Assistance needed to ID body found in El Monte

NEWS  DEPARTMENT OF CORONER

                                                                                    County of Los Angeles

 

 

                                                                             Anthony T. Hernandez, Director

                                                                             Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, M.D.

                                                                             Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner

                                                                             1104 North Mission Road

                                                                             Los Angeles, CA  90033

 

           

Contact:

 

Craig Harvey, F-ABMDI

Chief Coroner Investigator

                                                                                                (323) 343-0783

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Coroner Case #2008-07484 – JOHN DOE # 226

 

The County of Los Angeles Department of Coroner is seeking the public’s help with the identification of an unidentified male. He is a Hispanic male with an age range of 40+ years of age.  He is 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs approximately 165 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. On October 25, 2008 at approximately 1:40 pm, the decedent was found dead in a motel room located in the 11000 block of Garvey Avenue in El Monte, CA.  He had no wallet or other identification paperwork with him.

 

Facial photo available for viewing only at the Dept. of Coroner at 1104 N. Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA 90033.

 

CLOTHING DESCRIPTION:

 

ITEM                                       COLOR                    SIZE                  LABEL

T-shirt                                      White

Briefs                                       Blue

 

JEWELRY: 1 - Yellow metal/white metal necklace with a Virgin Mary medallion; 1 - Yellow metal necklace with a Crucifix/Anchor pendant.

 

SCARS OR TATTOOS: None.

 

Anyone with information is asked to please contact Inv. Daniel Machian at the Los Angeles County Coroner Identifications Unit at (323) 343-0754 or the Coroner Investigations Division at (323) 343-0714 (24-hours).