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This woman is a new addition to NAMPN:

Janice Chai Hsi Lo
http://www.nampn.org/cases/lo_janice_chai_hsi.html

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As is often the case with L.A. County UID's the NamUs casefile is pretty scant.

But she is the right age, is Asian, and went missing a little less than 4 years prior.

And West Covina is right at the foot of San Gabriel Canyon Road (Hwy 39). That would be the closest unpopulated place to dump a body if you were in West Covina.
 

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Have you submitted Ms. Janice Chai Hsi Lo for this UID?
 
According to NamUs there are dentals for Janice Lo.
 
It looks like NAMPN has the wrong Date LKA for Janice.

http://www.nampn.org/cases/lo_janice_chai_hsi.html


She was LKA on 12-Nov-1996. They have it as 12-Nov-2001. It appears that they incorrectly took it from the following 12-Nov-2001 article commemorating the 5-year anniversary of her disappearance

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/general-news/20120511/disappearance-of-janice-lo-still-unsolved

So if this UID is Janice, she would have been missing 9 years when found. That is still not implausible, as this is only a partial skull.
 
CarlK90245 said:
They finally published the NamUs casefile that I created for Janice Chai Hsi Lo

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/19972/0

But as of yet, they don't have any identifiers on her.
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Dentals are now available for both so I suppose that makes Janice Chai Hsi Lo a rule-out?
https://identifyus.org/en/cases/3081
all on one page: https://identifyus.org/en/cases/full_report/3081

I was searching Janice Chai Hsi Lo regarding another UID and found this thread. I sent Janice in as a potential match for this UID (potential post-mortem image warning, or could be computer-generated):

NamUs UP # 8962 https://identifyus.org/en/cases/8962

ME/C Case Number: C98-8289 (A-104-98)
Spartanburg County, South Carolina
30 to 40 year old Asian Female
Date found May 13, 1998 12:05

Both cases have dentals so it should be easy for Janice to be added to the rule-outs to narrow things down. The distance and time of death are negatives and the only thing I was going on were the left cheeks that both seem to jut out quite a bit.
 
With no update on sex or PMI of the remains, putting some other male Asian MP from CA out there. I cannot see the R/O list in Namus, so apologies if some have already been excluded by LE.

Alan Tigong Duque missing from Daly City since 1987. Few details available. Alan Tigong Duque
Alan Tigong Duque – The Charley Project

Andy Guy Nguyen missing since 1998, Mountain View. Few details. Andy Guy Nguyen
Andy Guy Nguyen – The Charley Project

Anthony P Lee. MP since 1996 (IMO may be less likely as reportedly depressed & suicidal & car found near Golden Gate Bridge) Anthony P Lee
Anthony P. Lee – The Charley Project

Ben Ta aka Binh Cong Ta missing fm Westminster CA (26mi or a 45 min drive from Arcadia) since Christmas Eve 2000 - few details. Ben Ta
Ben Ta – The Charley Project

Arun Jesra missing 1998 San Mateo
Arun Jesra

Chen Hai Ren missing 1994, lived in a group home in Daly City. Few details. Chen H Ren
Chen Hai Ren – The Charley Project

Edgard Jamis (name in Namus) / Edgar Cruz Jamis (Name in Charley Project) MP since 1 June 2004, Stockton police investigating though MP lived in Nevada Edgard Jamias
Edgar Cruz Jamias – The Charley Project
 
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Eiji Tomita missing from Pasadena since 2001. Few details.
Eiji Tomita
Eiji Tomita – The Charley Project

Jitsuro D Hiramoto missing from Berkeley since 1984. Few details.
Jitsuro D Hiramoto
Jitsuro D. Hiramoto – The Charley Project

Larry Charles Haynes MP since 1994, case with Oxnard PD. Few details but less likely as vehicle was crashed off a cliff, however the MP's remains were not located.
Larry Charles Haynes
Larry Charles Haynes – The Charley Project

