Overview
- The case advanced after March 2025 DNA testing at Othram, which led authorities to identify the remains as Joseph Patrick Reardon in May 2026.
- Partial lower leg bones were discovered on August 30, 1993 during a cleanup at a dump site near Beardsley Road and Wright Road in Camarillo.
- Officials say they still do not know how long the remains were at the site or the circumstances of Reardon's death.
- Records place Reardon in a group home in Oxnard in 1985, enrolled at Channel Islands High that year, later at a high school near Modesto, and using the name Joe Gilbreth.
- The Ventura County Cold Case Unit is asking anyone who knew Reardon to share tips at 805-383-8739 or coldcase@ventura.org to help answer unresolved questions, including whether he was ever reported missing.