Death in the Desert
Tucson Sector:
Recovered Human Remains

Year-to-date total:  71
Last Year:              153
APR 2020:  12  
MAR 2020: 14
FEB 2020:  24
JAN 2020:  21 


Death Maps
We use these to identify where to focus our efforts/ where to leave water and food.

Humane Borders map of deaths
You can search this up-to-date map by region, year, gender, name, etc.
For example, you can search for all human remains recovered in 2020, or you can fine-tune it to a specific area.

NEXT Volunteer Training Sessions
There will be NO Sunday June 2020 training at Southside Presbyterian. 
Stay tuned for possible virtual information sessions.
info@tucsonsamaritans.org

Donate supplies: 
Gallon water jugs, socks, food packs, first aid items, gasoline for desert trips, car repairs, all-terrain tires



UPDATED (3-21-2020) : 
Tucson Samaritans Meetings
NO Tuesday night Meetings at Southside Presbyterian March 2020 April 2020 or May 2020 at this time.
Virtual meetings for members only.


Green Valley Samaritans

www.gvs-samaritans.org For information about Green Valley Samaritans.
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Recovered Human Remains 2020

This map is from Humane Borders in partnership with the Pima County Medical Examiners Office. Each red circle represents a recovered human remain.
This month [April] there are 15 new deaths, with reports from both Maricopa County (3 deaths from February and March) and Pima County (12 deaths from April). The Post Mortem Interval (time between death and discovery) of 7 of the Pima cases is more than 6-8 months; the 3 Maricopa cases were skeletal remains and likely fall into that category as well. 2 of the 5 people who died more recently were found east of Nogales (Patagonia and Douglas), which is a little unusual. So far he number of 2020 deaths in Cochise County and eastern Santa Cruz County is running ahead of the last couple years.

The Pima OME is successfully using DNA to match portions of remains found separately. When this happens the cases are merged and one of them is removed from our database. There were 8 such cases this past month, so the total number of deaths did not increase as much as the numbers above would lead you to expect.

On the map 20-1280 covers up 20-1281; they are located only 400 feet from each other and show up as a single dot.