1976 Cold Case Solved: Luis Alonso Paredes Identified

Paredes, originally from El Salvador, was found shot dead near the Arizona-Nevada border and remained unidentified for nearly five decades.

Luis Alonso Paredes, a man found dead near the Arizona-Nevada border in 1976, has been identified by police using previously unavailable fingerprint records.
Paredes, originally from El Salvador, may have been living or working in the Las Vegas area at the time of his death.
The autopsy at the time revealed that Paredes was likely in his early to mid-30s and had been shot in the head at close range.
Despite authorities collecting fingerprints and creating a composite image of Paredes, the case went cold and Paredes remained unidentified for nearly five decades.
Paredes may have worked for the U.S. Coast Guard and the Navy in the San Francisco area about a decade before his death, but investigators have not been able to locate any of his relatives.