NV NV - Wellington, WhtMale 574UMNV, 35-50, off Sand Canyon Road, Mar'92 - #1

[annemc2]

Also, I reached out to the Audubon Society for help with the bird identification. Still waiting for a response from that.

rsbm

I have a Facebook post out to the friends at a nearby raptor conservation program. I'll see what they come up with.

 

[Miss Muffet]

I'm curious, with what you all know of the case (which I know is limited and isn't as much as we may have), I'd like to hear some theories regarding the case.

One of my theories is the killer is a relative. He called the car in abandoned because he wanted the body found. When it wasn't found, he called again. His motive for wanting the body found is 1) he wanted to end other relatives' suffering not knowing what happened; and/or 2) life insurance money. (I referred to the caller as a "he" for convenience.) This would mean the victim is fairly local.

One of my other theories is the deceased was involved in illegal activity that resulted in him getting killed. He may have moved out west years prior and his relatives in his home state reporting him missing long before he was murdered. The caller wouldn't have been the killer, but someone associated with his illegal activity who wanted justice for him.

Want more? I can spin theories all day long.

 

[Miss Muffet]

Is our age range 35 to 50 or 30 to 60?

 

[PoirotryInMotion]

Mmarty, were there any traces of blood found on the blanket that was located at the makeshift campsite near where the victim was found? (If you're able to tell us.) Just curious if there's evidence he was wrapped in the blanket after being stabbed. Or, if not blood, was there any hair or other dna found that might link the victim to this blanket (before or after being stabbed)?

As my partner stated earlier, thank you all so very much for the hard work and effort you are all putting in to help us give this victim his identity back and hopefully get him back to his family. I wish we could brief all of you on every aspect of the case, but we can not. There are truly some amazingly talented minds at work with us here.

As far as the pic of the t-shirt goes, I am not seeing the eyes or the beak.

I'm curious, with what you all know of the case (which I know is limited and isn't as much as we may have), I'd like to hear some theories regarding the case.

Personally, I've got more questions than theories right now. If there is/was blood on the blanket I'd think it was possible that victim was stabbed elsewhere and maybe concealed in the blanket and then dumped in the vicinity of where his remains were found. (Not only was he stabbed, but also hands/feet were missing. Curious if indications are that the dismembering was done by a perpetrator or by wild animals post-mortem?) But if the blanket only has paint on it, it may have been either 'desert trash' or possibly used by the victim prior to being stabbed (was he a hitch-hiking transient, perhaps, maybe had a knapsack or wallet and other items that were stolen from him after the stabbing?). Curious as to what the UID was stabbed WITH. Curious that the shoes that were found looked like they'd been too small for whomever was wearing them. Also curious as to motive for the stabbing. (Were the shoes cast off by a perpetrator, who replaced them with the larger shoes from our tall victim?) Curious as to the size of the shoes...my spouse is 6'4" and has size 12W feet. And he has small feet for his size.

So many questions.

 

[Tulessa]

Quoting my earlier post to study the picture again...and I zoomed in to see something (I think?). Check the photo below and tell me if you think you see an eye and a downward bending beak at the arrows? If you don't, no problem...but I'm thinking I'm seeing a 3/4 angle view of a falcon-like face with its downward-hooked beak below the blue-gloved fingers here:



Or...maybe I've been studying too many bird tee shirts and my mind is drawing birds for me, now...

It does to me. Also, watch this video of a Falcon. Pause it on wing shots and study the wing tips. Then, watch and pause the button to get very good tail shots. I'm betting that this is a Falcon.


[video=youtube;Me3Y64VUqqQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me3Y64VUqqQ[/video]

 

[Miss Muffet]

Michael Rolf Eddy
Last Seen: Hollywood, CA
Date Last Seen: September 4, 1994
Age Last Seen: 46
Gender: M
Race: White
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 72
Weight: 155
Circumstances: None provided.

 

[lcsodetectives]

Is our age range 35 to 50 or 30 to 60?

