Tucson John Doe (January 1935)

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Tucson John Doe
Discovered	January 5, 1935
Unidentified for	90 years
Sex	Male
Location	Tucson, Arizona
Age	23-24
Race	White
Postmortem interval	4 days
Cause of death	Gunshot (suicide)

Tucson John Doe was a young man found on January 5, 1935 in Tucson, Arizona.

Case 

The victim was found on the west side of the "A" Mountain. His cause of death was suicide via a gunshot wound to the head. He was believed to be an inmate of a prison camp nearby, but nobody at the prison camp recognized him. At the time, his fingerprints were recorded by the Pima County's Sheriff's Office, but it's not known if they are still available for comparison. He was buried at the Holy Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum in Tucson on January 5, 1935.

Sources

• Tucson John Doe at Find a Grave
• Arizona Daily Star