Changes: Lyle Stevik

Revision as of 15:48, 14 November 2020

Lyle Stevik was the alias used by an unidentified man who committed suicide in Amanda Park, Washington. He was identified in May 2018 and, by the request of his family, will not have his identity released.

Case

The man checked into a hotel, using the alias of a character in the book You Must Remember This who attempted suicide. He had also listed the address of a hotel in Idaho. The man was seen pacing along a street by the hotel after he checked in and he eventually moved to a different room because of noise coming from a nearby trailer park.

He hanged himself with his belt inside of a coat rack and left money "for the room," which was accompanied by a note reading the phrase.

In early 2018, his DNA was analyzed and extended relatives were identified in northern New Mexico and Idaho. In April 2018, it was announced additional relatives had been discovered in Utah and Colorado.

In May 2018, it was announced that the man had been identified using fingerprint comparison. He was from Alameda County, California, and was 25 at the time of his death. His family had never reported him missing as they assumed he was still alive but wanted to remain estranged from them.

Characteristics

He had short brown hair and hazel eyes.
His appendix had been removed and he had a scar on his abdomen.
He had a mole on the left side of his chin.
He had recently lost weight.
He was at least one-quarter Native American
He was at least one-quarter Hispanic or Spanish.
He may have spoken with a Canadian accent.

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+<!--Do NOT add the rumored identity of this decedent, which was never officially confirmed, and doing so is a violation of the family's wishes.-->
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+{{Identified_Infobox|title1=Lyle Stevik {{Featured case}}|image1=Lyle Stevik.jpg|caption1=|name=Withheld|sex=Male|age=25|missing_from=Alameda County, California|disappeared=|discovered=September 17, 2001|location=Amanda Park, Washington|identified=May 2018|span=16 years|cod={{hang}}}}
-'''Lyle Stevik''' was the alias used by an unidentified man who committed suicide in Amanda Park, Washington.
+'''Lyle Stevik''' was the alias used by an unidentified man who committed suicide in Amanda Park, Washington. He was identified in May 2018 and, by the request of his family, will not have his identity released.
 == Case ==
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 He hanged himself with his belt inside of a coat rack and left money "for the room," which was accompanied by a note reading the phrase.
-In early 2018, his DNA was analyzed and extended relatives were identified in northern New Mexico and Idaho.
+In early 2018, his DNA was analyzed and extended relatives were identified in northern New Mexico and Idaho. In April 2018, it was announced additional relatives had been discovered in Utah and Colorado.
+In May 2018, it was announced that the man had been identified using fingerprint comparison. He was from Alameda County, California, and was 25 at the time of his death. His family had never reported him missing as they assumed he was still alive but wanted to remain estranged from them.
-== Physical Description ==
+== Characteristics ==
 * He had short brown hair and hazel eyes.
 * His appendix had been removed and he had a scar on his abdomen.
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 ==Gallery==
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+<gallery columns="dynamic" spacing="small">
 Lyle Stevik 2017.jpg
 Lyle2.jpg|Lyle illustrated before losing weight
 Lyle Stevik by Diana Trepkov.jpg|Postmortem drawing by Diana Trepkov
-Lyle recon GW.jpg
 Lyle.jpg
-lyle recon.jpg
 UMWA.jpg
-Lyle GW.jpg
 Lyle Stevik Age Regression.jpg|2016 age regression
 room1b.jpg
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 1506707_640154489376149_62448012_n.jpg
 blttip1b.jpg|Belt
-IMG_0595.JPG|Autopsy
-image.jpg
-IMG 0591.JPG|Burial
 </gallery>
-==Links==
+==Sources==
-*{{Doe Network|233umwa.html|{{PAGENAME}}}}
 *{{Wikipedia|Lyle_Stevik|{{PAGENAME}}}}
+*{{DNADoeProject|lyle_stevik|Lyle Stevik}}
-*{{Find a grave|133793097|{{PAGENAME}}}} {{PM}}
+*[http://www.kxro.com/lyle-stevik-identified-closing-16-1-2-year-old-unsolved-case/ ''KXRO News'']
-*{{NamUs|11100|{{PAGENAME}}}} {{PM}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Stevik, Lyle}}
 [[Category:Male]]
 [[Category:White]]
+[[Category:Hispanic]]
 [[Category:Native American]]
 [[Category:Young adults]]
-[[Category:Adults]]
 [[Category:People found in Washington]]
 [[Category:2001 deaths]]
 [[Category:2001 discoveries]]
 [[Category:Seen alive]]
-[[Category:Possibly foreign]]
 [[Category:Suicide by hanging]]
-[[Category:Aliases]]
+[[Category:Alias users]]
-[[Category:1960s births]]
 [[Category:1970s births]]
-[[Category:1980s births]]
-[[Category:Ties to Canada]]
-[[Category:Cases over 10 years old]]
 [[Category:Transients]]
-[[Category:Age regressed]]
+[[Category:2018 identifications]]
-[[Category:Ties to New Mexico]]
+[[Category:Identity withheld]]
-[[Category:Ties to Idaho]]
+[[Category:DNA Doe Project cases]]
+[[Category:Formerly missing people from California]]
+[[Category:Unreported missing]]