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Case Report # ML- 40-CFR-762

Case Information

Status

UNRESOLVED

Individual

Mitchell C. Adams

Case number

ML-40-CFR-762

Date found

March 17, 1997 at 05:56 PM

Date created

March 17, 2011 at 06:31 PM

Date last modified

June 24, 2011 at 05:16 AM

Date QA reviewed

June 23, 2011 at 05:12 AM

Local Medical Examiner/Coroner

Case Manager

Email: info@maricopamissing.com

Victim Demographics

Estimated age

Adult - Pre 30

Minimum age

28 years

Maximum age

29 years

Race

Other

Ethnicity

Caucasian

Sex

Male

Weight (pounds)

Cannot Estimate

Height (inches)

71, Estimated

Body Parts Inventory (Check all that apply)

All parts recovered

Head not recovered

Torso not recovered

One or more limbs not recovered

One or both hands not recovered

Notes on body parts recovered


Body condition: Not recognizable – Burned / Mummified


Probable year of death

1997 to 2001

Estimated postmortem interval

Unknown

Circumstances

Location Found

GPS coordinates

+33° 21' 36.25", -112° 19' 15.14"

Address 1

Estrella Mountians Regional National Park

Address 2

City

Avondale

State

Arizona

Zip code

County

Maricopa

Circumstances of death

Remains recovered in the ESTRELLA NATIONAL REFUGE area, South of Avondale, AZ.

Physical

Hair color

Black

Body hair

Facial hair

possible goatee

Left eye color

Right eye color

Eye description


No other distinctive body features

Distinctive features as described below


Amputations

Deformities

Scars and marks

Tattoos

Piercings

Artificial body parts
and aids

Finger and toe nails

Other distinctive
physical characteristics

Medical

Medical implants

Foreign objects

Skeletal findings

Organ absent

Prior surgery

Other medical
findings

Fingerprints

Fingerprint information is currently not available

Fingerprint information is available elsewhere

Fingerprint information below


RT

LT

Comments

 

Mummified remains.

 

Clothing and Accessories

No clothing or accessories

Clothing and accessories are described below


Clothing on body

Blue jeans, 2 gray shoes, blue shirt, gray shirt, black belt

Clothing with body

Please see images.

Footwear

Jewelry

Eyewear

black sunglass

Other items found
with body

Dental

Dental information / charting is currently not available

Dental information / charting is available and will be entered later

Dental information / charting below


X-rays available

Photographs available


One or more teeth present

Filling or crown present

Cemented bridge

Implants

Braces

Root canal

Upper jaw present

Upper jaw had no teeth during life

Lower jaw present

Lower jaw had no teeth during life


Upper Right

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

 Upper Left

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

Lower Right

n

n

n

p

p

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

p

A

n

n

 Lower Left

32

31

30

29

28

27

26

25

24

23

22

21

20

19

18

17

Comments

Dental radiographs available under images.

DNA

Sample is currently not available

Sample available - Not yet submitted

Samples submitted - Tests not complete

Complete - Insufficient DNA for profiling

Complete and entered

Type

mtDNA           nucDNA

Location

Describe Location

Reference #

Lab ORI

Comments

Images

Facial/case ID
Public viewable
Dog Tags worn by individual

Documents

There are currently no documents available for this case.

 

UNRESOLVED CASE:

Mitch Adams
DOB: 2/4/1968
Missing from: Avondale, Arizona
Date Missing: 3/14/97
Mitch Adams

Anyone having information should contact the Arizona Missing Database at 855-2FIND-THEM.
info@maricopamissing.com