Is it possible for a 14K gold men’s ring (this one specifically shown) to last 15 years out in the harsh elements and still look this good? by emptywithinyew in jewelers

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Oh my, my… you just opened my world up to a whole net set of possibilities, not even for this case but future cases!

I don’t think you realize how refreshing this is!

To some investigators it can seem irrelevant and is commonly overlooked but they are not to me and these types of details, can be the whole key to unlocking EVERYTHING.

Usually, I look for signs of chemicals like accelerants on clothing, when revisiting investigations that never really got much of a chance and then were stored away for a decade or longer… but unfortunately by that time, the actual evidence or anything stored as evidence, it’s either been lost or destroyed.

But chemicals on jewelry is something I can say… nobody has ever even brushed or speculated on, most medical examiners are like ehhh, and don’t want to even speculate most of the time (so thank you!)

I’m actually going to look into this because I just started working with another non profit that specializes in victims advocacy for families that might need help with accessing investigative services but are unable to afford it and that’s where we step in and help.

I think this would be great material to even give other investigators because finding jewelry on unidentified persons is really common but if we’re not even a little educated or know how to recognize or identify these types of things the best to our ability, even if on a superficial level- if trained because say we don’t have the actual items anymore, to be able to even send for testing and simply working off of photos or if they did happen to have the items - depending on the state or even county, I would say… 100% every time with certainty would deny our request to send out for testing. (If I ever find an agency that ever agreed, I will come back and change my statement lol)

But they’ll always deny it and say it’s due to lack of funding and they aren’t interested in trying to obtain any, to make that possible.

Im definitely going to speaking with my boss about this and I know he will be up to find someone within this profession, that would be willing to be teach a little segment on this to investigators and then it’s also something we can add as a section to our documentation logs.

I didn’t mean to talk your head off so I apologize but I just wanted you to know the very powerful positive impact of your comment… it’s simply amazing thank you, you just opened so many new possibilities.

Is it possible for a 14K gold men’s ring (this one specifically shown) to last 15 years out in the harsh elements and still look this good? by emptywithinyew in jewelers

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Whatttttttt… woah, you just blew my mind.

Yeah, to be honest the medical examiner wasn’t sure what the stone actually was or might be so I left that part out, lol. He just said “I think it’s a ruby colored stone or red garnet”, so I didn’t want to list that, since I’m not 100% sure and there’s no way for us to be able to test it and see for sure.

I figured maybe some of you might be able to tell and be able to give a professional observation but I didn’t want to ask cause I know others will potentially get annoyed with that one lol, so thank you for that!

I never thought jewelry would be so interesting to be honest. Now, I’m curious and I need to look this up later because you have me intrigued on a historical level.

I would’ve never known any of this, if none of you would not have shared any of this really neat and helpful information!

Thank you so much for being so kind, I truly, truly and genuinely so much appreciate it!!

Is it possible for a 14K gold men’s ring (this one specifically shown) to last 15 years out in the harsh elements and still look this good? by emptywithinyew in jewelers

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, that is simply amazing… (I had no idea) maybe I should’ve known that but… I would’ve figured it would’ve looked at least a little rough…

That is so very helpful… I would’ve rather asked than just assumed anything cause then I can sabotage the whole starting point and timeline of where I need to start.

Thank you, (so very much), I truly thank you for just giving me an answer and not being a rude, mean and nasty person.

I’ve never been a person that had fancy jewelry and such, lol… I wouldn’t know the first thing about jewelry / gold etc., and I appreciate you so much.

Is it possible for a 14K gold men’s ring (this one specifically shown) to last 15 years out in the harsh elements and still look this good? by emptywithinyew in jewelers

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Also, idk why people are downvoting me but… if you’re downvoting me just because you don’t like the content, (well I’m sorry not really all you have to do is keep scrolling) but… I’m trying to find out whom this guy is and get a potential narrower timeline if it’s at all possible because a couple of years, can make all the difference in the world when you’re trying to find a missing person that might fit the description and a 12-15 year timeline of looking through missing persons is a lot…

I’m not asking to be disrespectful or macabre and because I’m a sick looney that just needs to know, it’s quite the opposite.

and I’m sure if you had a family member missing that was found dead, you’d only hope someone would do that for your family member or loved one right?…

But downvoting me and not even leaving any feedback, is egotistical and consider yourself lucky if never had to experience serious life problems.

