OR OR - Gordon Lopez, 21, Portland, 3 Jan 1986

[Melt71]

@Quilty were you ever notified of a confirmed match?

 

[CooperDyl]

@Quilty were you ever notified of a confirmed match?

Both Gordon and the unknown decedent’s pages were removed from NAMUS in early October 2024. Would seem like it’s a match.

 

[Melt71]

Both Gordon and the unknown decedent’s pages were removed from NAMUS in early October 2024. Would seem like it’s a match.

yes but in order for WS to claim it as a match I think there needs to be some LE or official acknowledgement that the suggestion came from a WS member.

 

[CooperDyl]

yes but in order for WS to claim it as a match I think there needs to be some LE or official acknowledgement that the suggestion came from a WS member.

Hopefully the poster who suggested the match has heard.

I haven’t seen any announcement or anything from LE about Gordon being identified at all, could potentially be the family wanted privacy? Not sure how that all works. I only noticed his NAMUS page was removed after browsing an ‘identified’ list for 2024 on Doe Project and saw his name listed. There wasn’t any further information on there either.

 

[Quilty]

@Quilty were you ever notified of a confirmed match?

The last I heard was a few months ago when the forensic dentist was about 96% sure it was a match. I then got a follow-up message saying that law enforcement was aware of this and they were trying to get a more definitive match but were having some trouble doing so. Nothing since then. Both profiles were removed at the same time. Everything suggests this was a positive match, but nothing was 100% confirmed.(edited to add that the trouble they were encountering may have been due to a lack of DNA available for the doe.)

 

[kforbes862]

What was the circumstances/cause of death for the uid that was found and matched to gordon?

 

[CooperDyl]

Never heard an update on this one, and can’t seem to find anything online.
Hopefully, assuming it was a match, the family are now at peace.

 

[CooperDyl]

@Quilty Were you ever given an update on this one? Have to imagine it was a match as both pages have stayed removed, but would be nice to know if investigators reached out to you at all with an acknowledgement.

 

[Quilty]

@Quilty Were you ever given an update on this one? Have to imagine it was a match as both pages have stayed removed, but would be nice to know if investigators reached out to you at all with an acknowledgement.

I submitted through the Doe Network and believe that the last communication was to say that both profiles were removed on the same day, so this must have been a match. I could be misremembering, though- I think this was around 2 years ago…

 

[Quilty]

What was the circumstances/cause of death for the uid that was found and matched to gordon?

I don’t believe the CoD was released, only that he was found by train tracks.