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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELOS

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL EXAMINER

1104 N MISSION ROAD, LOS ANGELOS 9003

DEATH INVESTIGATION SUMMARY

Examiner Case Number: 1085-1188

Decedent Name: JENKINS, RICHARD NOLAN

Date of Birth: 09/24/1936

Date of Injuries: Unknown

Date of Examination: 1/2/1979

Deputy Medical Examiner: Dr. Stephen Huler

Forensic Technician: Milton Henry

CAUSE OF DEATH:

The body is of a normally developed Caucasian male measuring 5’8 and weighing 170 lbs. The body is cold and unembalmed. The eyes are open. The irises are brown and the corneas are cloudy.

The body is in the advanced stages of decomposition and dismembered into forty-five separate pieces, including the head, neck, torso, arms, and legs. There are three lacerations across the base of the neck, approximately measuring six inches wide. There is blunt force trauma to the left side of the skull and nasal cavity. One hundred and fourteen stab wounds are present around the abdomen, back, and chest areas.