Identified! TX - Houston, UncMale Adult, UP97291, Found in burning vehicle, Grim Reaper tattoo, "Ponce" Tattoo, Nov'22 - Edgar Ponce

[Hochman]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (POSTMORTEM WARNING)

"The decedent was found in a burning vehicle that was heavily damaged and not immediately recognizable for make and model."

Sex - Male
Race - Uncertain
Age Range - Adult
Condition - Burned/Charred

Height - 5' 9"(69 inches) Estimated
Weight - 144 lbs Estimated

Unknown Hair & Eye Color

No Clothing Found/Identified

Tattoos
- Design on Right Forearm (unknown design)
- Grim Reaper on Left Forearm

Spoiler: Grim Reaper

- Cursive "Ponce" on Upper Right Chest

Spoiler: "Ponce"

 

[branmuffin]

In Spanish, Ponce means Prince. In English vernacular it means either pimp or an effeminate man.

 

[iulia]

His NamUs page has been removed. He was identified as Edgar Ponce and an arrest has been made in connection to his death.

Man indicted in connection to death of man found in burning car in north Harris County

Deputies have arrested a man charged with the shooting death of a man in north Harris...

www.houstonchronicle.com

Israel Alejandro Ramirez-Perez, 22, has been charged with murder in connection to the death of Edgar Ponce, 23, according to Harris County District Court records.

 

[Rperson355]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (POSTMORTEM WARNING)

"The decedent was found in a burning vehicle that was heavily damaged and not immediately recognizable for make and model."

Sex - Male
Race - Uncertain
Age Range - Adult
Condition - Burned/Charred

Height - 5' 9"(69 inches) Estimated
Weight - 144 lbs Estimated

Unknown Hair & Eye Color

No Clothing Found/Identified

Tattoos
- Design on Right Forearm (unknown design)
- Grim Reaper on Left Forearm

Spoiler: Grim Reaper

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- Cursive "Ponce" on Upper Right Chest

Spoiler: "Ponce"

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I know this is old but what are the chances that the same MO, tattoos, that were involved in this case are involved in another namus case over 1000 miles away? We have a soul in Indiana Namus with the same tattoos was burned in a gravel quarry.

 

[taramarie]

I know this is old but what are the chances that the same MO, tattoos, that were involved in this case are involved in another namus case over 1000 miles away? We have a soul in Indiana Namus with the same tattoos was burned in a gravel quarry.

Hi! Are you talking about this man?

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

If so, it doesn’t appear that they had the same tattoos. The decedent in this thread had a grim reaper tattoo and a tattoo of his last name “Ponce”. The decedent in the NamUs I linked above has a tattoo that says “PON”, which is similar but not the same as Ponce. He also has tattoos of the Virgin Mary, a skeleton, a scorpion, and some names of people he was presumably close to. Not seeing a connection between the two. Interesting nonetheless!