Identified! MD - Silver Springs, Wht/Hisp Male UP54887, 16-28, "ZENI" Tattoo, Jan 19 - name withheld

[Shin Masamura]

Silver Spring, Maryland

Unidentified Male

NamUs #UP54887
Date Found January 15, 2019
Estimated Age Group Adult - Pre 30
Estimated Age Range (Years) 16-28
Estimated Year of Death 2019
Estimated PMI 1 Hours

Physical Description

Hair Color Black
Eye color Brown
Height 5' 6"-5' 8"(66-68 inches) , Estimated
Weight 140-155 lbs, Estimated

Tattoo left forearm: "Ignorance is bliss" in scroll print. Tribal or chain tattoo wrist. "ZENI" in block print.

Circumstances of Recovery
On 01/15/2019 at approximately 1415 hours an unidentified black male subject fell to his death from the top level of a parking garage. The subject is a light-skinned black male and appears to be in his early twenties. He has several distinct tattoos on his left forearm. He was in possession of a badly damaged android cell phone and a receipt from Walmart located in the 5900 block of Georgia Avenue, NW, WDC dated 12/19/2018.

Investigating Agencies

Montgomery County Police
(301) 279-8000
Agency Case Number 190002285
Eric Glass, Detective

Case Contributors

Eric Glass, Law Enforcement
Montgomery County Police
(301) 279-8000

Joe Mullin, Medicolegal Death Investigator
Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
(410) 333-3250

NamUs contact

The Regional Program Specialist contact for this case is Pamela Reed
(817) 666-5432
pamela.reed@unthsc.edu
NamUs #UP54887

Information source
NamUs #UP54887
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case…

 

[Shin Masamura]

*Maybe the header needs to say Multiple like Namus, I was looking at another page that described him as Wht Hispanic, some think light African american.

 

[Shin Masamura]

Ethiopian?

 

[MrWilliams]

Ethiopian?

I was about to post Ethiopian too.

As there is a very large Ethiopian community in DC suburbs of MD.

 

[reasonableguess]

Somali?

 

[justjust]

There is a private Instagram profile that has BURUKAAY listed in it like the tattoo. The user name on the acct is also on an Ethiopian FB account last updated in 2016 so I would suggest Ethiopian as well. Is that a common term? No idea if there is any connection.

Update: The FB Page is linked to a memorial FB page for Burukaay person. May be connected there, a memorial tattoo.

 

[carbuff]

Two hearts after Zeni make me think it's the name of a significant other.

 

[KaylaraOwl]

I think this is Matthew Lucas. Matthew Lucas | missingpersons

 

[KaylaraOwl]

I just called the tip into the Washington Metro PD tip line. She said she'd forward the information to the lead detective in charge of the case.

 

[Shin Masamura]

I have a kid that is not missing persa, but knows a Zeni and looks like him. Let me KaylaraOwl give you the info since i shared it with Cubby.

 

[KaylaraOwl]

You should send that tip in. No shame in covering all our bases.

 

[Shin Masamura]

 

[j_in_c]

I think this is Matthew Lucas. Matthew Lucas | missingpersons

Excellent work. Sadly, this seems like a strong possibility.

 

[Shin Masamura]

Done, Hopefully one of the two submissions bring answers to this persons family...

 

[Shin Masamura]

I have a kid that is not missing persa, but knows a Zeni and looks like him. Let me KaylaraOwl give you the info since i shared it with Cubby.

*Carbuff not Cubby

 

[RookieInvestigator]

Matthew Lucas seems like a possibility, but his complexion is darker than the UID, in my opinion...Hair texture looks different to...

 

[UnlicensedPI]

His tattoos look like they were done by a professional. I highly doubt this UID is a minor.

According to some comments on Facebook, family members have seen the posts about him and reached out. They are not identified in these posts. They could also be a hoax, so take it with a grain of salt until he's officially identified.

 

[KaylaraOwl]

Shin sent me a facebook profile that looks very much like it could be this person. Fingers crossed for a quick ID for the sake of his family.

 

[RookieInvestigator]

Zeni is some type of currency in Dragon Ball Z video games ...It's equal to one yen which is Japanese money/ currency ...The UIDs companion appears Asian....

 

[MizKim]

Matthew Lucas seems like a possibility, but his complexion is darker than the UID, in my opinion...Hair texture looks different to...

Apparently he went missing May 2018.
MISSING: 15-year-old from SE DC

The same missing picture was used.

I don't really think the hair texture is different maybe just grown out and manipulated for the style. Also differences in complexion could simply be the difference of summer and winter coloring. My complexion varies widely like this; bronze in the summer more butterscotch in the winter.