I tried to recreate Carl's template for this UID, who is not yet listed on the Doe Network.
NamUs UP # 2510 https://identifyus.org/en/cases/2510
Unidentified White Male
Found on October 8, 1978, in Hinkley, San Bernardino County, California
Vital Stats
Age: 12-30
Height: 5'5" (65 inches, "measured")
Weight: 135 lbs. ("measured")
Hair: Blonde/strawberry, shoulder length
Eye Color: Unknown
Clothing
* No clothing aside from a corroded piece of metal described as a "possible belt buckle" inscribed with the name "DON"
Circumstances
Exactly two words: "shallow grave"
Body Condition:
Decomposing/putrefaction
Identifiers:
Fingerprints: Not available
Dentals: Available
DNA: Sample submitted - Tests complete
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That's definitely a belt buckle. Here's an identical one for sale on Amazon, also inscribed with "DON" although these vintage buckles can be found with many male first names. The site says it's a brass-colored pewter buckle made by Oden Inc. I emailed this link to the NamUs Regional Administrator.
Amazon.com: Retro Personalized DON Pewter Belt Buckle by Oden: Everything Else
Every listing for these buckles describes them as being made in the Seventies, and the UID was thought to have died "months" before. His clothing and the belt itself had apparently all disintegrated (unless there was so little of it left it was indistinguishable and this wasn't mentioned in NamUs) and even that large chunk of metal was badly corroded.
There are no missing Donalds or Donovans in NamUs or Charley Project who even remotely fit the age, height and hair color description.
Hinkley is an unincorporated town in the Mojave Desert. Could "Don Doe" be a victim of William Floyd Zamastil, who had killed and left other young victims in the desert in early 1978?
NamUs UP # 2510 https://identifyus.org/en/cases/2510
Unidentified White Male
Found on October 8, 1978, in Hinkley, San Bernardino County, California
Vital Stats
Age: 12-30
Height: 5'5" (65 inches, "measured")
Weight: 135 lbs. ("measured")
Hair: Blonde/strawberry, shoulder length
Eye Color: Unknown
Clothing
* No clothing aside from a corroded piece of metal described as a "possible belt buckle" inscribed with the name "DON"
Circumstances
Exactly two words: "shallow grave"
Body Condition:
Decomposing/putrefaction
Identifiers:
Fingerprints: Not available
Dentals: Available
DNA: Sample submitted - Tests complete
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That's definitely a belt buckle. Here's an identical one for sale on Amazon, also inscribed with "DON" although these vintage buckles can be found with many male first names. The site says it's a brass-colored pewter buckle made by Oden Inc. I emailed this link to the NamUs Regional Administrator.
Amazon.com: Retro Personalized DON Pewter Belt Buckle by Oden: Everything Else
Every listing for these buckles describes them as being made in the Seventies, and the UID was thought to have died "months" before. His clothing and the belt itself had apparently all disintegrated (unless there was so little of it left it was indistinguishable and this wasn't mentioned in NamUs) and even that large chunk of metal was badly corroded.
There are no missing Donalds or Donovans in NamUs or Charley Project who even remotely fit the age, height and hair color description.
Hinkley is an unincorporated town in the Mojave Desert. Could "Don Doe" be a victim of William Floyd Zamastil, who had killed and left other young victims in the desert in early 1978?