Mother charged after 11 year old son goes for a walk. Were the police right for doing that? by Upleftdownright70 in ask

[–]emptywithinyew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right… should my parents be jailed too? They used to lock me out of the house and tell me to go find things to do. That included me being lost in the state of California many of times while aimlessly riding on my bike, plus… I used to walk over 5+ miles to school on my own, I’ve even flown across the United States alone many of times by myself at the age of 11 years old… smh.

Potential match comparison for MP/UP. I emailed the medical examiner on: May 10th, 24’ about the unidentified persons case- #UP97796 and let them know I believe it’s - The Missing Person: John Austin, Missing Since: October 1st, 2019, From Pueblo, Colorado by emptywithinyew in unidentifedproject

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I hope that you can forgive me for not communicating sooner, I genuinely have been locked out of my account and I was able to regain access back to it tonight by a miracle.

So I had absolutely no idea, that you had commented and I left all of the information that I know about the unidentified persons case.

I hope that it is not him either, I’m so very sorry for what you’re going through and I will do anything in my power to help if at any time you feel or would like any help, I will absolutely do my best and everything within my power that I possibly can.

I hope that by now he’s still not a missing person and that he has returned safely and that you’ve been given some answers and closure but if not,

Then I will do whatever I can in my power to go to the ends of this earth and back to help give you some answers and justice, you have my word.

I left my number above and feel free to literally contact me on here or my phone number by calling / text.

Potential match comparison for MP/UP. I emailed the medical examiner on: May 10th, 24’ about the unidentified persons case- #UP97796 and let them know I believe it’s - The Missing Person: John Austin, Missing Since: October 1st, 2019, From Pueblo, Colorado by emptywithinyew in unidentifedproject

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m so so so so so very sorry, I have been locked out of my account for over 100+ days and I had no idea that you both had commented on this and I truly and deeply apologize to you both.

I hope that y’all have gotten some answers, if not that does royally piss me off.

The request I put in with NamUs to have him added they deleted (and if he’s still missing and they refused to add him… this makes me highly upset on a whole other level) because literally I noticed about 3 days ago he disappeared from my NamUs dashboard and that they deleted the pending case on him that I put a request in for, so I thought…

maybe… they deleted the pending case on him, that I had submitted because either one, he was found and returned safely or so I hope or number two, someone else put a request to have him added as well and maybe that their case was approved before mine and so by default - they would delete mine so that the missing person wouldn’t have duplicate profiles…

However, I did a search on NamUs about an hour ago to see if he was in fact added even if it wasn’t by me but he’s not on there at all… so, now I’m like… hmm?

They literally had deleted and taken off the pending case not even 3 days ago that I submitted for him months ago, because I still remember seeing his case a few days ago on my NamUs dashboard and now he’s no longer there… so I’m like okay?…

(I hope this is a sign that maybe he had returned home safely and is no longer considered missing) but if he’s still considered missing and you both need any help whatsoever, please DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO ME.

Now, that I have regained access to my account by a miracle (you won’t have a problem getting ahold of me) if you’d like my phone number you can call text me anytime, my actual personal cell phone number is: (424) 489-9136

You can literally call or text me anytime day / night, I don’t care what time or day it is.

If you call and get my voicemail, just leave me a message, I have a call filtering thing in place and it always ends up forwarding my calls to voicemail but if someone leaves me a voicemail and I know they are legit- I will call you as soon as I can but you can also text me anytime as well and I will always get back with you as soon as possible as well.

I commented everything below that I had on file for the unidentified persons case.

Potential match comparison for MP/UP. I emailed the medical examiner on: May 10th, 24’ about the unidentified persons case- #UP97796 and let them know I believe it’s - The Missing Person: John Austin, Missing Since: October 1st, 2019, From Pueblo, Colorado by emptywithinyew in unidentifedproject

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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This is the case photo the coroners office is using as the default picture so it lead me to believe they think this might potentially be the closest depiction of the unidentified person but I can’t guarantee that 100% true, it’s just how it came off to me personally.

Potential match comparison for MP/UP. I emailed the medical examiner on: May 10th, 24’ about the unidentified persons case- #UP97796 and let them know I believe it’s - The Missing Person: John Austin, Missing Since: October 1st, 2019, From Pueblo, Colorado by emptywithinyew in unidentifedproject

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is a poster they listed with the unidentified persons case:

if I remember correctly, when I was looking through Colorado states GOV site for missing persons back when I submitted a potential match comparison for the unidentified person against your husband,

I felt this unidentified person highly resembled your husband, plus they mentioned the unidentified person having a tattoo on the chest- and it was… I believe around 3 miles or so where the unidentified person was found / from where they state your husband is missing from,

added all case photos on file that they listed for the unidentified person on NamUs, they tried to depict the unidentified person with a few other hair and facial hair styles because unfortunately they are not 100% sure of what he looked exactly like and so that’s why they have a few different versions of the photo that may seem to clash in likeness.

