AZ AZ - Phoenix, Wht/HispMale UP1924, 16-19, at water treatment plant, Jun'90

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http://doenetwork.org/cases/1660umaz.html
https://identifyus.org/en/cases/1924

Unidentified Male
Date of Discovery: June 8, 1990
Location of Discovery: Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Estimated Date of Death: Days prior to discovery
State of Remains: Not recognizable, decomposing
Cause of Death: Unknown

Physical Description
** Listed information is approximate

Estimated Age: 16-19 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 6'0"
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Unknown

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Dentals: Available.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Available.
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Blue tank top with “Colorado University Boulder” on the front, white sweatshirt with the 1988 Olympic logo, black pants, and white tennis shoes with black laces.

Jewelry: Unknown

Additional Personal Items: Papers and a matchbook for “Barley’s Restaurant.”

Case History

The victim's decomposing remains were found in a holding tank at a water treatment plant at 22nd Street near Lincoln in Phoenix. The tank had been flushed with chemicals that rendered the body unidentifiable.
 
Updated link: Unidentified Person Case

Ruleouts:
MP7847 Fabian Del Rosario 08/28/1987 Boulder CO
MP7926 Scott Hilbert 03/13/1988 Clermont OH
MP15021 Robert Kellar 02/12/1990 Muscatine IA
MP7850 Douglas Meer 03/29/1982 Boulder CO
MP12133 Santana Ornelas 04/01/1990 Marin CA
 
One of the other groups mentioned the matchbook and paperwork was for Barley's Restaurant- 20th St/Camelback (I believe the address hadn't been posted here before, only the name). That's a Phoenix address, so I wonder what the "papers" were?

Also wanted to link the police bulletin here https://www.phoenix.gov/policesite/Documents/090554.pdf
 
Images of this John Doe's white 1988 Olympics sweatshirt were added to the NamUs page in November 2020.

The profile also states "It should be noted that this clothing was found near the body and it is uncertain whether it belonged to the decedent."
 

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Added to exclusions:

MP7847 Fabian Del Rosario 08/28/1987 Boulder CO
MP6159 Christopher Harvey 07/11/1984 Hinsdale CO
MP7926 Scott Hilbert 03/13/1988 Clermont OH
MP15021 Robert Kellar 02/12/1990 Muscatine IA
MP7850 Douglas Meer 03/29/1982 Boulder CO
MP12133 Santana Ornelas 04/01/1990 Marin CA

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
 
Bumping case up.

How easy would it have been for a member of the public to access this water tank?
What I wonder is, would you probably need special access and this was probably an "inside job," or is there a good possibility anyone could have accessed that tank?
 

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