theshadow45
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Lorraine has been missing for 41 years today.
People can make mistakes, also coroners, but I have problems with the age difference. Coroners don't decide on age by looks, but by bone structure/development.I feel a little crazy even suggesting this match, but I sent it to Namus anyway. I think this UID could be Lorraine.
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Things that match:
Height (5'4")
Blue jeans
Yellow gold chain
Size 8 1/2 brown suede shoes
Things that don't not match
Age (Lorraine - 17; UID 25-40. I run a bar, 17 can look 25)
Hair (Lorraine - Brown; UID red/auburn. These can be two words for the same thing)
Things that don't match
Location (Lorraine - NJ; UID - NV)
Significant Unknowns
PMI for UID
Blouse Lorraine was wearing under coat
UID cause of death (I think homicide, but can't actually find anything to back that up)
I can see allllllll the ways this shouldn't work, but the clothes strike me as crazy similar. While Lorraine had some things UID doesn't have (ring, coat), UID had nothing Lorraine didn't have.
I can't think of any logical reason Lorraine would end up in Las Vegas, at all.
So there's that thought, I guess.
Sadly, this is all too common and likely coupled with "we know who did it, but can't prove it," which stalls myriad cases.The simple fact of the matter is that Westhampton PD didn't want to be outdone on the case by a neighboring police department or the state police so they never asked for assistance from any other agency, insisting they could handle it on their own. To this day, the Westhampton PD has never been able to live down the Herbster disappearance.