County Medical Examiner Seeks Public’s Help Identifying Children and Young Adults

The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office is asking the public to help put names to several children and young adults who remain unidentified in cases that span decades. To bring new attention to these cases, the office works closely with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), NamUs, Rady Children’s Hospital and a forensic artist. To support the identification effort, an NCMEC forensic artist recently created both a plaster reconstruction and a new forensic sketch and, along with collaborators, NMEC began producing public-facing facial reconstructions of unidentified children. Case 99-00015: A young man, approximately 17-22 years old found in the Sweetwater Reservoir on Jan. 2, 1999. His left shoulder featured a large tattoo showing a banner with the word “WICCA,” a bird in flight shaped like a “V,” an ankh symbol and a pentagram. Case 78‑00338: A girl, estimated 14–18, found on Feb. 141978, near Procter Valley Road.

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