The Death of Bell John Doe, September 1979
At about 4:45pm on Wednesday, September 19, 1979, the body of a teenager or young man was discovered in the Los Angeles riverbed, north of the Patata St overpass/trestle in Bell, LA County, CA. He had been deceased for only some hours prior, and his face is recognizable. The cause and manner of death have not been released.
John Doe was 15-25 years old, 5'8, and 129 lbs. He was white and had brown eyes and short, thin, light brown hair. A reconstruction of him created by NCMEC is available. When found, he was wearing blue slacks; a Hawaiian print shirt from K-Mart; a brown leather belt; underwear; and white socks with a red stripe at the top.
Artist rendering from NCMEC.
John Doe's dentals, DNA, and fingerprints are all available for comparison. He has six MP exclusions on NamUs: John Doe is not Donald Rexroth (whose remains were found in 2017 and IDed in 2019), David Schwarzschild, Lawrence Colton, Titanic Hagen, Mitchel Weiser, or Robert Keck.
Anyone with information should contact Betsy Magdaleno of the LA County Medical Examiner's Office at (323) 343-0512. The agency case number is 1979-11760.
According to NCMEC, individuals may also contact the LA County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. The NCMEC, NCIC, and NamUs case numbers are 1184184, U170020176, and #UP4399, respectively.
Note: John Doe was found four days before the fall equinox. See the Holiday & Events Reference Page for an explanation as to why this is being mentioned.
SourcesNote: I could not find any contemporary news reports about John Doe.
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