On April 12, 1981, Naomi Wilson, a 32 year-old African-American woman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa was reported missing (See Details in link below)
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/w/wilson_naomi.html
Less than four months later, on August 7, 1981, an unidentified female African American homicide victim was found in Houston TX. Her physical appearance very strongly resembles Ms. Wilson, and her physical descriptors (i.e., approx age, height, weight, eye color, etc.) were all reasonably close to those of Ms. Wilson (See Details Below).
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/mpch/UnidentifiedDetails.asp?id=U0408003
Nearly 29 years later, Ms Wilson remains missing, and the decedent remains unidentified.
On February 8, 2010, I contacted Melanie Schramm of the Texas Department of Public Safety to ask that she look into this possible match. Ms. Schramm contacted Linda Mason of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation - Missing Person Information Clearinghouse / ICAC. On Feb 24, Ms. Mason replied back to Ms. Schramm that after checking Ms. Wilson’s case file, she was unable to locate any identifiers (i.e., Dentals, Fingerprints, or DNA Profile) for Ms. Wilson. Ms. Schramm replied back, asking if it was possible to contact Ms. Wilson’s family for DNA reference samples. She received no reply.
On March 15, I contacted Ms. Schramm for an update, and she suggested that I contact Ms. Mason directly. I contacted Ms. Mason, and learned that she had contacted the Cedar Rapids Police department and they had told her that they have no contact information for any of Ms. Wilson’s family members, but that she will send a follow-up request.
Today, I made a follow-up call to Ms. Mason. She informed me that Cedar Rapids PD was unable to make contact with Ms. Wilson’s family. I asked if she intended to pursue the matter any further, and she replied that there was nothing else that she could do.
Meanwhile, Ms. Wilson’s family and that of the decedent (if they are not one-in-the-same) have gone nearly 29 years wondering what happened to a loved one.
It seems to me that there must be other avenues that can be pursued to resolve this very compelling possible match between Missing Persons and Unidentified Decedent cases. I am sending this message to you, asking that you not let this matter go unresolved .
Thank you for your consideration