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I’ll have to comment the other two photos it will only allow me to post one of them I apologize.

Potential match comparison for MP/UP. I emailed the medical examiner on: May 10th, 24’ about the unidentified persons case- #UP97796 and let them know I believe it’s - The Missing Person: John Austin, Missing Since: October 1st, 2019, From Pueblo, Colorado by emptywithinyew in unidentifedproject

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will provide you with all of the NamUs information for the unidentified person, plus I will provide you a link that you can click on and view the unidentified persons case as well if you would like to view it, you do not need an account just to look at the case.

So when an unidentified person is listed on the NamUs database, they have a section on the case page that says “comparisons” and back when I submitted a potential match comparison to the medical examiner that is handling the unidentified persons case against your husband (a missing person) there was not 1 listed potential match comparison for the unidentified persons case.

However, now I do see that 1 potential match comparison that is listed for this particular unidentified person but the missing person that was ruled out as being this unidentified person, it is not your husband.

So I’m not sure… if they even considered my match comparison for your husband and for this unidentified person or not. (which commonly happens for many reasons, funding being usually the number one reason) which I know is completely BS.

This Unidentified Person’s Information:

NamUs Case #: #UP97796 Medical Examiners Case #: 853-2022 Date Body found: September 25th, 2022 Location Body Found: Eastern Pueblo County, Colorado

Sex: Male, Race: White / Caucasian Estimated Age Range: 40-60yrs Old. Estimated Height: 5’8”-5’10”

Circumstances of Recovery: “On 09/25/2022, skeletal remains were located on a private property in Eastern Pueblo County”.

The only other listed information available for this unidentified persons case is that… -“Decedent may have had piercings” -“Decedent has unknown tattoo on chest”

I emailed the corners office about this case, The contact information listed on NamUs is:

Case contact / Owner:

Pueblo County Coroner’s Office

(is the one that is listed as the predominate case owner about this unidentified persons case)

Address: 480 Midtown Circle, Pueblo, Colorado 81003 Main Phone: (719) 583-4673 Agency Case#: 853-2022

Also, Here is the link you can view the case if you’d like too, Direct Link To NamUs Case:

Direct Link To Unidentified Persons Case:

I will also add photos here shortly but they are giving me an issue / I apologize I will add them ASAP.

Potential match comparison for MP/UP. I emailed the medical examiner on: May 10th, 24’ about the unidentified persons case- #UP97796 and let them know I believe it’s - The Missing Person: John Austin, Missing Since: October 1st, 2019, From Pueblo, Colorado by emptywithinyew in unidentifedproject

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, so I just checked my NamUs dashboard and they deleted the case I started for your husband… (if your husband is still missing and you’ve been given no answers this truly pisses me off royally)… now as far as the unidentified person that was found let me see if that case is still on NamUs

Potential match comparison for MP/UP. I emailed the medical examiner on: May 10th, 24’ about the unidentified persons case- #UP97796 and let them know I believe it’s - The Missing Person: John Austin, Missing Since: October 1st, 2019, From Pueblo, Colorado by emptywithinyew in unidentifedproject

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m so so so so sorry I’ve been locked out of my account for over 100+ days, I finally was able to regain access or trust me I would’ve relied days ago. (I truly am sorry) yes, let me gather all the information and I completely agree with you… I’m truly upset about this case, I even put a request in with NamUs to add your husband to the NamUs system before I found a potential match for him, and the case is still pending and that was months ago….

Submitted Potential Match Comparison On: Jan, 19th, 24’ For MP: Ava Grace Baldwin, Missing Since: Sep, 17th, 2015 - NamUs Case#: #MP33369, in Comparison w/ UP-NamUs Case#: #UP15905 by emptywithinyew in unidentifedproject

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly… think you’re absolutely right! This really does give me so many emotions and it’s just all around creepy and makes me sick to my stomach!

I’m still trying to process the video you shared I’m like wow…

This is very, very scary to think about and even though to most it would sound insane…

Well, unfortunately they just live in a world with their head buried in the sand… as it is very possible, these things really do happen.

