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Dikran Knadjian

Missing Since: July 24, 1972 from Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: March 9, 1952
Age: 20
Height: 5'6-5'11"
Weight: 150-182 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Race: White; Armenian descent
Gender: Male
Distinguishing Characteristics: Dark mole on back of right hand near wrist.
Clothing: Red, white, blue polo shirt with the word "vote" on it. Blue
bellbottom jeans, beige canvas top desert boots and black belt. Possibly wore
brown short sleeve t-shirt. Mod style sunglasses w/ brown rims and square lenses.
35mm Pentax camera with zoom lense and shoulder strap.
Jewelry: Omega wristwatch with black band.
AKA: Dick
Case Number: 72-1784

Details of Disappearance
Dikran Knadjian was last seen at Camp Curry Village while vacationing in Yosemite on July 24, 1972. Dikran checked into Camp Curry Village on 7-24-72 and was never seen again. At the time of his disappearance Dikran was a medical student from Cambridge University vacationing in the United States with plans to visit Florida after his stay at Yosemite and then back to Cambridge. Case notes indicate that he asked the registration desk attendant how to get to Half Dome.

Dikran is of Armenian descent and speaks fluent English with a British accent.
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http://www.nampn.org/cases/knadjian_dikran.html
 
Brought over from http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?85768-Mystery-couple-murdered-in-South-Carolina-1976-6&p=12356961#post12356961


NPS invest said:
Hello Websleuths. I am an agent with the National Park Service and have been assigned the Dikran Knadjian cold case. I have read through the original file as well as the threads on this site. If anyone has any information about this case specifically please feel free to contact me.

The family is still very much invested in this case and willing to help me. It is quite possible that Knadjian did suffer a fall somewhere in the park but many of the remains found were not linked (at the time this was via dental records). I am pursuing getting the status of all of our DNA evidence that is in inventory. The original investigation was lengthy and conducted very well but perhaps there may be a way to make some progress now. I am not usually in the habit of reaching out to the online community with most of my cases (most my cases are not 40 plus years old either), but it seems that there is a lot of good information on here and this case has had no movement in a long time so any progress would be helpful.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/19337/3/
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Yesterday afternoon

NPS invest said:
Hello Websleuths. I am an agent with the National Park Service and have been assigned the Dikran Knadjian cold case. I have read through the original file as well as the threads on this site. If anyone has any information about this case specifically please feel free to contact me.

The family is still very much invested in this case and willing to help me. It is quite possible that Knadjian did suffer a fall somewhere in the park but many of the remains found were not linked (at the time this was via dental records). I am pursuing getting the status of all of our DNA evidence that is in inventory. The original investigation was lengthy and conducted very well but perhaps there may be a way to make some progress now. I am not usually in the habit of reaching out to the online community with most of my cases (most my cases are not 40 plus years old either), but it seems that there is a lot of good information on here and this case has had no movement in a long time so any progress would be helpful.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/19337/3/
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Thank you for consolidating this information. I look forward to cracking away at it.
 
Rounding up his links all in one place. Most of these are elsewhere in the thread as well, but I thought it would be convenient to have them all together.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/19337/0 (No ruleouts listed)
http://www.nampn.org/cases/knadjian_dikran.html
http://z10.invisionfree.com/usedtobedoe/index.php?showtopic=74715 (just repeats Namus info)

This appears to be a death notice for the family matriarch in 2014. Dikran's name is included as a survivor: http://www.torontoarmenianchurch.com/late-frieda-knadjian/ She seems to have died in Toronto.

This is an article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel from August 28 reporting on the search. You have to belong to newspapers.com to see it: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/61058702/
 
Hello everyone I know that I have been gone for a long time. I am the one who suggested that Dikran may be the man that was under the mystery couple in South Carolina. If there is anything that I can help with or if you need me to pull up what information I had found the first time around I do not mind doing that. Not a day has gone by that I have not thought about him or what has happened. Something has just been pulling at me to log back in and I am glad that I did and I am glad that you are looking into this again
 
Being familiar with Yosemite and having climbed Half-Dome myself, I'd say the chances are pretty high that this a case where the body was never found or it was found too late to be identified with the technology of the period. Half-dome is not an easy climb and it is a LONG climb. If you start too late, spend too much time getting to the top, spend too much time at the top, you will be coming back through the back woods in the dark. It's easy to get lost, to get hurt on the trail, to slip and fall in multiple places. The mist trail alone is notorious in broad daylight, it's extremely dangerous (especially in wet years) after dusk. If you come back too late, the shuttle buses are no longer running the entire route and you have to hike an additional ways to reach either a shuttle or your campground. Sadly, there is nothing mysterious about someone going missing in Yosemite while hiking. Especially if they were hiking alone.
 
Just giving a little bump.
Dikran Knadjian
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Missing Since:
07/24/1972
Sex:
Male
DOB:
03/09/1952
Race:
Other
Height:
5' 8"
Eyes:
Brown
Weight:
165 lbs.
Hair:
Brown
AKA:
Dik Knadjian, Dick Knadjian
Clothing:
Red, white, blue polo shirt , blue bellbottom jeans, beige canvas top desert boots and black belt.
Scars/Marks/Tattoo:
Dark mole on back of right hand near wrist.
Jewelry:
Pentax camera and Omega wristwatch with black band.
Dental X-rays Available:
No
Dikran Knadjian was last seen at Camp Curry Village while vacationing in Yosemite on July 24, 1972. Dikran is of Armenian descent and speaks fluent English with a British accent. Conflicting accounts of his physical appearance vary from 5'6' to 5'11" height and weight 150 to 182 lbs.
 
Name: Dikran Knadjian

Missing from: Yosemite National Park

Date Missing: July 24, 1972

Description: Knadjian was 20 years old when he went missing. White male of Armenian descent, 5'11" tall, 182 pounds, brown eyes, brown hair. Last seen wearing a white metal Omega Sea Master wristwatch and carrying a Pentax 35mm camera.

Case Info: Knadjian was last seen in Curry Village in Yosemite Valley on July 24, 1972.

https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/cold-cases.htm

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It looks like all the posts with suggested UID matches have been removed from this thread. I didn't keep a record of it because WS is my record-keeping source. I don't suppose anybody else happens to remember some of them?

Dikram's Namus entry The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

He's been excluded as 27 different UIDs, all from either California or Virginia. These are the California cases:
UP2673 03/12/2006 San Diego CA
UP9596 06/07/2002 San Mateo CA
UP9598 08/03/1980 San Mateo CA
UP10530 09/03/1992 San Mateo CA
UP14391 07/21/2015 Ventura CA
 
Cold Cases - Investigative Services (U.S. National Park Service)
name: Dikran Knadjian
Missing from: Yosemite National Park
Date Missing: July 24, 1972
Description: Knadjian was 20 years old when he went missing. White male of Armenian descent, 5'11" tall, 182 pounds, brown eyes, brown hair. Last seen wearing a white metal Omega Sea Master wristwatch and carrying a Pentax 35mm camera.

Case Info: Knadjian was last seen in Curry Village in Yosemite Valley on July 24, 1972.
MP-Knadjian.jpg
Missing person Dikran Knadjia
 
rbbm, noting listed height and weight discrepancy.
Dikran Knadjian.
Dikran Knadjian
Dikran-Knadjian-86991_1.jpg

Dikran-Knadjian-86991_2.jpg

Missing Since:
07/24/1972
Sex:
Male
DOB:
03/09/1952
Race:
Other
Height:
5' 8"
Eyes:
Brown
Weight:
165 lbs.
Hair:
Brown
AKA:
Dik Knadjian, Dick Knadjian
Clothing:
Red, white, blue polo shirt , blue bellbottom jeans, beige canvas top desert boots and black belt.
Scars/Marks/Tattoo:
Dark mole on back of right hand near wrist.
Jewelry:
Pentax camera and Omega wristwatch with black band.
Dental X-rays Available:
No
Dikran Knadjian was last seen at Camp Curry Village while vacationing in Yosemite on July 24, 1972. Dikran is of Armenian descent and speaks fluent English with a British accent. Conflicting accounts of his physical appearance vary from 5'6' to 5'11" height and weight 150 to 182 lbs.
Contact
Agency:
Yosemite National Park Service
Phone Number:
(209) 379-1992
Case Number:
72-1784
 
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