Box Canyon Doe Legs & hips found (may 3, 1975 – jun 12, 1975)

Description:

"Hikers found a pair of sawed-off human legs in Box Canyon near Mecca June 12 [1975]. The legs, the coroner said, were partially sawed, then broken off just below the kneecap. The legs may have been buried for as long as a year, the coroner's spokesman said, adding that they may have belonged to a young man. A comprehensive search by detectives with a skiploader the next day did not uncover any other parts of the body. No other parts of the body have been located" (TDS 5/12/76).

Date of discovery on NamUs is May 3, 1975.

NamUs: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/145773?nav
TDS 5/12/76: https://cacoldcases.blogspot.com/p/the-desert-sun-may-12-1976.html


Proposed by: me
Reasons proposed: General demographics, time range, SoCal, foul play, dismemberment, found in the area of a road that leads directly to a major highway

Reasons against: County (only one confirmed victim found in Riverside County), generally further south than epicenter of dump sites

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