Kit # 7592

Ramapo College of New Jersey Case Summary

Update 12/7/23: Students in our Fall IGG Certificate Program have discovered new information about Ajo Tattoos John Doe. This man, whose remains were found near the town of Why, Arizona in 2014, is now believed to be of Mexican descent.

Possible Familial Surnamces: Ahumada, Cadena, Garcia, Gonzales, Leal, Leyva, Lopez, Montemayor
Possible Regions: Southern California, Arizona, Guasave & El Amole, Sinaloa, Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

If you’d like to help identity this man, please upload to GEDmatch and/or FamilyTreeDNA if these surnames or regions are in your family tree.
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The remains of Ajo Tattoos John Doe were discovered April 18, 2014 near the town of Why, Arizona. He is believed to have been 6’1″-6’4″ in height and 18-25 years old at his time of death and had distinctive tattoos including multicolored nautical stars and a clown with “Smile Now, Cry Later”

The RCNJ IGG Center is once again teaming up with Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner to identify Ajo Tattoos John Doe 2014. Intermountain Forensics has successfully extracted DNA from skeletal remains of this John Doe which will soon undergo sequencing to obtain a profile suitable for genealogy.