VA VA - Sturgeon Point, Wht/HispMale 17-23, UP9398, "John Charles City Doe 1979", Aug'79

[ChatteringBirds]

DNA Doe Project is now trying to identify this young man found in 1979 along the James River.

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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP9398
Male, Multiple
Date Body Found: August 28, 1979
Location Found: Sturgeon Point, Virginia
NCMEC Number: 2016800
ME/C Case Number: C1979-95236
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian, Hispanic / Latino
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 30
Estimated Age Range (Years): 17-23
Estimated Year of Death: 1977-1979
Estimated PMI: 6 Months
Height: 5' 3"-5' 9"(63-69 inches) , Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair/Eye Color: Unknown

Clothing: white with blue stripes shirt, khaki colored slacks with brown belt size 32" in length

Circumstances of Recovery:
Skeletal remains were found along the bank of the James River in Charles City County Virginia. Interval between death & discovery, several months to two years.

John Charles City Doe 1979 | DNA Doe Project

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Description:
Partial skeletal remains were found along the bank of the James River in Charles City County Virginia on August 28, 1979. Authorities estimate this John Doe was 17-23 years old, between 5’3” and 5’9” tall, and could be Hispanic. He wore a white shirt with blue stripes, khaki colored pants, and a brown belt 32″ in length.

Status: Undergoing Testing

 

[Melt71]

Still marked as Undergoing Testing.

 

[iulia]

His NamUs page has been removed.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

His NamUs page has been removed.

I notice the link to DNA Doe Project is also down. I wonder if there will be an update.

 

[iulia]

I notice the link to DNA Doe Project is also down. I wonder if there will be an update.

He is still listed on DDP, but I think they moved him to a different part of their site and the initial link doesn’t work anymore.

John Charles City Doe 1979 | DNA Doe Project

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[djanga]

His profile on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children website, was removed as well

 

[faithx]

He has been identified as Nick Lopsis, who was reported missing on May 31, 1979. Charles City County Sheriff's Office and Richmond City Police Department will release more information at an upcoming press conference.

Charles City County Investigator Uses Genetic Genealogy to Solve 1979 Cold Case - Virginia Sheriffs’ Association

Charles City County authorities have announced a breakthrough in a decades-old cold case, identifying human remains discovered along the James River in 1979 through the use of advanced genetic genealogy. Investigator Zohra Anwari was contacted by the Virginia State Police Cold Case Division...

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[victoriarobinson642]

John Charles City Doe 1979 | DNA Doe Project

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Nearly five decades after his body was found on the banks of the James River, John Charles City Doe has been identified as 27-year-old Nick S. Lopsis. Though he was a native of Prince William County, Lopsis was living in Richmond at the time of his disappearance. He was last seen leaving his residence to go to a workshop, after which he was never heard from again.
The team presented this lead to the Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, at which point investigators reached out to Nick’s sister. She informed them that she hadn’t heard from her brother since 1979, when he vanished from the Richmond group home where he’d been living. Rapid DNA testing later confirmed that Nick Lopsis was indeed John Charles City Doe.