Identified! Tx - Galveston, Hispmale 'little Jacob' Up17178, 3-5, Jayden Alexander Lopez, Oct'17 *arrest*

[Lyssav]

Carl Koppelman reconstruction <3

 

[Amonet]

I can see they had to touch up the photo. It makes me wonder how accurate their depiction of his nose is.

Which parts do you see as being touched up? There's a very long philtrum...is that from where it's been touched up between the nose and upper lip?

It also looks a very sad and scared face, which only adds to the heartbreak.

Did they ever release the water current information to estimate where Jacob entered the sea? Even after following Bella's case I'm finding it hard to believe with this little guy that someone moved his poor dead body and put his body in the sea.

Whoever did this must be freaking out inside (again) that this time someone will recognize him.

 

[Amonet]

Carl Koppelman reconstruction <3

Oh that is beautiful! I had to look up Carl Koppelman to see that it's the name of the artist. What a beautiful little boy he must have been in life! How could anyone mistreat that darling child and make his face look so sad in death :-(

 

[Bohemian]

Oh that is beautiful! I had to look up Carl Koppelman to see that it's the name of the artist. What a beautiful little boy he must have been in life! How could anyone mistreat that darling child and make his face look so sad in death :-(

CarlK did a great job. What a sweet little face x

 

[Amonet]

I don't know for sure if it's more of an artefact from the touching up or not, but the longish flat philtrum, and the very narrow upper lip are symptoms of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).

 

[DakotaMayi]

Oh that is beautiful! I had to look up Carl Koppelman to see that it's the name of the artist. What a beautiful little boy he must have been in life! How could anyone mistreat that darling child and make his face look so sad in death :-(

Carl is a mod here at sleuths. His recons are always the best, imo.

 

[Amonet]

I don't know for sure if it's more of an artefact from the touching up or not, but the longish flat philtrum, and the very narrow upper lip are symptoms of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).

Quoting myself as I did notice on the first sketch that the ears seemed very low-set, but I couldn't quite tell if it was an error by the artist as one ear seemed lower than the other. On Carl's reconstruction from the PM image, the ears are both very low imo, and the eyes do have a very slightly wide appearance, and these two things are also symptomatic of FAS. I'm not an expert but I do think it warrants an expert eye to check into that possibility.

Isn't FAS usually diagnosed at birth? Would it be possible for hospitals to check records and have well-being checks done on children who had that diagnosis at birth who also have the dark hair and any other physical attributes that wouldn't change from birth onward? Is that asking too much?

 

[Bohemian]

Quoting myself as I did notice on the first sketch that the ears seemed very low-set, but I couldn't quite tell if it was an error by the artist as one ear seemed lower than the other. On Carl's reconstruction from the PM image, the ears are both very low imo, and the eyes do have a very slightly wide appearance, and these two things are also symptomatic of FAS. I'm not an expert but I do think it warrants an expert eye to check into that possibility.

Isn't FAS usually diagnosed at birth? Would it be possible for hospitals to check records and have well-being checks done on children who had that diagnosis at birth who also have the dark hair and any other physical attributes that wouldn't change from birth onward? Is that asking too much?

If he was born in the US or in a hospital, I suppose that would be possible. Does the US keep archives of Guthrie (Newborn Screening Test) cards? That&#8217;s how an unidentified little girl was identified here in Australia.

 

[Amonet]

If he was born in the US or in a hospital, I suppose that would be possible. Does the US keep archives of Guthrie (Newborn Screening Test) cards? That&#8217;s how an unidentified little girl was identified here in Australia.

I have no idea, but it's interesting that it has been used in Australia to ID a UID child!

Also, have they said anything about doing tests to see if they can determine where he was born/brought up? That could narrow down which region's hospital records could be more important (if FAS can be confirmed from appearance markers/diagnostics).

 

[jessie]

I have no idea, but it's interesting that it has been used in Australia to ID a UID child!

Also, have they said anything about doing tests to see if they can determine where he was born/brought up? That could narrow down which region's hospital records could be more important (if FAS can be confirmed from appearance markers/diagnostics).

