Office of the Clark County Coroner
702-455-6649
E-Mail
You may remain anonymous when submitting information.
Source Information:
Clark County Coroner
UDRS
Namus https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/297

 

[Melt71]

Such a lot of distinctive tattoos, one would think someone would recognize them.

 

[MayhemInTheDesert]

It was about 2:20 a.m. on the chilly morning of October 13, 1991, when a homeless individual searching for aluminum cans in a dumpster behind an AM-PM convenience store in North Las Vegas made a horrific discovery.

A heavily tattooed male torso partially wrapped in a plastic garbage bag had been tossed in among the trash behind the store located at 2000 East Cheyenne Avenue, close to the intersection of Cheyenne and Civic Center Drive. Homicide detectives responding to the scene searched the rest of the dumpster and found another plastic garbage bag containing the severed forearms and hands of the unknown victim.

Officers from the North Las Vegas Police Department inspected other dumpsters in the vicinity, including those located at several nearby businesses, but no other human remains were located. Detectives determined that the garbage bags containing the victim’s remains had been placed in the dumpster behind AM-PM between midnight and 2:00 a.m. on the night of October 13th.

The lack of a head meant no dental records, complicating efforts by North Las Vegas homicide detectives to identify the body. And while the victim’s death was determined to be a homicide, the medical examiner was unable to provide a specific cause of death.

Investigators were able to gather at least some information about the deceased that could help in the identification process. The victim was either Latino or white and between 30 – 50 years of age. But most notably, the recovered remains had several unique tattoos that police hoped would result in a name to match with the torso, hands, and forearms.

At the center of the victim’s chest was a large letter “N.” The upper right chest of the unidentified torso bore the bust of a woman wearing a sombrero with the words “Brown Sugar” on the brim. Further down, the name “Monique” was tattooed on the right middle section of the victim’s chest, with a caricature of the Pink Panther on the right side of his stomach. A blurred double rose in black ink anchored the lower left chest. The John Doe’s back contained a cartoon caricature of a muscular man with a bulldog’s face on the right upper back near the shoulder.

The victim’s forearms also contained identifying tattoos. The right forearm contained the profile of a skull smoking a cigarette and wearing a ballcap. On the left forearm was the word “Dell.”

The police developed the theory that Civic Center John Doe died of a gunshot wound to the head. This theory was premised in part on the fact that the wounds to the victim’s torso would have been insufficient to cause death and because John Doe was dismembered postmortem. However, Clark County Coroner Ron Flud was quick to note, “That doesn’t mean there weren’t other ways he could have died.”

Investigators on the case also believed the victim was murdered elsewhere and then disposed of in North Las Vegas. But due to the lack of a victim identification, detectives were unable to pin down whether the victim was even a resident of Nevada or if he had been murdered out-of-state only to be deposited in the transient hub of 90’s Vegas a few hundred feet from a major interstate highway.

“In 19 years on the force, I’ve never seen anything to this extreme,” Sergeant Larry Bradley told reporters. “I’ve talked to fellow officers and they’ve dealt with dismemberment, but on a much smaller scale.”

The Clark County Coroner's office used to have an section of its site dedicated to info on unidentified persons in an effort to obtain IDs. That's been discontinued and now you have to put in records requests. Anyways, here is an archived link to the Coroner's old page about this case:

https://web.archive.org/web/20060704170059/http://www.co.clark.nv.us/coroner/unidentified/photos/unid_indv_91-2892.htm

NamUs Link:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

 

[Romulus]

434UMNV - Unidentified Male​

Decedent's tattoos

Date of Discovery: October 13, 1991
Location of Discovery: North Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada
Estimated Date of Death: 1991
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial remains with soft tissues. Only the torso and forearms (elbow to knuckles) were recovered. The head, upper arms, any fingers, both legs and both feet were not recovered.
Cause of Death: Homicide

Physical Description​

Estimated Age: 35-50 years old
Race: White/Caucasian
Gender: Male
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: 2 inch scar just above the right nipple. Tattoos: Left Forearm - DELL, Right Forearm - Skull wearing a cap smoking a cigarette, Right upper back on shoulder blade - Cartoon with a cigar in mouth, Right middle of chest - Pink Panther and the name MONIQUE, Lower Left Chest - Double Rose, Right front upper chest - woman with large bust wearing a sombrero with 'Brown Sugar' written on the sombrero.

Identifiers​

Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery​

On 10/13/1991, a torso was located by a person searching in the dumpster at the AM-PM Market on 2000 E. Cheyenne Ave. in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

Investigating Agency(s)​

Agency Name: North Las Vegas Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Officer S. Thornton
Agency Phone Number: 702-633-1773
Agency E-Mail: Unknown
Agency Case Number: 91-11282

Agency Name: Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner
Agency Contact Person: Rick Jones, Felicia Borla, Tiffany Brown
Agency Phone Number: 702-455-3210
Agency E-Mail: coroner(at)clarkcountynv.gov
Agency Case Number: 91-02892

NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: UP297

Information Source(s)​

NamUs
Email correspondence with the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner

434UMNV

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping again

 

[Nate_Bro]

Anyone able to find more information on this lady?