WA WA - Mattawa, Hispanic / Latino, American Indian / Alaska Native, 1-2 y.o., UP138180, skeletal, brown hair, found in roadside shallow grave, Jun’92

[lightofmine99]

Mattawa Child Doe (1992)
a.k.a "Little Mattawa Doe”
UP138180 (NU)
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Circumstances:
Juvenile remains found in a shallow grave near S of Road 24.1 & West of U.3, Mattawa, WA. (per NamUs).

Spoiler: CASE INFORMATION

Case Numbers:

• NamUs: UP138180
• Doe Network: N/A
• ME/C: 23-2663
• NCMEC: N/A

Overview:

• Location: Mattawa, Washington. (King Co.)
• Date Body Found: June 4, 1992.
• NamUs Created: February 7, 2025.
• Tribal Land: NO
• PMI: N/A
• State of Remains: Not recognizable.
  • Near complete or complete skeleton.
• Cause of Death: N/A

Physical:

• Sex: UNKNOWN
• Race/Ethnicity: UNKNOWN
• Age: Pre-Adolescent
• Height: CANNOT ESTIMATE
• Weight: CANNOT ESTIMATE
• Hair: BROWN
• Eye: UNKNOWN

Identifiers:

• Dentals: UNKNOWN
• DNA: UNKNOWN
• Prints: UNKNOWN
• Marks / Features: N/A

Personal Effects:

• Clothing: NONE
• Jewelry: NONE
• Add'l Items: NONE

Links:

• NamUs: UP138180 (ARCHIVE)
• Doe Network: N/A

Notes:
As of February 13, 2025 there are no public exclusions (sex is still unspecified).

 

[DS2021]

Mattawa JD

Clipping found in Tri-City Herald published in Pasco, Washington on 6/6/1992. Mattawa JD

www.newspapers.com

Est to be rougly a year old, dead for as many as 6 months

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Has this child been ruled-out for this little John Doe? If not, does anyone have opinions on the possibility?

CO Thread 'CO - Anthony Moya, 2, Denver, 12 June 1989'

Sep 18, 2016

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charleyproject.org/cases/m/moya_anthony.html
doenetwork.org/cases/166dmco.html

• Jake479
• Replies: 10
• Forum: 1980's Missing

By the way, NamUs now states the following:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP138180
Male, Multiple
Race / Ethnicity
Hispanic / Latino, American Indian / Alaska Native
Estimated Age Range (Years): 1-2
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Hair Color: Brown

There is no PMI given.

 

[serosanguineous_drainage]

Has this child been ruled-out for this little John Doe? If not, does anyone have opinions on the possibility?

CO Thread 'CO - Anthony Moya, 2, Denver, 12 June 1989'

Sep 18, 2016

View attachment 101604View attachment 101605

charleyproject.org/cases/m/moya_anthony.html
doenetwork.org/cases/166dmco.html

• Jake479
• Replies: 10
• Forum: 1980's Missing

By the way, NamUs now states the following:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP138180
Male, Multiple
Race / Ethnicity
Hispanic / Latino, American Indian / Alaska Native
Estimated Age Range (Years): 1-2
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Hair Color: Brown

There is no PMI given.

The very few details that we have about the unidentified child and the timeline match up well with Anthony. An excellent hypothesis Chattering Birds.

I feel so sad thinking about this little body left out there alone..