Discovery Information
Date Found: September 20, 1978
Estimated Year of Death: 1978
Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Location Found: Rural, UT
Latitude: 40.7216132
Longitude: -111.8982694
Physical Characteristics
Estimated Age Range: 50 - 55 years
Gender: Male
Height Range: 65 - 65 inches
Weight Range: 158 - 158 lbs
Identifying Features: Hair Color Gray or Partially Gray Head Hair Description Short Body Hair Description Not mentioned in autopsy report Facial Hair Description Not mentioned in autopsy report Left Eye Color Unknown Right Eye Color Eye Description Distinctive Physical Features Item Description Scar/markBurn scar on right thigh TattooRight arm: snake Right forearm: Dorothy Jan 8 1950 Right forearm: dagger Chest: 2 daggers Clothing and Accessories Item Description AccessoriesBackpack. Bottle of lotion with the name Byron Ditton on it. Book of matches from County Steel Liquor Store in Lincoln, Nebraska. Book of matches from Westgate Bank in Lincoln Nebraska. Empty vodka bottle from Utah State Liquor Store.Near the Body EyewearPrescription eyeglasses. Eyeglass case with B Botions Sullivan Union National Building Wichita, Kansas written on it.On the Body
Forensic Details
DNA Status: available
Fingerprints Status: available
Dentals Status: available
Circumstances
A moderately decomposed male was found at the bottom of a coal car. On 09.09.1978 the coal car had been in Grand Island, Nebraska. The train then traveled through Salt Lake City, Provo, and Helper before arriving to rural Carbon county on 09.18.1978. Property found on the decedent suggests he may have been in Lincoln, Nebraska and Wichita, Kansas. Details of Recovery Inventory of Remains All parts recovered Condition of Remains Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Contact Information
Source: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/9872?nav
Contact Name: Utah Office of the Medical Examiner
Contact Number: 801-816-3854
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