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Ali Chukson Jane Doe.

MUS-2026-0377

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MUS-2026-0377

Unidentified victim

Incident
2002
Indexed
Oct 20, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
Agency
Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner
Location
Ali Chukson AZ

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Summary

What happened, as the record shows.

The skeletal remains of an unidentified Hispanic female, 16 to 22, were found on October 24, 2002 by the US Border Patrol in a migrant-encampment area 7.5 miles south of State Route 86 on the Tohono O'odham Nation near Ali Chukson, Arizona. She had been deceased an estimated 8 to 12 months. She was wearing Fila tennis shoes with soccer cards nearby. Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner case ML02-1744; an NCMEC poster is active.

Timeline

What the record establishes.

  1. 2002

    The US Border Patrol finds skeletal remains of an unidentified female, 16 to 22, in a migrant-encampment area on the Tohono O'odham Nation on October 24; she had been deceased an estimated 8 to 12 months.

  2. 2026

    She remains unidentified. Pima County ME case ML02-1744 is open.

Key people

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VictimAli Chukson Jane Doe

Unidentified Hispanic female, estimated age 16 to 22, whose skeletal remains were found near Ali Chukson, Arizona, in 2002.

Investigating agencyPima County Office of the Medical Examiner

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