Hi all, first time posting, brand new to the sub and very open to feedback.

Gilberto Rene Gonzalez disappeared from Tucson, Arizona January 20th, 1996. He had recently moved there and lived/worked at a clothing store with his 19 year old coworker. They both disappeared, leaving their car at their apartment complex and their apartment unlocked and seemingly intact.

John Doe was discovered behind a strip mall in Avondale, Arizona. He was found on July 7th, 2007, and estimated to have died one day before.

I went through NamUs' filters and searched for men of a similar height and weight, hair/eye color, that had age and time of last contact matching up. There were a few potential matches, but this one seemed the strongest. The resemblance is pretty striking, and even the distances between the two were plausible. Both found in Arizona, 130 miles apart. 

The only things that make me less confident the two are a match are height and a couple of distinctive features- Gilberto's height was recorded as being 2-3 inches taller than John Doe's, and Gilberto had a couple of scars, piercings, and long fingernails where John Doe has no listed distinctive physical features (despite the unusual dental records, which make me more willing to believe the two might be a match. The differences might also be explained by the long interval- 11 years is plenty of time to change your apperance!). That being said, John Doe had some very unusual dental records that weren't seen with Gilberto, but maybe he got work done after he disappeared? Possibly even related to his disappearance (the "foul play" described?) 

  
Links attached. Let me know what y'all think. Hope he gets his name <3

[Gilberto Rene Gonzalez](https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/59201?nav)

[John Doe- Postmortem Pictures Attached](https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/817/details)

Could Avondale/Maricopa County John Doe (NamUs #UP817) be Gilberto Rene Gonzalez?