California coroner identifies ‘mummified body’ found in abandoned convention center as missing homeless man

A “mummified body” that was discovered last month in between the internal as well as external wall surfaces of the deserted Oakland Convention Facility was recognized today as 42-year-old Joseph Edward Mejica, a homeless guy that had actually been missing out on considering that August 2020. 

The Alameda Region coroner recognized the remains by matching an identification number on a tubular plate in Mejica’s leg to documents at Highland Medical facility, where he had surgical treatment almost twenty years back. 

Mejica’s remains were discovered on March 9 at the Oakland Convention Facility, which has actually been shut considering that 2005. 

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“It showed up [Mejica] might have dropped from a greater area as well as ended up being wedged in the little opening in between both wall surfaces,” the coroner composed. “Advanced decay existed.”

Mejica’s mom had actually called the coroner prior to the body was recognized since she hesitated it may be her child, as well as claimed that “Mejica would certainly usually attempt to take copper electrical wiring from building and construction websites for cash,” according to the coroner’s record. 

“We do not think any kind of bad deed or that he was placed there. It’s most likely we’ll never ever truly understand exactly how he passed away,” Alameda Region Constable’s Workplace representative Sgt. Ray Kelly informed Fox Information Digital on Tuesday. “Nobody placed him there as for we can inform.”

Mejica initially went away on the night of August 22, 2020, in Oakland. 

Authorities claimed that he was “understood to constant unsheltered encampments,” as well as his family members was supplying a $5,000 benefit for info resulting in his area.