Man discovered lifeless in Arizona in 1976 lastly recognized utilizing fingerprint information

A person discovered lifeless by hikers in Arizona 47 years in the past has been recognized after authorities accessed nationwide fingerprint data, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office mentioned.

The sufferer was recognized Tuesday as Luis Alonso Paredes, a citizen of El Salvador.

On Nov. 23, 1976, hikers within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area discovered stays in a shallow grave of a person shot within the head at shut vary, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned in a Facebook publish. The physique was discovered about six miles east of Katherine Landing.

At the time, authorities might solely decide he was a male in his 30s, over 5 toes tall and weighing 140-150 kilos, the sheriff’s workplace defined. Fingerprints taken from the physique didn’t flip up an id on the time, and with out every other leads, the case went dormant.

In the time since, native regulation enforcement has gained entry to nationwide data, and the sheriff’s workplace restarted the investigation in October by utilizing these data, finally discovering a match for Paredes.

Investigators discovered that Paredes could have been dwelling within the Las Vegas space on the time of his demise, and in addition discovered that he had probably labored for the Navy and Coast Guard within the San Francisco space.

The sheriff’s workplace has been unable to contact any kin of Paredes, and asks that anybody with info on him, his household or the case contact the division at 928/753-0753, extension 4288, and that they need to reference “DR# 76-5053.”