Michael Shan Chien missing since 1996, Upland with a possible sighting in Bakersfield in 1997.
Michael S Chien
http://charleyproject.org/case/michael-shan-chien

Michael Omas Masaoay missing since he was 16yo (in 1989) from San Fransisco. Some belongings located. Disappearance classified as a non-family abduction.
https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/michael-masaoay
http://charleyproject.org/case/michael-omas-masaoay
 
Kay Kanaki missing since 1986 from Fontana 39 miles distant to Arcadia.
Kay Kanaki

Keith Chau missing 1995 from LA 17 miles away. His wife is also missing and they may be living overseas.
Keith Chau
Keith Chau – The Charley Project

Long Zhao, MP 2001 from Alhambra, 7 miles from Arcadia
Long Zhao
Long Zhao – The Charley Project

Narm Sarg Hy missing from 17 miles away in LA since 1986, few details available:
Nam Sarg Hy
Nam Sarg Hy – The Charley Project

Peter C Ng missing from San Fran since 1981. Few details.
Peter C. Ng
http://charleyproject.org/case/peter-c-ng

Raymond Guy Kung missing from San Fran since 1981. Few details.
https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/raymond-guy-kung
http://charleyproject.org/case/raymond-guy-kung

Yung Ning Soo, a dependent adult missing from San Fran since 1984. https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/yung-ning-soo
 
Sorry to send you another @MadMcGoo but I'd be interested to see the R/O list from Namus to see whether LE have now determined if the skull is male or female and perhaps just haven't updated the record, before I do any more searching.
 
Melt71 said:
Sorry to send you another @MadMcGoo but I'd be interested to see the R/O list from Namus to see whether LE have now determined if the skull is male or female and perhaps just haven't updated the record, before I do any more searching.
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I don’t mind at all! I had intended to post lists on several threads but as is usually the case, I ended up down a rabbit hole... :confused: ;)

There are no exclusions listed on this one... still not much of anything listed actually... the “or completely bald” would be the only thing that might make me think male...but there are countless reasons to explain the lack of hair. I saw an Asian male the other day who had either recently been added to NamUs or recently updated. Of course I can’t think of the name, but I’m sure he was from CA. I’ll look around my recent searches and see if I can locate him again...

Date Body Found: September 3, 2005
Location Found: Arcadia, Los Angeles County, California
ME/C Case Number: 200506767
Sex: Unsure
Race / Ethnicity: Asian
Estimated Age Group: Adult
Estimated Age Range (Years): 30-50
Estimated Year of Death: 2005
Estimated PMI--
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Circumstances of Recovery: Skull found in Angeles Forest
Inventory of Remains: Torso not recovered; One or more limbs not recovered; One or both hands not recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial remains with soft tissues
Head Hair Description: Unknown or Completely Bald
 
Okay I emailed the Namus contact since there was no email listed for the LA Medical Examiner/Coroner (Betsy Magdaleno). Asked if sex is now known.
 
Per the post above, I never got a response from the Namus contact on gender and the Namus file hasn't had any updates in close to 2 years. No ruleouts are listed.

Looking at the case again, Namus says these were Partial remains with soft tissues What timeframe for a potential PMI would we then be looking at? 1 year, 5 years? Anyone have an idea?

If we narrowed down the above MP list to 5 years (ie: 2000-2005) then we have far fewer candidates.

Long Zhao, Not in Namus. Missing since May 2001 from Alhambra, 7 miles from Arcadia
Long Zhao
Long Zhao – The Charley Project

Eiji Tomita missing from Pasadena since October 2001. Not in Namus. Pasadena is 8 miles from Arcadia (not 6-7 miles as I had guesstimated upthread).
Eiji Tomita
Eiji Tomita – The Charley Project

Ben Ta aka Binh Cong Ta missing fm Westminster CA (26mi or a 45 min drive from Arcadia) since Christmas Eve 2000
MP6707 www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/6707?nav
Ben Ta
Ben Ta – The Charley Project
 
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