Identified! NV - Nye Co, Beatty, WhtMale 40-55, UP14934, gold chain w/ '$1.98' pendant, Florsheim shoes, Oct'80 - Albert Matas
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Donald Warren from Nye NV and Kenneth Welch from Maricopa AZ are still the only exclusions. The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
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No new exclusions or information.
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I see his Namus account is down so hopefully there'll be an announcement soon. Where he was found is about equidistant between Las Vegas and Reno, both gambling locations. I think there was a lot more organized crime in the gambling business back then. It's been sanitized quite a lot since then. Although his medallion showed 1.98 with a dollar sign there is actually a wagering term for betting the odds called 1.98. Here's the link:
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Being found so close to two of the gambling capitals of the world (at the time) it's possible this man's murder was related to gambling. The .22 calibre bullets are classic for hits; they aren't messy. It is unusual to be shot from both sides. That is very strange. Especially if it was found that ballistics showed the bullets were from the same weapon.
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Being found so close to two of the gambling capitals of the world (at the time) it's possible this man's murder was related to gambling. The .22 calibre bullets are classic for hits; they aren't messy. It is unusual to be shot from both sides. That is very strange. Especially if it was found that ballistics showed the bullets were from the same weapon.
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He obviously was murdered. Usually murder victims are identified.
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He probably will be eventually, but sometimes they keep the name under wraps while the murder investigation is ongoing. Like if they think a family member is the culprit, releasing the name could give that person a chance to run.
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Identified as Albert Matas of Commerce, California.
Albert's family had lost all contact with him in September of 1978.
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Albert's family had lost all contact with him in September of 1978.
After 43 years, Nye County John Doe (1980) is now Identified
Nevada State Police & FBI Team with Othram to Identify a 1980 Homicide Victim
Nevada State Police identify cold case homicide victim more than 40 years later
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Nevada State Police have identified a cold case homicide victim more than 40 years after the discovery of his remains, with the help of advanced DNA testing. The remains we…
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'The investigation into the death of Albert Matas is still ongoing. Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact the Nevada State Police- Investigation Division at (775) 684-7456. (Nevada State Police)'
Your quote respectfully snipped by me. I don’t mean to split hairs and I think your points are excellent. I wanted to mention that Beatty is much closer to Las Vegas (about 100 miles) than Reno (over 300 miles) and that gaming is also legal in Beatty and Nye County. The drive to Reno is a long, lonely drive through nothing but tiny towns and desert. So if there is a gaming connection, it could be right there in Beatty, or, more likely, Vegas.