Public help needed to identify 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 #2010-00714 – JOHN DOE # 19

 

The County of Los Angeles Department of Coroner is seeking the public’s help with the identification of an unidentified male.

 

On January 29^th, 2010 at approximately 10:40 am, the decedent was found unresponsive in a motel room of the Alta Cienega Motel - 1005 N. La Cienega Blvd. in West Hollywood.  He is approximately 60 years of age, 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 141 pounds with grey hair and blue eyes.  He checked into the motel on January 27^th, 2010 at 1:00 pm. He had 1 medium sized black duffel bag with a brown stripe and a large olive green duffel bag containing clothing.  No wallet or any other identifying papers were found. The name used upon check-in at the motel could not be verified.

 

Facial photo available for viewing at the Dept. of Coroner.

 

CLOTHING DESCRIPTION

 

ITEM                                       COLOR                      SIZE                           

Hooded jacket                       Green                         Med

Briefs                                      Green

                                                           

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).                                                                    

03/25/2010crh