Unidentified White Male- Des Moines, Iowa

Case Year: February 28, 1984

White male, 28 to 48 years of age, five feet seven inches to five feet nine inches, approximately 150 lbs., brown hair, medium build, right-handed, surgical pin implanted in right knee. Skeletal remains found February 28, 1984, in brushy area along a dirt trail in Des Moines, Iowa. Clothing found with the remains included: faded blue denims with thirty-one-inch waist, dark leather belt, brown socks, low cut TRAX sneakers brown/blue in color. Other possessions include a plastic comb, plastic Copenhagen snuff box, and a pocketknife. Cause of death was determined to be blunt trauma that took place sometime during the summer of 1983

Flying bird carrying streamer in its beak. Written inside streamer is "MOTHER". The word "DAD" is above bird. The bird is in red-orange ink. Back of streamer is in green ink. Located right upper-arm near shoulder-tip. Dimensions: Approximately three inches from "DAD" to bottom of streamer. Approximately two and one-half inches from beak to tail.

Nazi storm-trooper. Wearing German Helmet, iron cross, SS on collar tabs. Face under helmet is skull-like. Has appearance of wearing leather coat. Dark-colored ink. Located on side and extending to rear of right upper arm. Dimensions: approximately six inches tall by three inches wide. Runs parallel to tattoos three and four.

Laughing skull with top-hat and cigarette. The words "BORN TO DIE" encircling design. Red ink inside eyes. Green ink inside nose. Located on right arm/inside bicep. Approximately one-half inch above tattoo number four. Total size approximately one and three-quarter inches wide at brim of hat by two inches long.

Female face with dark hair under a sombrero. Fancy design on brim of sombrero. It's believed that the sombrero was put on after the female's features were tattooed. An additional tattoo of "JOHN" is visible under the design inside the sombrero brim. From top of hat to chin of female face is approximately two and one-half inches. The brim of the sombrero is approximately two and one-quarter inches wide. Located inner-arm approximately three and one-half inches. Located inner-arm approximately three and one-half inches from elbow joint. (right side) Approximately one-half inch below the skull in top-hat design.

Description: Female facial profile/left side. Located on right side of chest above nipple. Tattooed so that female's hair appears light-colored. NOTE: A distinctive feature is that female has a "gear" with a wrench through it for an earring. Dimensions: Tattoo would take up most of subject's right breast-area.

Description: Appears to be a spotted snake coiled around a tree. Dark ink. Located in middle of chest, along the sternum, from the xiphoid process to the angle. Majority of this tattoo is indistinguishable due to skin deterioration.

Description: Dark-colored ink. No combination for colors. Believed that skin-section from abdominal area/right side between navel and chest. Approximate dimensions: (male cartoon figure minus head due to skin deterioration.) toe to toe - three inches; sole to upper-chest - three and three-quarter inches.

Dark-colored ink. No identifiable color combinations. Butterfly pattern. Located on rear of right-side shoulder towards collarbone area. Dimension: approximately one and one-half inches long. NOTE: No pattern distinguishable on rearward wing (possible due to skin deterioration)