Resolved NY - Joel Rodriguez, 18, Queens, 9 July 1998 *NamUs #MP9980**NamUs removed*

[Murkywaters]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Joel Rodriguez – The Charley Project

Joel Rodriguez was last seen in the Corona area of the New York City borough of Queens on July 9, 1998. He has never been seen again and the circumstances surrounding his case are unclear.

 

[hot cawfeee]

bumping

 

[Savemecastiel]

Bump

 

[Aurora90]

Bump. Where are you?

 

[Aurora90]

I have submitted the possibility that Joel might be this John Doe.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

 

[Aurora90]

The Doe Network has Joel's date when he was last seen an entire year earlier than NAMUS. Maybe that is the reason it has not been caught?


According to these articles the john doe was possibly Hispanic. They also state that his height was 5'8. Joel went missing an hours drive from where this John Doe was found.

I'd start with the jewelry store.

Newsday (Suffolk Edition) from Melville, New York on May 21, 1998 · 52

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Newsday (Suffolk Edition) from Melville, New York on June 17, 1998 · 38

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Unfortunately there is no dna on file for Joel.

 

[Aurora90]

I wonder if Law Enforcement followed any leads from the jewelry found on the john doe? It looks like the Jewlery store is still around and it is a small mom n pop shop.

 

[Aurora90]

I wonder if Law Enforcement followed any leads from the jewelry found on the john doe? It looks like the Jewlery store is still around and it is a small mom n pop shop.

Or if the owners of the store are connected to any missing persons, or if there are a lot of undocumented folks that they might know? Maybe there is a fear of identifying the boy because the family is undocumented? I wonder how many current does have family too scared to ID their kin? I also have a feeling that the john doe with the VIRGO tattoo on his hip is a similar circumstance.

 

[Aurora90]

This John Doe was found in Queens just over a month later in August of 1998. Could this tattoo be the initials of Joel Rodriguez?

FYI - There is a Post-Mortem photo on the doe network profile for this John Doe.

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[stinky19]

I know his NamUs missing file is still up, but I wonder if this is him. Former unidentified found August 22, 1998 in a Brooklyn warehouse, identified and entered to ClaimUs last week. All details consistent AFAICT.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[iulia]

Joel's NamUs page has been removed.

I think @stinky19 is right and he was indeed identified as UP6310 and is now unclaimed (UCP156994).

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov