White Socks, or John Doe 1, was found Nov. 15, 1987 within the area of Twin Buttes Lake.
The details of the entirety of his life are summed up by his physical characteristics, clothing and time of death – with the clothing being the only area investigators could define with certainty.
Wearing size 34x30 Levi's blue jeans, jockey shorts and the white socks, he could have been 5’6, or 5’9, or somewhere in between.
Reduced to skeletal remains, an anthropologist determined he was potentially Hispanic, but couldn’t be sure. The “race of the skull appears to be most consistent with Caucasian,” the case summary states.
His weight was 150 to 170 pounds. He was missing two molars, the right upper and lower, but didn’t have significant dental work done otherwise. He had been in the area where he was discovered for five to six months, making his time of death May or June 1987.
The cause of his death has yet to be determined, but Lowe and Fiveash anticipate it will eventually be determined a homicide. Because he was found without shoes, in the middle of mesquite bushes, and his socks were still white, they said it was apparent that he didn’t walk out there, meaning his body was dumped.
At the time of White Sock's death, using or collecting DNA wasn’t common practice, nor was the science well-understood by the general public.
