[piasa]

Looks like he might be wearing one of those macramé hemp choker necklaces, unless that’s a big shadow around his neck.

And as another person said, the face is very flat.

[smalltownslick]

Or a tattoo

[Jack Hydrazine]

Or it is a tattoo.

[ETL]

And as another person said, the face is very flat.

It wasn't flat in the original set of surveillance photos. It was in the updated one, but, at that time, with the flatter face and nose, he still could conceivably have been Asian, Filipino, or Latin at least mix.