Unidentified Person Colorado / Independence Pass John Doe

Male, White / Caucasian
Date Found June 19, 1970
Location Found Colorado
Estimated Age Range 18-30 Years

​Newspaper stated Tattered Sweatshirt, Gray Trousers, Three Pairs of Socks and Tennis or Hiking Shoes (Could possibly be Jungle Boots?) with an unworn sock over the left shoe. Sheriff's report states he was wearing a pair of light colored wash and wear pants, a sweat shirt and a pair of black loafers along with having seven dollars and a razor in his pocket.

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/10738/details

Can this John Doe be identified?
Marcia Martinek, Herald Editor | Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 3:43 pm

This is the grave marker at Evergreen Cemetery that marks the final resting place of an unidentified man whose body was discovered on Independence Pass in 1970. Although the body currently is at Bailey-Kent Funeral Home in Leadville, it will soon be returned to this grave.

Two young men walking east from the summit of Independence Pass on June 19, 1970, discovered the decomposed body of a white male lying in a ditch on the north side of the road about 2 miles from the top of the pass. It was partially covered with rocks that had fallen from the slope above.

There was no identification on the body, and to this day, the Independence Pass John Doe remains nameless. Yet it is more likely now than ever before that his family might be found, thanks to DNA.

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