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Does anybody know any of the details of this case? Who might have been questioned? Any boyfriends etc?
I just listened to Keystone Cold Cases Podcast this morning. The second half of the podcast they talk about Penny Doe who was found in 1990 in Clarion County PA in 1990. They speculated that maybe this could be Michele - that she could have been held captive and then her body been dumped there. The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) - Where the Jane Doe was found is a little over an hour from where Michele went missing from.
Oddly enough, Penn Doe and Michele have not been ruled out to be one another. This surprises me - unless NamUs just never added the rule out to their exclusion lists... What do you think?
One discrepancy is the height - Penny Doe is listed as being an estimated 4'10 and Michele is listed as being 5'4
LE looked at this back in 2010. I have emails between LE for Michele, PSP for Penny Doe and myself specifically about this possible match.
My own thoughts?
Hair color is off. News accounts from back in the day (attached) describe Michele as having blond or dark blond hair. The pic of Michelle that's always used reminds me of Tracy Byrd's. Tracy had blond/strawberry blond hair but there's still pics out there where her hair looks much darker.
I don't know why NamUs has 4'11" for Penny Doe instead of a range. News articles say 5'1"-5'2".
Dentals are available for both. Penny's perfect teeth and the extra/baby tooth would make this a very easy rule out.
Circumstances don't work for me. Michele disappeared 9 years prior to Penny being found. Nothing in her life pointed to her leaving voluntarily and I just don't think she was held for 9 years. Yes, I know it's happened. I just don't buy it here. JMO
25 Nov 1981, Page 31 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at Newspapers.com
23 Mar 1989, Page 38 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at Newspapers.com