Identified! OR - Skeletal remains of adult female found in Battle Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor between Ukiah and Pilot Rock on Apr'83 - NamUs removed

[MadMcGoo]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) UP94912

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Date Body Found: April 27, 1983
Location Found: Ukiah, Umatilla County, Oregon
SexFemale
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 70
Estimated Age Range (Years): 30-70
Height/Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair/Eye Color: Unknown

Circumstances of Recovery: The skeletal remains of an adult female were discovered in Battle Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor between Ukiah, OR and Pilot Rock, OR.

Investigating Agency: Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office (541) 966-3600
Agency Case Number: 22-1184
ME/C Case Number: 220830-629

 

[MadMcGoo]

These seem like the two most likely reported missing women, depending on PMI:

June Lynn Howard – The Charley Project

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[phantomstrider]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)​

Date Body Found April 27, 1983​

Location Found Ukiah, Oregon​

Estimated Age Range 30-70 years​

Sex Female​

Race/Ethnicity White/Caucasian​

Estimated Age Range Adult-Pre70​

Height Cannot Estimate​

Weight Cannot Estimate​

Location Ukiah, Oregon 97880​

County Umatilla County​

Found On Tribal Land No​

Circumstances of Recovery The skeletal remains of an adult female were discovered in Battle Mountain State Scenic Corridor between Ukiah, OR and Pilot Rock, OR​

Condition of Remains Not recognizable- Partial skeletal parts only​

Hair Color Unknown​

Eye Color Unknown​

 

[iulia]

The NamUs page for this UID is down.

 

[MadMcGoo]

Wow.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

I wonder if this is one of Oregon's Parabon NanoLabs cases.

 

[bflocket]

There have been many cases declared "Identified" via "NamUS removed" lately. Has anyone checked with NamUS to verify that they have been identified?

There are several cases I've seen in the past where the NamUS page has been inaccessible because it was merely "suspended" (for lack of a better term) so that they could review/update the case and not because they were ID'ed. Sometimes the cases came back after a time and some cases that didn't come back (I assume due to some sort of technicality) even though there wasn't a true resolution.

I understand removing newer cases where someone may not have been officially declared missing, but there are many from long ago.

 

[iulia]

June Howard's NamUs page is no longer available.

Missing Person / NamUs #MP20124

View NamUs missing person case MP20124 for June Lynn Howard missing from Kennewick, Washington. Date of last contact: Jun 16, 1978. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

 

[victoriarobinson642]

June Howard's NamUs page is no longer available.

Missing Person / NamUs #MP20124

View NamUs missing person case MP20124 for June Lynn Howard missing from Kennewick, Washington. Date of last contact: Jun 16, 1978. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

A Kennewick mom went missing 40 years ago. Investigators now say it was murder.

June Howard's body has never been found. Almost 40 years later, prosecutors now say her husband murdered her.

www.seattletimes.com

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June Howard could not wait to celebrate her youngest son’s 2nd birthday.

The 26-year-old Kennewick mother had been telling family and friends for weeks that she was getting ready for the special occasion on June 21, 1978. But she never made it to the little boy’s party. June went missing five days before her toddler got to blow out his candles.

June’s husband said she walked to a nearby store for cigarettes one evening and never returned. He filed a missing person report 11 days later.

Police always suspected Steve Howard played a role in her disappearance, but they didn’t have the evidence.

Her body has never been found. Four decades later, prosecutors now say her husband murdered her.

There will be no justice for her three sons and other loved ones — Steve Howard died in 2000.

But while it’s too late to file murder charges, the finding “would bring closure to the family and an answer for the Kennewick Police Department,” Benton County Prosecutor Andy Miller said.

Even though investigators consider the oldest Kennewick missing-person case solved, her name will remain in the National Crime Information Center’s missing-persons database in case her body is ever found.

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