Overview
- His skeletal remains were discovered in April 2015 near a gas station off Interstate 90 in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
- DNA Doe Project genealogists used close GEDmatch hits on both sides of his family to identify his parents within 24 hours.
- The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension helped reach one of his children, who provided a sample that produced a positive match.
- Investigators noted concerns about limited Hispanic representation in consumer DNA databases, yet several strong matches enabled the identification.
- Records show he was born in El Paso in 1923, was wounded at Normandy, later lived in Los Angeles, and likely died in his 70s or 80s between 2000 and 2012.