Assistance needed in identifying body

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 #2009-02362 – JOHN DOE # 51

 

The County of Los Angeles Department of Coroner is seeking the public’s help with the identification of an unidentified male.  He was found on March 31, 2009 at 6:05 pm on the railroad tracks near Oak Spring Canyon and Lost Canyon Road in Santa Clarita, CA, after having been struck by a train.  He appears to be a Caucasian male, approximately 50+ years of age.  He is approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall, and weighs 190 pounds.  He has brown hair, a grey beard and mustache.  He has upper dental bridgework.   No wallet or identification paperwork was found at the scene.  No facial photo available.

                       

CLOTHING DESCRIPTION

 

ITEM                                         COLOR             SIZE                 LABEL 

Shoes                                      Black                12.5     

Jeans                                       Blue

Underwear                                Blue

Shirt                                         Blue                            

Belt                                          Black

Socks                                       White

Baseball cap                            Black                           

Eyeglass frames                       Black

 

JEWELRY: None          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).

                                                                       

04/13/2009crh