Identified! WY - Sweetwater Co, "Pipeline Pete", WhtMale 23-35, UP9973, nude, receding hairline, Aug'82 - Jack Clawson

[cheemsg]

The stats are off for sure, but that's absolutely not unheard of and he was very decomposed.

I still don't think there's enough proof on here to say he was identified as Clawson.

 

[LucyOso]

Did the do DNA testing?

 

[iulia]

The NamUs page for this Doe has been removed.

 

[iulia]

His NamUs page has been removed.

 

[iulia]

The NamUs page for Jack Clawson has been removed.

 

[phantomstrider]

Guess he was identified

The NamUs page for Jack Clawson has been removed.

Guess he was identified even though the stats between Pipeline Pete and Jack Clawson don’t seem to match.

 

[CharlesRedding]

NamUs: https://identifyus.org/cases/9973

DoeNet: 2134UMWY

Case File: 2134UMWY

The Doe Network Reconstruction of the victim [h=1]Unidentified Male[/h]Date of Discovery: August 28, 1982 Location of Discovery: Sweetwater County, Wyoming Estimated Date of Death: 4 months prior State of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction Cause of Death: Unknown [h=5]Physical Description[/h]** Listed information is approximateEstimated Age: 23-35 years old Race: White Gender: Male Height: 5'5" to 5'7" Weight: 130-150 lbs. Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Unknown Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown Dentals: Available. Fingerprints: Available. DNA: mtDNA available at UNT. [h=5]Clothing & Personal Items[/h]Clothing: None. Jewelry: Unknown Additional Personal Items: Unknown [h=5]Case History[/h]The victim's nude body was found by a pipeline crew in Sweetwater County, four miles from I80 near Granger. [h=5]Investigating Agency(s)[/h]If you have any information about this case please contact;Agency Name: Sweetwater County Coroner's Office Agency Contact Person: N/A Agency Phone Number: 307-352-6608 Agency Case Number: ME: 8182 NCIC Case Number: N/A NamUs Case Number: UP #9973 Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case. [h=5]Information Source(s)[/h]NamUs

DNA, dental, and fingerprints available through NamUs! No ruleouts, though.

 

[CharlesRedding]

Jack Clawson

Human Remains Found in 1982 Have Been Identified

SWEETWATER COUNTY — Human remains found near Granger in 1982 have been identified as belonging to a man who disappeared in 1981 while traveling back to his home in Missouri after visiting family in California. The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) announced today that the remains, known...

www.sweetwaternow.com

 

[HmmMysterious]

Found deceased. RIP Jack

Human Remains Found in 1982 Have Been Identified

 

[phantomstrider]

RIP Jack Clawson

 

[cheemsg]

That's really surprising. How did he end up in Wyoming? Why did he end up in Wyoming?

 

[phantomstrider]

That's really surprising. How did he end up in Wyoming? Why did he end up in Wyoming?

He probably stopped in Wyoming when traveling from California to Missouri and somehow got lost and died from exposure.

 

[CharlesRedding]

He probably stopped in Wyoming when traveling from California to Missouri and somehow got lost and died from exposure.

I agree. It was during Winter months and Jack was out there all by himself with not much. He may have been drunk or something

 

[CharlesRedding]

That's really surprising. How did he end up in Wyoming? Why did he end up in Wyoming?

We will never know but maybe he was just traveling around at random just to get away from his troubles back home

 

[imstilla.grandma]

https://www.facebook.com/swcountysheriff/posts/639958581496846

 

[rats]

So glad he was identified!!

 

[CharlesRedding]

So glad he was identified!!

Another mystery solved in the books! (Interweb high fives)

 

[beubeubeu]

How many strange factors have to combine to conclude that something doesn't add up here?
His weight, height and estimated time of death were significantly off.
His car never found, no id on him.
Found in the middle of nowhere, secluded area of a desert... But disappeared at the time when he was expected to travel.

<modsnip: referenced post was snipped>
Possibly it was just a tragic accident but it surely does not look like that.

 

[MadMcGoo]

I was curious about the route he would have taken and it appears he was found very near it. His Doe Network profile says that he was found about 4 miles from Interstate 80, which is almost a direct shot from Fremont, CA to Sedalia, MO. The stats aren't too off IMO and I think the recon was a good depiction of him given the PMI. I do wonder what happened to his vehicle and personal effects though. He had to have left them someplace.

 

[Melquiades]

How many strange factors have to combine to conclude that something doesn't add up here?
His weight, height and estimated time of death were significantly off.
His car never found, no id on him.
Found in the middle of nowhere, secluded area of a desert... But disappeared at the time when he was expected to travel.

<modsnip>
Possibly it was just a tragic accident but it surely does not look like that.

I don't think there's really much in the height/weight and time of death.

Skeletonized/decomposed remains are notoriously difficult to size and age and the upper limit given for the Doe (5'5 150) isn't far off (5'7 170). And those estimates were almost certainly understated - the lower estimate of 5'5 130 is basically a jockey-sized male and 5'5 150 is still pretty unusually small.

Likewise, he was found a year after being reported missing and the interval on the Doe was 6-9 months, which isn't huge. Plus he was travelling at the time so he might actually have died a couple months after he was last seen/reported missing.

The car, though, is definitely a problem. It sounds like he was driving a Camaro Z28 which is the highest performance spec of a pretty desirable sports car so maybe there was some funny business when it was towed as it would have been worth a fair chunk of coin? That said, the car description is also weird - it's described as a 'sedan with a Z28 carving in the rear window'.

I'm guessing the authorities are going with exposure as the cause of death because he was found in a place very far from a road that nobody would have carried a dead body to (and if they did make that much effort, they probably would have buried it also).