TX TX - Rockport, WhtMale UP10177, 15-20, Hit and Run, Facial Sketch

[Hannahgmq]

Date of Discovery: July 9, 1973
Location of Discovery: Rockport, Aransas County, Texas
Estimated Date of Death: Days prior
State of Remains: Recognizable face
Cause of Death: Suspected hit-and-run accident

Physical Description​

Estimated Age: 15-20 years old
Race: White, possibly of Hispanic descent
Sex: Male
Height: 5'7 to 5'10"
Weight: 145 lbs
Hair: Hair: Brown, dark, moderate length. Long, delicate hair on the chin and upper lip; it is possible he had never shaved his face.

Eye Color: Bluish gray
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Small scar on left knee and a small vertical scar approximately 4" below right knee.

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: White cutoff tee shirt, white Levi jeans with a braided, elastic blue and red belt with a gold-colored buckle, and brown shoes with a buckle. Near the body was a tan, straw hat that possibly belonged to the victim.
Jewelry: Unknown.
Additional Personal Items: Unknown.

Circumstances of Discovery​

The victim's body was found by the side of the northbound lane off Texas 35 near Rockport at about 6:45 AM. It is believed he had been struck by a vehicle days before, which presumably fled the scene without alerting emergency services.

When appeals were made for the public to provide information, a man from the county informed investigators he possibly employed the male at the restaurant he owned years before, yet he could not recall a name.


Sketch isn’t on Namus but is on doe network

3841UMTX​

Good physical information on Doe so hopefully he could one day be linked to a missing person case.

 

[Amateur Web Sleuth]

John Smith Jr. – The Charley Project

John Smith Jr.​

Any chance this could be a match? Looking at the facial hair and circumstances it could be he ended up in Texas from Nevada. Eye color doesn’t match John Smiths eyes being brown vs the UID’s being blue is a major discrepancy though.

 

[Hochman]

Have you seen this child? John Rockport Doe 1973

Missing From: Rockport, TX. Missing Date: July 9, 1973. On July 9, 1973, a young man was discovered deceased beside the northbound lane of Interstate 35 near Rockport, Texas. He is believed to have been in his mid to late teens at the time of death. Authorities believe he died from a...

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Spoiler: NCMEC Description

On July 9, 1973, a young man was discovered deceased beside the northbound lane of Interstate 35 near Rockport, Texas. He is believed to have been in his mid to late teens at the time of death. Authorities believe he died from a hit-and-run vehicle collision and the death has been ruled a homicide. The young man was tall and thin being 5’10” and 145 pounds at the time of death. He had fine hair on his upper lip and chin, as if he had not yet shaved. He was wearing a straw hat, white shirt, white Levi’s brand jeans, a blue and red braided elastic belt with a gold buckle, and brown shoes. The image shown is a facial approximation created by a NCMEC Forensic Artist that depicts what he may have looked like in life.

Reconstruction

 

[Amateur Web Sleuth]

I found another potential:

Milton Raymond Hawkins – The Charley Project

Milton Raymond Hawkins​

• Missing Since06/04/1972
• Missing FromSan Francisco, California
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• SexMale
• RaceWhite
• Date of Birth01/23/1948 (77)
• Age24 years old
• Height and Weight6'1 - 6'3, 175 - 200 pounds
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsWhite male. Sandy brown hair, blue eyes. Hawkins may use the aliast names Steven Craig Cunningham and/or Raymond A. Harder. His nickname is Ray and some agencies refer to him as Milton Ray Hawkins. Hawkins previously fractured both legs in a fall when he was sixteen years old.
• Hawkins was last seen boarding a bus in San Francisco, California on June 4, 1972. He was supposed to take the bus home, but never arrived and has never been heard from again.
  
  In the days following his disappearance, Hawkins was scheduled to testify in court against members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang. It's unclear if his disappearance was related to his testimony. Few details are available in his case.

Notable facial comparison to the recon. Facial hair matches, blue eyes.
Only thing is that his ht/wt are much heigher than doe. Also the scars doe had on/ around the knees - could that match up to 2 previously fractured legs? Lastly, he would have been held for a while - June of 1972 where the doe is found July of 1973.

 

[summergirl1]

You would think someone would miss this young man? I wonder if there's DNA available?

 

[HopeRains]

Texas 35 goes from Rockport and pretty much along the more coastal region and up into Houston. ​

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Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Tue, Jul 10, 1973 ·Page 29​

*Per article, fingerprints were taken.

Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Sun, Jul 22, 1973 ·Page 16​

*Per article he was buried on Saturday, Jul 21, at Rockport Cemetery.