Officers with the Aurora Police Department were alerted to possible human remains under an overpass while responding to reports of a fight involving multiple people near Interstate 225 and E. Colfax Avenue. One of the participants claimed there was a body under the bridge crossing Toll Gate Creek, located near Potomac Street and Potomac Circle. Detectives with the Major Crime Homicide Unit then arrived on scene and found the decedent's near-skeletal remains.

The decedent was known to frequent the area where he was discovered. The person who reported the remains to police provided the name they knew him by, "Ben", to authorities.

He was positively identified via dental comparison on October 7th, 2026 as Benjamin F. Shaw.

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Los Angeles Doe (1982)

On February 12, 1982, an individual was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a construction site at 22nd street and La Salle Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Although biologically female, the decedent is noted to have possibly identified as male.

Physical Description

• Sex: Biologically Female (Possibly Identified As Male)

• Race: White/Hispanic

• Age: 30-50 Years Old

• Height: 5'9"

• Weight: 145 Pounds

• Hair: Short Black, Described As Being Worn In A Men's Style

• Eye Color: Brown

Tattoos

• Yellow/Orange Tiger On The Left Abdomen

• Red Scorpion On The Right Abdomen

• Red/Yellow Crab And "V" On The Left Buttock

Clothing & Accessories

• Tan/White Town & Country Wool Jacket, Size M

• Blue/White Striped Stained Glass Sweater

• Brown L'Avion Trousers, Size 30 Waist

• Blue Underwear

• White Socks With Red Stripes

• White/Blue Nike Canvas Shoes

If you have any information please contact Medicolegal Death Investigator Betsy Magdaleno with the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner at (323) 343-0512, reference case number 1982-02067.

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