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The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Case Numbers
NCMEC Number--
ME/C Case Number57-980-88
Demographics
SexFemale
Race / EthnicityWhite / Caucasian
Possible First Name--
Possible Middle Name--
Possible Last Name--
Possible Nickname--
Estimated Age GroupAdult - Pre 60
Estimated Age Range (Years)43-53
Estimated Year of Death1987-1988
Estimated PMI--
Height5' 5"(65 inches) , Estimated
Weight165 lbs, Estimated
Circumstances
TypeUnidentified Deceased
Date Body FoundApril 8, 1988
NamUs Case CreatedDecember 8, 2010
ME/C QA ReviewedDecember 23, 2010
Location Found Map
Street AddressLake MichiganNew Buffalo, Michigan
CountyBerrien County
GPS Coordinates--
Circumstances of RecoveryBody of an unknown female was found in Lake Michigan near New Buffalo in 1988. She has not been identified as to date.
Details of Recovery


Inventory of RemainsAll parts recovered
Condition of RemainsNot recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Physical Description
Hair ColorBrown
Head Hair DescriptionBraided
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description--
Left Eye ColorBrown
Right Eye ColorBrown
Eye Description--
Distinctive Physical Features
Item
Description
Scar/mark
C-section scar on abdomen

Other distinctive physical characteristic
Appeared to be overweight


Clothing and Accessories
Item
Description
Clothing
Wearing men's size 38 blue jeans, dark blue running shorts with red and white stripes, flesh colored pantyhose and a beige bra
On the Body

Footwear
Black ankle high boots
On the Body
 
New Buffalo, MI is on the border of Indiana, as well as about an hour drive from Illinois. She could be from anywhere, but in my opinion she's from one of these 3 states.
 
Nov 29, 2019

COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Along Interstate 196 south of South Haven, Covert Township Police were stymied by a pair of decades-long mysteries:

What were the identities of the two bodies found near the highway a decade apart? And, how did they get there?

The woman’s body, found in 1988, was nicknamed 196 Jane Doe, and now has a name thanks to the Michigan State Police genealogy project: Marcia Bateman, of Oklahoma City.

The man’s body, discovered in 1979, never got a nickname and remains nameless.

Police hope DNA from his remains will help identify him, too.

[...]

The two are among seven sets of remains state police from the Fifth District are trying to identify through the genealogy project.

Three of the unnamed remains were given up by Lake Michigan — a woman’s body that washed up in 1988 near New Buffalo, a man’s body found on the beach in Covert Township in 2010, a jawbone with teeth discovered near Saugatuck in 2014.

So far, that’s about all that is known about them.

“They’re likely a drowning that will have remains wash up on the shore on Lake Michigan on this side, and those depending on how long in the water, those can be very hard to ID,” state police Fifth District Commander Lt. Chuck Christensen said.

Police figure the jaw bone came from a man who was somewhere between 18 and 99 years old.

The woman was fully clothed — size 38 men’s jeans, running shorts, pantyhose.

Read More:
Retired chief hopes new DNA test solves 40-year mystery

BBM.

Marcia Bateman's thread: Identified! - MI - Covert Township, WhtFem 730UFMI, 23-40, Near I-96, Oct'88 - Marcia Bateman

The 5 other Doe threads they are attempting to ID:
MI - MI - Van Buren Co, Wht/HispMale, 33-69, Broken Nose, Spanish Medallion, Timex, Covert Twp, July 1979

MI - MI- Van Buren Co, Asian Male, 25-40, Beach of Lake Michigan, Covert Twp, Oct 2010

2010 Covert Township John Doe
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
MI - MI- Van Buren Co, Asian Male, 25-40, Beach of Lake Michigan, Covert Twp, Oct 2010

2014 Saugatuck John Doe (Maxilla w/teeth)**
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
MI - MI - Allegan Co, Male, 18-99, Maxilla w/teeth, Shore of Lake Michigan, Saugatuck, July 2014

1993 St. Joseph County Child John Doe (Age 7-12)*
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
MI - MI - St. Joseph Co., WhtMale UP9894, 7-12, partial skull buried, Nov'93

1987 Keeler Twp. John Doe (Age 15-22)*
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
MI - MI - Van Buren Co, HispMale, 15-22, Busch Gardens Tee, Keeler Twp, Dec 1987
 
Current list of exclusions per NamUs:

MP1100 Hazel Klug 05/20/1986 Henrico VA
MP9786 Senia Matson 07/03/1983 Chippewa MI
MP974 Patricia Schmidt 06/04/1985 Henrico VA
MP821 Ruth Hoffman 07/07/1986 Wayne MI (link not accessible/removed from NamUs)
MP18050 Billie Willard 01/01/1987 Wake NC (link not accessible/removed from NamUs)
 
Michigan State Police Hope to Identify Jane Doe Found in Lake Michigan in 1988
SBM
12 Nov 2021
  • middle-aged white woman
  • approximately 5 feet and 5 inches tall, weighed 175 pounds, with brown hair and eyes.
  • believe she was wearing a wig or braided extensions that had been pulled from her scalp.
  • wearing a pair of men's denim blue jeans with a wide double ring in a size 38, with a striped cloth belt. Under her jeans, she was wearing a pair of red, white, and blue shorts, full-length pantyhose, and black ankle boots with a zipper at the top.
  • found without a shirt
  • bra ... heavy-duty, sandy in color, and containing a clasp in the front.
  • no mention of whether socks or underwear were present.
  • previously undergone a hysterectomy ... no longer had her uterus, bilateral tubes, or ovaries.
  • a scar that stretches from her pelvis to her naval area.
  • teeth and mouth were in excellent condition.
  • likely never or drank alcohol excessively due to the lack of staining observed.
  • may have come from an economically well-off background based on the porcelain bridge replacing a front tooth. The doctor indicated this type of work was considered experimental at the time and was probably performed within the preceding five years of her death.
#more at link
 
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Why would she have been wearing shorts and jeans? To keep warm? It being early April when she was found would fit with that as she had likely been in the water weeks? Maybe longer? But probably since at least late March, and I'm assuming probably a little earlier. Even early April would fit with wearing shorts under jeans to keep warm, too of course.
 
May 15, 2023

NEW BUFFALO, Mich. (WOOD) — Police hope that someone may have more information about an unidentified woman whose body washed ashore in New Buffalo on Apr. 8, 1988. Though the body was found 35 years ago, it was exhumed in November 2021 and re-examined recently using new forensic methods.

www.woodtv.com

Police asking for tips about body found in New Buffalo in 1988

Police hope that someone may have more information about an unidentified woman whose body washed ashore in New Buffalo on Apr. 8, 1988.
www.woodtv.com www.woodtv.com
 
I am Not able to get into this article below, Subscriber Exclusive, but do believe it pertains to this lady, and if so ... she is not a White female, but a Black female.

Can someone else get into the article and post?

Jane Doe found dead in Lake Michigan was Black, not white as police believed

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By Marie Weidmayer |
BERRIEN COUNTY, MI – An unidentified body that washed ashore from Lake Michigan in 1988 was likely a Black woman, not white as police initially thought.

The woman’s body was found in Lake Michigan near New Buffalo on April 8, 1988. Michigan State Police exhumed her Nov. 9, 2021, so DNA could be connected for entry into police systems and used for forensic genetic genealogy.
 
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