{"id":116,"date":"2026-05-12T04:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=116"},"modified":"2026-05-12T04:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:05:07","slug":"california-teen-identified-as-remains-found-at-dump-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=116","title":{"rendered":"California teen identified as remains found at dump site"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>An unidentified teenage boy who was found dead in a dump site has his name back, but detectives are still at a loss as to how he ended up alone and dead.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=114\">Bay Area resident exposed to hantavirus aboard MV Hondius cruise ship<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"x1px y1px vh abs\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-channels-pixel.ex.co\/events\/0012000001fxZm9AAE?integrationType=DEFAULT&amp;template=design%2Farticle%2Fplatypus_two_column.tpl\" width=\"1\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>On Aug. 30, 1993, people cleaning up a dump site at Beardsley and Wright roads in Camarillo stumbled onto human leg bones. A medical examiner determined they belonged to a male between the ages of 13 and 18, but without further remains, no identification could be made. The boy\u2019s bones went into storage, awaiting a day when forensic technology advanced enough to test them for DNA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In March 2025, the Ventura County Medical Examiner\u2019s Officer gave a DNA sample to Othram, a private lab that specializes in helping law enforcement work on cold cases. The testing yielded possible matches to close relatives of the boy, and a DNA sample confirmed his identity. Joseph Patrick Reardon was born on June 17, 1970 in Fresno. According to California birth records, his mother was a 16-year-old and his father was 19; the teen couple had married just two months prior. A year later, they divorced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Joseph\u2019s life was seemingly a tumultuous one. According to a cold case investigator from the Ventura County Sheriff\u2019s Office, he was living in a group home in Oxnard in 1985, the same year he enrolled at Channel Islands High. But the next year, he was attending Hughson High near Modesto. He would have been about 16 at the time, and according to investigators, he was going by the name of Joe Gilbreth, the surname of his mother\u2019s ex-boyfriend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cCritical details surrounding Mr. Reardon&#8217;s life and whereabouts remain unknown,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said in a press release. Anyone who knew him, \u201ceven in passing,\u201d is urged to contact them. SFGATE\u2019s request for more details, including whether Joseph was ever officially reported missing, were not returned by publication time. It&#8217;s not clear how long Joseph&#8217;s body was in Camarillo before it was found.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=112\">Houston\u2019s Carlos Correa undergoes season-ending surgery for torn left ankle tendon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call 805-383-8739 or send an email to coldcase@ventura.org.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cAny detail, no matter how small, could be the key to bringing answers and closure to this case,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>More News<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2014 Lyft passenger killed on I-80 after fight with driver, CHP says<br \/>\u2014 Bay Area resident exposed to hantavirus aboard\u00a0cruise ship<br \/>\u2014 Infamous California killer Betty Broderick dies<br \/>\u2014 Massive experimental aircraft crashes off US coastline<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=110\">Oakland\u2019s First Fridays festival could end after sponsors pull support<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Sign up for\u00a0daily SFGATE breaking news alerts here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Patrick Reardon has been identified as a teenage boy found dead in unincorporated Ventura County in 1993.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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