The Murder of Malibu John Doe, January 1977
On Saturday, January 15, 1977, the complete remains of a teenager or young man were found in a remote ravine off of Kanan Rd, two miles west of the Ventura Freeway in either Agoura or Malibu, LA County, CA. His remains were decomposed and/or partially skeletonized, with some soft tissues remaining.
John Doe was a victim of homicide, having suffered blunt force trauma to the head. He is estimated to have died about six days before discovery, which puts his date of death as about Sunday, January 9, 1977.
John Doe was a white male, either 17-20 or 17-30 years old. He is variously described as being approximately 5'4-5'8, measuring in at 5'6, or being 5'8 tall. His weight during life is unknown, though his decomposed remains weighed only 43 lbs when he was found. He had brown hair, though his eye color is unknown. He was wearing green socks, as well as a tan Levi corduroy shirt, size small. A photo of a cloth fragment of the shirt is available on NamUs and Doe Network alongside a sketched reconstruction.
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| Sketches of John Doe provided by LASD. Photo from NamUs. |
Malibu John Doe's dental records and DNA are available for comparison, though his fingerprints are not. Concerning his dentals, Doe Network states, "3 0 plus 0,10 developmental defects, 14 pin."
John Doe has only one exclusion on NamUs: he is not Daniel Hoffer. Anyone with any information is urged to contact Betsy Magdaleno of the LA County Medical Examiner's Office at 323-343-0512. The agency case number is 1977-00694.
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