CA CA - Sacramento, Male Skeletal UP13089, 18-99, near American River, Aug'79

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UP#13089

DEMOGRAPHICS
Age: 18 - 99
Race: N/A
Height: N/A
Weight: N/A
Body conditions: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Postmortem interval: Months

CIRCUMSTANCES
Date: August 08, 1979
Location: West Levee Road Access, Highway 160, near the American River, Sacramento, CA 95811
Description: Found in the bushes near the American River off of highway 160.

PHYSICAL
Hair color: Brown

CLOTHING/ACCESSORIES
On body: Brown pants, brown suit coat, brown belt, blue shirt
Near body: Brown hat
Footwear: Brown shoes w/ black socks
Accessories: Vial of unspecified tablets/medication

IDENTIFIERS
Fingerprints: Not available
Dentals: Not available
DNA: Not available
 
I think this could be Matthew Nolan, who disappeared in April 1979.

Hair color (brown) matches
The clothing description (blue sweatshirt + brown pants) fits into the UID's clothing description
Nolan was schizophrenic; UID had a vial of medication on him
Timing (4 months between Nolan's disappearance and the UID's discovery) is consistent
Distance is only 68.3 miles
The circumstances of his disappearance are very vague, but nothing about it rules him out
His age (21) also fits, but the age range is so wide it doesn't really mean much IMO
 
10 August 1979, The Sacramento Bee, pg 24

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"The skeletal remains...were discovered in an almost inaccessible area near the south end of the 16th Street Bridge on the state Route 160 right of way.'

"The person had been dead two to three months."

"The man had no teeth [edentulous]"
 
If he was found with no teeth he may have been elderly. Medication could have been for a condition he had.

Going off that, John Peter Della - MP71079 may be a match, he was 70 when he went missing from Sacramento. D.L.C is listed as late April 1979, so close to the estimated PMI. Other then that, not much to go off of.
 
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