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 #2008-07911 – JOHN DOE # 242
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, believed to be between 30-40 years of age. He is 5 feet, 4 inches tall, and weighs approximately 175 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. On November 12, 2008 at approximately 1:10 am, he was walking eastbound in a marked crosswalk at 105th & Central Avenue in Los Angeles when he was struck by a car. He was taken to St. Francis Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. A legal document from El Salvador was found in his backpack with the name Jose Alvaro Montano and a birth date of 09/20/1973. We have thus far been unable to verify this information.
A facial photo is available for viewing at the Department of Coroner.
CLOTHING DESCRIPTION
ITEM COLOR SIZE LABEL
Shorts Light Blue
Backpack Blue/Black
(There was a Hitachi belt sander, model #SB-75 inside the backpack)
JEWELRY: Cloth Necklace with plastic charm SCARS OR TATTOOS: Scar on lower left abdomen.
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).
12/10/2008crh
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