Resolved NY - Brooklyn, Wht/Hisp Male 20-40, tattoos of numbers 1-69 and 1-26, "Alvarez 31", Apr'21 - N/A

[snowgoose]

Postmortem image warning: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Demographics
Sex: Male
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian, Hispanic / Latino
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range (Years): 20-40
Height: 5' 6"(66 inches) , Measured
Weight: 160 lbs, Measured

Circumstances
Date Body Found: April 24, 2021
Location: Brooklyn, New York
County: Kings County
Circumstances of Recovery: Unknown male who was involved in an accident on his electronic bike. He was taken to the Hospital, where he passed away. There are no leads to his identity at this time.

Physical Description
Hair Color: Brown
Head Hair Description: Thick brown hair, with bleached blond tips.
Body Hair Description: --
Facial Hair Description: Facial stubble
Left Eye Color: Brown
Right Eye Color: Brown

Distinctive Physical Features
Tattoo:
Left back: Monochromatic tattoo of numbers 1-69 and 1-26.
Right upper arm: Monochromatic tattoo of "# 1"
Left upper arm: Monochromatic tattoo of stars about "Alvarez" and 31

Postmortem images of John Doe's face and tattoos are available at the NamUs link.

 

[snowgoose]

I've never seen a tattoo like the one on his back before. Can anyone think why someone would get a tattoo of all the numbers from 1-69 and then 1-26?

I wondered if he could be counting off something (such as keeping track of sobriety if he's a recovering addict - 69 months/days sober, then a relapse, then starting again from 1), but the first line of numbers doesn't look more faded than the last ones so I think all the numbers were tattooed at close to the same time.

 

[cvaldez1975]

well his last name is gonna be alvarez. how unfortunate, he must have hit hard

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Who would have thought getting numbers tattoed on your back was a thing.

I googled and found some images.

tattoos on back numbers - Google Search

 

[snowgoose]

Most of those tattoos on your Google Image search make more sense to me - they're significant numbers like birthdates of the person or their loved ones, or a single number like "27", maybe the person's lucky number. But why get a tattoo of all the numbers 1-69 and 1-26 in sequence?

 

[snowgoose]

This NamUs page is no longer active, so this man has likely been identified, although I can't find any news coverage about him. Hoping he is now returned to his family and they have closure.