Overview

• Late June confirmation by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office identified the partial skeleton as 20-year-old Esteban Pablo.
• Othram’s laboratory used forensic-grade genome sequencing and genealogical leads to build a DNA profile and confirm Pablo’s identity.
• DNA comparison linked the skeletal remains found in 2008 at Alameda Marina with those recovered in 2011 at the Oakland Estuary.
• The limited nature of the remains has left the cause and manner of Pablo’s death undetermined.
• Authorities are coordinating repatriation of Pablo’s remains to his family in Honduras.