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 #2010-00442 – JOHN DOE # 9

 

The County of Los Angeles Department of Coroner is seeking the public’s help with the identification of an unidentified male.  On January 19^th, 2010 at approximately 7:45 am, the man was found floating in Queensway Bay near the boat launch ramp behind 600 Queensway Dr. in Long Beach, CA.  He was pronounced dead at the scene.  He appears to be a Hispanic Male, approximately 35+ years of age.  He is 5 feet 5 inches tall, and weighs 130 pounds with black hair.  He has had dental work done on his front 2 upper teeth; the teeth have a yellow metal border around them known as “window crowns”.  This dental work may have been done in Mexico.  No wallet or any other identification papers were found with him or in the immediate area.

 

No facial photo available

 

CLOTHING DESCRIPTION:

                                                                                               

Sweatshirt w/”Veto Loco”               Grey                            Medium

on the front and an image

of a Hispanic Male

 

1 Sock                                                            Grey or White           

                                                           

JEWELRY: Metal watch “Geneva” brand and black/brown beaded bracelet.

 

SCARS OR TATTOOS: None noted

 

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).         03/01/2010crh