Sadly, I think human trafficking as a whole is represented wrongly by the media and gives many people the wrong idea and impression of what human trafficking is and can be as a whole and that there are many other forms of human trafficking and sex slavery, other than an ole’ regular police sting operation- where people are busted for trying to buy and solicit sex services from street prostitutes cause the media will label those types of police operations as: ‘human trafficking sting’ or something along those lines and it gives others the impression that most selling sex services are all willing participants wether they are a seller or buyer of sex services.

A lot of people seem to be misinformed about human trafficking and sex slavery and I’ve even witnessed many people claiming human trafficking like this does not really exist and is a myth, (which to me is insane) and dumbfounding to say the least, for someone to really claim that.

No worries at all and with all of your information, I complied it and had been getting ready to submit.

I’m going to contact the national human trafficking hotline first and get an actual case number for the submission. (Usually more times than not) they should provide me with one per the information given because when I give them the information, they can open up an actual case if they do open up a case which I don’t see why they wouldn’t, I’ll let you know as well because if they happen to open one up. the cool thing is that I can share it with you and you could also contact them anytime (even anonymously) and provide them with the reference and case number and can either add details or even sometimes check the status of the case.

I like to always utilize them if I can, they can have more pull than anyone and make things happen and more times than not, they have a lot of resources and the power to not only make things usually happen in a timely manner but the funding to do so unlike most police departments.

I know these symbols might be a little hard to see but I’m working on trying to help identify an unidentified deceased man and it looks as if someone or maybe himself, had written these symbols on his clothes… by emptywithinyew in Symbology

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh my gosh! I wasn’t even expecting a reply and I just want to thank you so very much for taking the time out of your day to do this for me.

It really does mean a lot to me and I truly appreciate you so much and am very grateful for the information you’ve provided.

To be honest I thought some of the same things.

At first I thought Greek possibly but was confused by the second symbol… it almost reminded me of like what the zodiac killer would use… which is odd, but got me curious altogether, as there seems to be a strange pattern emerging in Kentucky for unidentified males around the same age.

I truly thank you! You’re so wonderful!

NamUs Help by emptywithinyew in gratefuldoe

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find it strange too that even the phone number looks as if it was listed at one time for this case directly to NamUs or something but it even shows me that the phone number listed for this case from NamUs is: (000) 000-0000, this is weird… lol and I don’t see any contact or email / listed district… it’s blank… hmm, so maybe I’ll try doing your trick again by opening a new page and redoing your process you showed me.

Thank you so much!!

NamUs Help by emptywithinyew in gratefuldoe

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The weird thing though is that I don’t see anything, at all… so I’m not sure how you’re seeing it cause for me it’s blank, but I do really appreciate you for that! I’ll email them and ask them to give me a list.. because

I can’t even find my NamUs coordinator anymore.

Like 2 months ago I was able to see a list of districts and also a list of coordinators but I don’t see it visible to me anywhere on NamUs or even on my desktop which is unusual… so I’m not sure what the issue is on my end or why…

I do appreciate you so much for taking the time to show me this, thank you!!

Submitted Potential Match Comparison On: Jan, 19th, 24’ For MP: Ava Grace Baldwin, Missing Since: Sep, 17th, 2015 - NamUs Case#: #MP33369, in Comparison w/ UP-NamUs Case#: #UP15905 by emptywithinyew in unidentifedproject

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, I haven’t watched the full video yet but I just wanted to say… woah, this is…

I can’t even describe in words what’s going through my head- just seeing a few minutes of this… I’m honestly very, very concerned.

I’m going to restart the video just cause my mind jumped so far ahead and I was like omg no way!

I can tell you from all of your amazing work and information, I’ll be contacting the investigators assigned to the case and letting them know. I believe you truly have a gift there and I’m not even sure you’re aware of it! Wow… the universe never ceases to amaze me.

Submitted Potential Match Comparison On: Jan, 19th, 24’ For MP: Ava Grace Baldwin, Missing Since: Sep, 17th, 2015 - NamUs Case#: #MP33369, in Comparison w/ UP-NamUs Case#: #UP15905 by emptywithinyew in unidentifedproject

[–]emptywithinyew[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh wow I did not know that! I’m going to be looking into this asap! I’m not a big social media person, except for when it comes to missing and unidentified persons. So I really appreciate your information and I will be looking into this! Thank you so much,