Pima County Indigent Cemetery. Because of the rise in border crossers’ deaths in the last decade, the county now cremates the unidentified remains. Previously migrants were buried under modest headstones marked ‘John’ or ‘Jane Doe’. © Jonathan Hollingsworth

© Jonathan Hollingsworth

Pima County Forensic Science Center’s files and binders for unidentified border crossers. © Jonathan Hollingsworth

Receiving area Office © Jonathan Hollingsworth

Map of the cooler, left side. Numbers in red are new cases awaiting autopsy. Parallel blue lines are suspected border crossers. Parallel yellow lines have come from the hospital. © Jonathan Hollingsworth

John Doe, ML11-1845 © Jonathan Hollingsworth

© Jonathan Hollingsworth

ML11-01146 Male, 23-57 Hispanic / Latino Probable Year of Death: 2011 Found: June 15, 2011, 5:56 PM Estimated Postmortem Interval: Months Not Recognizable – Mummified GPS Coordinates: N 32° 22.571’ / W 113° 18.317’ Clothing on Body: black jeans; 2 gray shoes; red plaid shirt; blue shirt; gray shirt; black belt. Remains recovered in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge area, east of Ajo, AZ. © Jonathan Hollingsworth

ML11-00800 Male, 24-46 Race: Unsure Probable Year of Death: 2010 to 2011 Found: April 27, 2011, 2:00 PM Estimated Postmortem Interval: Months Not Recognizable – Partial Skeletal Parts Only GPS Coordinates: N 31° 52.999’ / W 112° 48.072’ Vicinity of SR 85, MP 80 Lukeville, AZ Clothing with Body: black undershorts; purple pants; blue jeans; black belt with white metal; tan backpack; brown boots. US Border Patrol agents located skeletal remains in a wash area in the desert. Initial laboratory assessment of partial skeleton resulted in a probable sex of female and decedent was listed as such in NamUs. However, recent DNA results indicate male. © Jonathan Hollingsworth

ML11-00528 Female, 30-45 Hispanic / Latino Probable Year of Death: 2010 or 2011 Found: March 17, 2011, 3:38 PM Estimated Postmortem Interval: Months Not Recognizable – Partial Skeletal Parts Only GPS Coordinates: N 31° 44.113’ / W 112° 13.399’ Pisinimo Village, AZ Clothing on Body: dark colored shirt; pink ‘Hard Rock Cafe, Sydney’ long-sleeved shirt; bodysuit / ‘girdle’. Remains found by US Border Patrol in remote area of the desert. © Jonathan Hollingsworth

ML10-01792 Male, 37-47 Hispanic / Latino Probable Year of Death: 2008 to 2010 Found: September 7, 2010, 11:03 AM Estimated Postmortem Interval: Years Not Recognizable – Partial Skeletal Parts Only GPS Coordinates: N 32° 00.20’ / W 112° 38.03’ Go Vu, AZ The incomplete skeletal remains were found by US Border Patrol in a remote desert area. No identification was found. © Jonathan Hollingsworth

ML10-01482 Male Southwest Hispanic Probable Year of Death: 2010 Found: July 25, 2010 Estimated Postmortem Interval: Days Mild Decomposition GPS Coordinates: N 32° 28.456’ / W 111° 56.364’ North Komelik Village, AZ Decedent found partially suspended from tree by shoelaces tied around neck. © Jonathan Hollingsworth

ML11-01438 Male, 20-35 Hispanic / Latino Probable Year of Death: 2011 Found: July 23, 2011, 9:33 AM Estimated Postmortem Interval: Days Not Recognizable – Decomposing / Putrefaction GPS Coordinates: N 32° 44.300’ / W 111° 57.844’ Papago, AZ Clothing with Body: black belt; orange shirt; black pants; pair of plaid boxers; pair of black socks; pair of black and white shoes. The decedent was found in the desert by the US Border Patrol on the Tohono O’odham Reservation. No identifi- cation media was found. © Jonathan Hollingsworth

Tracks in arroyo © Jonathan Hollingsworth

Green Valley ‘lay-up’ site, discarded backpack. © Jonathan Hollingsworth

Mesquite trees and distant copper quarry. © Jonathan Hollingsworth

Personal items found in Green Valley. © Jonathan Hollingsworth

Personal items found in Green Valley. © Jonathan Hollingsworth

Left Behind, cover by Jonathan Hollingsworth