Grand County John Doe was a man found near Westwater, Utah on September 1, 1967.
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The victim was found by a fishermen in the brush of the rural desert by the Colorado River just west of the Colorado/Utah border. Evidence at scene indicated the victim was thrown off a truck. Additionally, then-Grand County Sheriff Haskell Bowman stated that foul play was possible as a crack between the eyes and a hole at the back of the skull possibly came from a bullet.
Six feet from the body was a wallet that contained an ID for Everett Laysbad, a Native American from the Sioux Indian Reservation at Porcupine, South Dakota. Authorities in Grand Junction, Colorado stated that Laysbad was known to them and was on probation for auto theft. He was last seen around June 27, 1967 in the Grand Junction area. The victim's body was sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office for further investigation and positive identification.
However, in May of 1968, the ME informed law enforcement the victim was NOT Laysbad based on the assistant pathologist believing the skull was not that of a Native American and jewelry that Laysbad was known to wear was absent from the body.
After the rule-out, it is unknown what to happened to the victim's remains and it is also unknown if Everett Laysbad was eventually located.