sep 19, 1979 - Bell John Doe 1979 UID

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On Wednesday, September 19, 1979, the body of a young white man or teenager was discovered in the Los Angeles riverbed, north of the Patata St overpass/trestle in Bell, LA County, CA. He had been deceased for only some hours prior, and his face is recognizable. However, his COD is unknown.

John Doe was 15-25 years old, 5'8, and 129 lbs. He had brown eyes and short, thin, light brown hair. A reconstruction of him created by NCMEC is available on both sites above. When found, he was wearing blue slacks; a Hawaiian print shirt from K-Mart; a brown leather belt; underwear; and white socks with a red stripe at the top.

John Doe's dentals, DNA, and fingerprints are all available for comparison. He has six MP exclusions on NamUs: John Doe is not Donald Rexroth (whose remains were found in 2017 and IDed in 2019), David Schwarzschild, Lawrence Colton, Titanic Hagen, Mitchel Weiser, or Robert Keck.

Anyone with information should contact Betsy Magdaleno of the LA County Medical Examiner's Office at 323-343-0512. The agency case number is 1979-11760. According to NCMEC, individuals may also contact the LA County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. The NCMEC, NCIC, and NamUs case numbers are 1184184, U170020176, and #UP4399, respectively.

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I could not find any contemporary news reports about John Doe.

CONFIRMATION OF COMPLETION DATE: May 31, 2025

Cases mentioned above that are also/will be present on this timeline:
David Mark Schwarzschild
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LUNAR PHASE: waning crescent
ZODIAC SIGN: virgo
DAY OF WEEK: Wednesday

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