I believe something like over 50% of children with FAS are born with heart defects, is that right? Could be his COD?

 

[DakotaMayi]

I have no idea, but it's interesting that it has been used in Australia to ID a UID child!

Also, have they said anything about doing tests to see if they can determine where he was born/brought up? That could narrow down which region's hospital records could be more important (if FAS can be confirmed from appearance markers/diagnostics).

Isotope analysis. Does anyone know if that has been done yet? I don't think we have heard anything about it.

 

[Bohemian]

I have no idea, but it's interesting that it has been used in Australia to ID a UID child!

Also, have they said anything about doing tests to see if they can determine where he was born/brought up? That could narrow down which region's hospital records could be more important (if FAS can be confirmed from appearance markers/diagnostics).

Not only her but, through her DNA, her mother who had lain unidentified for 5(?) years in another State. It was a double homicide and the child&#8217;s remains had been discarded two States away from her mother&#8217;s.

 

[Bohemian]

Isotope analysis. Does anyone know if that has been done yet? I don't think we have heard anything about it.

It wasn&#8217;t mentioned in the presser but they said they were waiting on other tests IIRC. Also DNA through CODIS was not yet complete. Trying to get permission to match ID through familial DNA databases too.

 

[Bohemian]

I believe something like over 50% of children with FAS are born with heart defects, is that right? Could be his COD?

I think this would have been noticeable at autopsy/PM.

 

[DakotaMayi]

It wasn&#8217;t mentioned in the presser but they said they were waiting on other tests IIRC. Also DNA through CODIS was not yet complete. Trying to get permission to match ID through familial DNA databases too.

Thanks, Bo.

I missed the presser yesterday. I need to get caught up.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Oh this is even more heartbreaking now.
Look at those beautiful eyelashes. What a precious little boy. How could anyone do this??!

I hope someone comes forward. Someone knows this little boy.


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I first noticed the eyelashes as well. I also noticed it seems like an unusually large gap between his upper lip and his nose. If I knew a boy that looked like that I'd recognize this pic immediately. Hopefully, someone will and give this boy his name back.

 

[MicheleT]

I haven't been keeping up with this thread, so if this article has been posted, forgive me.
https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/in...age-little-jacob-young-boy-who-washed-n841406

 

[keeleydoll]

If he was born in the US or in a hospital, I suppose that would be possible. Does the US keep archives of Guthrie (Newborn Screening Test) cards? That’s how an unidentified little girl was identified here in Australia.

In the US the PKU is the standard heel prick test done on newborns, IIRC the cards are kept on file in the lab for 6 months. It isn’t required in my state but I chose to have it done with all of mine, even with the baby I had at home my midwife set us up with the lab to have it done, because the metabolic diseases can be devastating so quickly for an infant.


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[jessie]

In the US the PKU is the standard heel prick test done on newborns, IIRC the cards are kept on file in the lab for 6 months. It isn&#8217;t required in my state but I chose to have it done with all of mine, even with the baby I had at home my midwife set us up with the lab to have it done, because the metabolic diseases can be devastating so quickly for an infant.


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I think the heel test prick results are kept for at least 5 years in the UK.
What are the chances Little Jacob wasn't born in a hospital and without a midwife present?

 

[keeleydoll]

I think the heel test prick results are kept for at least 5 years in the UK.
What are the chances Little Jacob wasn't born in a hospital and without a midwife present?

“Finally, a small number of UCers decide not to complete birth certificates at all, preferring that the state remain completely out of their children’s lives.
We know that approximately 1-2% of the U.S. and Canadian population births at home.15 The number of UCs is certainly not in the tens of thousands.16 The maximum possible number of UCs per year in the United States is around 8,000, but it is likely lower than that. In 2005, the National Center for Health Statistics reported that 24,468 babies were born at home, based on birth certificate data; 14,677 of those births had a midwife in attendance, 7,233 home births had attendants listed as “other,” and an additional 790 attendants were recorded as “unspecified.”17”

https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1387&context=etd


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