MUS-2026-0147
Archive card
MUS-2026-0147
Unidentified victim
- Incident
- 1998
- Indexed
- Oct 7, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner
- Location
- Tucson AZ
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
The decomposed remains of a 17- to 23-year-old multiracial man were found on October 1, 1998, in the desert outside Tucson, Arizona; he had been killed by multiple .38-caliber gunshots. The DNA Doe Project lists the case as research in progress. He remains unidentified.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 1998
The decomposed remains of an unidentified young man are found in the desert outside Tucson on October 1; he had been killed by multiple gunshots.
- 2026
The DNA Doe Project lists the case as research in progress. He remains unidentified.
Key people
The people in the file.
Unidentified young man, estimated 17 to 23, whose remains were found in the desert outside Tucson on October 1, 1998.
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Investigating agency
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