Kolb Skeleton

Kolb Skeleton
Discovered	June 4, 1933 February 17, 1977
Unidentified for	44 years
Sex	Male
Location	Grand Canyon, Arizona
Age	18-22
Race	White
Height	6'
Body condition	Skeletal
Postmortem interval	Years
Cause of death	Gunshot (suicide)

"Kolb Skeleton" was a male found in the possession of photographer Emery Kolb in 1977. The remains had initially been found in the Grand Canyon in 1933.

Case

The decedent may have initially been found in 1933. The remains were rediscovered after Emery Kolb's death. The exact date is disputed, occurring circa 1977-78 and/or 1980.

He was initially speculated to be Glen Hyde, who vanished in 1928, yet superimposition ruled this out.

Some sources state this decedent had died no earlier than 1972, despite the conclusion that the remains were the same depicted in Kolb's photograph.

Gallery

Profile

Photograph of the scene - the gun is visible in the center.

Media

• The decedent's case appeared on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries in 1987.

Sources

• Coconino County John Doe at NamUs
• Coconino County John Doe at the Doe Network
• Coconino County Cold Cases
• AZ Daily Sun^{POSTMORTEM WARNING}
• Unsolved Mysteries episode ^{POSTMORTEM WARNING}