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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Merle Ryan - May 2009 - Eugene

Merle Ryan

http://www.nampn.org/cases/ryan_merle_leroy.html
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/r/ryan_merle.html

Case Report - NamUs MP # 9847

Case Information

Status	Missing
First name	Merle
Middle name	LeRoy
Last name	Ryan
Nickname/Alias	Moses Enoch, Dimitri Andropv, John F. Kennedy, etc.
Date LKA	May 30, 2009 00:00
Date entered	03/23/2011

Age LKA	50 to years old
Age now	53 years old
Race	White
Ethnicity
Sex	Male
Height (inches)	69.0 to 71.0
Weight (pounds)	130.0 to 150.0

Circumstances

City	Eugene
State	Oregon
Zip code	97402
County	Lane
Circumstances	My brother Merle is/was a schizophrenic who bounced around numerous states and is/was often homeless. He was last known alive on May 30, 2009 when arrested on the sidewalk near the intersection of 25th and Alabama Streets in San Francisco, California.

Physical

Hair color

Brown

Head hair

yes, Brown hair, receding hairline

Body hair

unknown

Facial hair

Gray beard

Left eye color

Brown

Right eye color

Brown

Eye description

	No known distinctive body features
	Distinctive features as described below

Amputations

Deformities

Scars and marks

had a scar from a burn on his right hand - top of hand below index finger moving towards thumb - looked like severely dimpled skin

Tattoos

Piercings

Artificial body parts
and aids

Finger and toe nails

Other distinctive
physical characteristics

Medical

	Foreign objects
	Skeletal information

Clothing and Accessories

	Clothing and accessories are unknown
	Clothing and accessories are described below

Clothing
Footwear
Jewelry
Eyewear
Accessories

Transportation Methods

Vehicle make
Vehicle model
Year
Style
Vehicle color
Tag type
Tag number
Tag state
Expiration year
Vehicle comments	None known
Airline	None known
Bus	None known

Dental

Status:

Dental information / charting is currently not available

DNA

Status:

Sample submitted - Tests complete

Fingerprint Information

Status:

Fingerprint information is available and entered

Police Information

Title	Detective
First name	Matt
Last name	Herbert
Phone	(541) 682-5147
Email	matt.j.herbert@ci.eugene.or.us
Website	http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&control=SetCommunity&CommunityID=219&PageID=0
Case number	11-04756
Date reported	March 30, 2011

Jurisdiction	Local
Agency	Eugene Police Department
Address 1	777 Pearl Street, Room 107
Address 2
City	Eugene
State	Oregon
Zip code	97401

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Images

Actual photo Public viewable This photo of Merle was taken when he finished boot camp for the Air Force in 1976. He was 17 years old.	Actual photo Public viewable This was a high school photo of Merle - he was 17 years old
Actual photo Public viewable This is a photo of Merle when he was approximately 30 years old	Actual photo Public viewable Photo taken September 1994.
Facial/case ID Public viewable May 2009