Discovery Information
Date Found: April 26, 1953
Estimated Year of Death: Not specified
Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Location Found: Salt Lake City, UT
Latitude: 40.7605601
Longitude: -111.8881397
Physical Characteristics
Estimated Age Range: Not specified
Gender: Male
Height Range: Not specified
Weight Range: Not specified
Identifying Features: Clothing and Accessories Case Information Case Numbers NCMEC Number ME/C Case Number 1953-38118 Demographics Biological Sex Male Possible First Name Possible Middle Name Possible Last Name Nickname/Alias Estimated Age Group Cannot Determine Estimated Age Range (Years) Circumstances Type Unidentified Deceased Date Body Found April 26, 1953 NamUs Case Created April 13, 2022 ME/C QA Reviewed Location Found Map Location Salt Lake City, Utah County Salt Lake County GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped) Found On Tribal Land No
Forensic Details
DNA Status: unknown
Fingerprints Status: unknown
Dentals Status: unknown
Circumstances
On April 26, 1953 an unconscious man was found on the second floor of the Capitol Hotel. He was rushed to the Salt Lake County General Hospital but died while in route. The decedent's two travel companions were booked into the county Jail for questioning. All three men had just arrived from Portland, Oregon when they checked into their hotel, drank and went to bed. According to one account, money went missing and one of the men accused John Doe of stealing it. John Doe then grabbed the decedent in a "serious" gesture which caused the man to stab him once in the chest. The decedent checked into his hotel under the name Johnny Thompson, but his companion knew him as Johnny Beaukins. Some paper in possession gave the name John F Hansen of Portland, Oregon. Police had then contacted authorities in Portland who said a man matching that description spent time in a Washington State Prison in Walla Walla. Salt Lake Police obtained John Hansen's next of kin's information. Family viewed the body at the Desert Mortuary in Salt Lake City and said the body was not their son. The victim was never positively identified. On May 5, 1953 the body was sent to the University of Utah for disposal.
Contact Information
Source: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/90530?nav
Contact Name: Salt Lake City Police Department
Contact Number: 8017993454
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