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This is one of 13 exposures from a disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man near the Oxnard coast.

Photo by Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office, Contributed photo

This is one of 13 exposures from a disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man near the Oxnard coast.

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  • This is one of 13 exposures from a disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man near the Oxnard coast.
  • This is one of 13 exposures from a disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man near the Oxnard coast.
  • Janelle Payne, forensic pathology technician for Ventura County Medical Examiners Office, displays a ring found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man near the Oxnard coast on Jan. 11, 2006.
  • This is one of 13 exposures from a disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man near the Oxnard coast.
  • This is one of 13 exposures from a 35mm Fuji disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man on January 11, 2006 near the Oxnard coast.
  • This is one of 13 exposures from a 35mm Fuji disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man on January 11, 2006 near the Oxnard coast.
  • This is one of 13 exposures from a 35mm Fuji disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man on January 11, 2006 near the Oxnard coast.
  • This is one of 13 exposures from a disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man near the Oxnard coast.
  • This is one of 13 exposures from a disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man near the Oxnard coast.
  • This is one of 13 exposures from a disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man near the Oxnard coast.
  • This is one of 13 exposures from a disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man near the Oxnard coast.
  • This is one of 13 exposures from a disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man near the Oxnard coast.
  • Janelle Payne, a forensic pathology technician for the Ventura County Medical Examiners Office, looks over 13 exposures from a disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man on Jan. 11, 2006, near the Oxnard coast. The photos were recently developed after Oxnard police found the camera in evidence storage.
  • This is one of 13 exposures from a disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man near the Oxnard coast.
  • Janelle Payne, a forensic pathology technician for Ventura County Medical Examiners Office, displays a guitar found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man near the Oxnard coast in 2006.
  • This is one of 13 exposures from a disposable camera found near the skeletal remains of an unidentified man near the Oxnard coast.

Investigators at the Ventura County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office are hoping a long-forgotten disposable camera will give a John Doe his real name — with a little help from the public.

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Comments on this photo » 2

focalmatic writes:

Good story. Why did the police not develop the film back in 2006? The article suggests the camera might have been stolen by the victim, but then one photo shows a hat worn by a subject, similar to a hat found near the body? Something's not right with this investigation.

Itsme2012 writes:

also in photo #6 it looks like you can maybe see someones reflection in the door other then the guy thats in the picture looks like he has a white tshirt on with a logo of some sorts !! And YES WTH!! why is this now just being developed!!

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