Skeletal remains found January 2021 in North Sacramento
Do You Know This Man?
MW aged 40-65, 5'9"-6'4" tall, was found on the side of the I-80 freeway, NB direction near Riverside Blvd exit. He was living as a transient in his own camp, not near any other transients or encampments.
Leon's story
Leon Danker was born in Sioux City, Iowa, on Halloween in 1950. He became a skilled mechanic in high school and opened his own shop after graduating in 1969. The only notable event after that was his brief marriage, less than one month, before his abrupt departure from everyone. The last contact he had with his family was in 1978 when he called them from Colorado asking for money to get him back home. Fifty dollars was wired and they never heard from him again…
Identified 18 years later
On June 29, 2001, firefighters responded to a fire in a dumpster in Sacramento, CA. When the flames were extinguished they discovered the charred remains of a young female in her late teens/early 20's, possibly Caucasian with some African ancestry.
Perrean Gray of San Francisco was identified as the body found in the dumpster. Her identity was confirmed using DNA forensic technology. November 26, 2019.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article237814674.html