CA CA- Joel Watson Bowles, 25-40, UCP119090, suicide on Santa Ana Freeway, used a wheelchair. Dec 1980.

[cheemsg]

ME/C Case Number1980-15770

Demographics​

Biological Sex: Male
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group: Adult
Estimated Age Range (Years): 25-40
Estimated Year of Death: 1980
Height: 5' 6"(66 inches) , Estimated
Weight: 165 lbs, Measured

Circumstances​

Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: December 8, 1980
NamUs Case Created: September 10, 2008

Location Found Map​

Location: California
County: Los Angeles County
Circumstances of Recovery: On 12/8/1980 the decedent was in a wheelchair, then rolled his chair to the freeway railing pulled himself up and over the railing landing on the S/B Santa Ana Freeway, where he was struck by numerous vehicles.

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Details of Recovery​

Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Traumatic injuries

Physical Description​

Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown

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Distinctive Physical Features​

No Information Entered​

Clothing and Accessories​

Accessories: wheelchair
Near the Body

Clothing
grey/blue pants
blue/white plaid shirt
white socks

 

[Myrrh]

Link to NamUs profile

Current rule out list:

 

[iulia]

His NamUs UP page has been removed. He was identified as Joel Watson Boies and is now in NamUs Unclaimed - UCP119090

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[victoriarobinson642]

I can't find any trace of him after the 1950 census, which suggests that he was born in September 1950, making him about 30 at the time of his death.

 

[iamshadow21]

I can't find any trace of him after the 1950 census, which suggests that he was born in September 1950, making him about 30 at the time of his death.
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I'm wondering if he got the wheels in Vietnam, then. He'd be about the right age. If he's a veteran, would that be public record?

MOO

 

[DD Byrd]

My mind went to him being a Vietnam vet with the wheel chair, but contracted feet is likely "club feet" and congenital.

It looks like his father or grandfather was named in probate in Scarsdale in 1963. Scarsdale is/was a wealthy community near White Plains, and that's not the most common name, so it's probably that family.

RIP