Authorities are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a man found deceased in San Jose more than thirty-five years ago.
The man was found on Aug. 8, 1989 at 150 Bellevue Avenue behind a corrugated metal building. He was in a “moderate state of decomposition” at the time, according to a news release from the Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner.
It is believed that the man was likely unhoused, but authorities noted that the investigators at the time did not confirm that.
He was a white man, about 5’6″ in height and older in age, authorities said. He weighed 112 pounds, had long gray hair, a gray beard and a two-inch mustache. He also had no teeth.
Authorities also found evidence that he had previously undergone a craniotomy resulting in a two-inch scar on his left temporal region. He had healed fractures on his fifth and sixth ribs, and a one-inch, white cyst on his neck’s right side.
Authorities do not know the man’s eye color and noted that he did not have any tattoos.
When he was found, the man was wearing a dark blue t-shirt, a brown plaid shirt and white socks, authorities added. He had several possessions with him as well, including a pair of jeans, a pair of dark-colored pants, a light blue quilted coat, a blue quilted jacket, brown shoes with laces and a cap reading “Reno.”
At the time he was found, the building he was found behind housed an automotive shop, authorities said.