The age range is 35 to 50, but don't be afraid to post a possible match even if they are outside that range by a few years. I'd rather have a few more names to rule out later than to have our guy slip through the cracks somehow.

 

[wenwe4]

I just added Fernandex and Eddy to my list - I will repost tomorrow morning - I figure about every 100 posts I will repost my updated list just to keep updated.

Note - Brian Ranken was #5 on our previous list and was ruled out by LEO by dentals.

 

[Miss Muffet]

I also have my cartel theory, but I don't wish that one on you guys in a million years.

 

[Tracie5]

I have really looked at the t shirt pic, and unless it is really stretched, that cannot be a sun or moon. It isn't even close to round. My first thought was Devil's Tower in Wyoming. Does anyone else see what I am seeing?

 

[Miss Muffet]

The age range is 35 to 50, but don't be afraid to post a possible match even if they are outside that range by a few years. I'd rather have a few more names to rule out later than to have our guy slip through the cracks somehow.

Okay. Thanks. I was going by 30 to 60, and that's how I ended up providing a few in their mid-20s earlier. Now I'll switch to 35 to 50, and go outside 5 years in both directions.

 

[Soulmagent]

I was thinking Hawk feathers also. That was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the stripes.

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ETA: The more I look at it I'm changing my mind back to a Falcon

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It is hard for sure. I found this video which shows the eagle owl ,posture and markings . They all look like viable options. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAz1L8DlvBM

 

[Miss Muffet]

Note - Brian Ranken was #5 on our previous list and was ruled out by LEO by dentals.

Yeah, I already saw that and deleted him. He seemed so hopeful being from Tahoe too.

 

[Miss Muffet]

I have really looked at the t shirt pic, and unless it is really stretched, that cannot be a sun or moon. It isn't even close to round. My first thought was Devil's Tower in Wyoming. Does anyone else see what I am seeing?

I think it's an illusion because a portion of the circle is missing near the hand closest to the camera.

 

[wenwe4]

Detectives, are ya feeling overwhelmed with all the information coming in so quickly?

May the force be with you!

 

[PoirotryInMotion]

It does to me. Also, watch this video of a Falcon. Pause it on wing shots and study the wing tips. Then, watch and pause the button to get very good tail shots. I'm betting that this is a Falcon.


[video=youtube;Me3Y64VUqqQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me3Y64VUqqQ[/video]

Thanks, Tulessa. For what it's worth, here's a side-by-side of the t-shirt, and then that same photo with dotted lines attempting to show the outline. (I'm not very adept at dotted lines, I'm afraid.)

 

[Miss Muffet]

It doesn't sound like this guy spoke to his family much so it's possible he lived longer than they last heard from him.

John Henry Geppert, III
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/1209/51?current_page=case_information
Last Seen:
Date Last Seen: December 10, 1988
Age Last Seen: 33
Gender: Male
Race: White
Hair: Light Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 70 to 72
Weight: 160 to 180
Medical: Previously fractured collar bone
Circumstances: Unknown. John last spoke to family in 1989 and was in Huntington Beach, CA. He was last seen in Los Angeles, CA.

 

[Miss Muffet]

Thanks, Tulessa. For what it's worth, here's a side-by-side of the t-shirt, and then that same photo with dotted lines attempting to show the outline. (I'm not very adept at dotted lines, I'm afraid.)

I think it's like being able to see figures in clouds. What would the point be in designing a bird with a hidden face? It's not a natural pose with the wings spread out. And the design behind it is the abdomen of the bird.

 

[annemc2]

rsbm

I have a Facebook post out to the friends at a nearby raptor conservation program. I'll see what they come up with.

Got a few replies and the consensus thus far is:

The tail's barring and curvature looks like a peregrine's. But the dark tips on the wing feathers look like a red tail.

I'm going to go with some kind of anatomically incorrect buteo.

 

[Soulmagent]

This guy went missing in 1978.

Thomas Arthur Michaud
Date last seen August 24, 1979 00:00


https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/21237/55

He is the right age ,height and his photo leaves hair color to question as it is listed as unknown or bald?? I have not seen the rule out list.