Ok, so I don't mean to be disrespectful here. But this is my opinion. I spent a lot of time on this search. For free. Because I felt compelled. And I submitted the email to the correct person. Now, that person, whose job it is to follow up on my tip, is paid with my tax dollars (yes, I live in WV). Therefore, why is it my job to do her job? I'm confused.
In an ideal world, LE would check out any tips provided by concerned citizens. Now if I recall your original post, it is not that your submission was ignored, it came back undeliverable so it is not like someone dismissed your submission. There is a flip side to the tax dollar issue and that is efficient use of public resources. some smaller local jurisdictions just don't have the full time staff that can dedicate its days to scouring the internet for possible matches for long cold cases and even if they did, they could spend considerable time with submissions that require unnecessary extra steps only to find out that perhaps some of the names are already on the rule-out list.
I looked back at the Namus page for the UID and there is not a whole lot to work with being that partial skeletal remains were found. they do not have as much as a hair color.
we have a white woman with an estimated age range of 37-47, around 5'0" tall, found in May 2001, with a possible 3 year post-mortem interval. they do have DNA for the UID.
While it is true that anyone could wind up deceased anywhere in the US, it may be unrealistic to expect a small local agency to request records from across the country so that they can manually compare records when there is the remotest of possibilities of a match.
taking your suggestions one at a time, the first one, 1698DFFL, is Sherri Vanessa Holland, last seen in FL on Aug 16, 1996. she was between 5'2" and 5'5". circumstances surrounding her disappearance make it appear she was the victim of a crime and quite probably murdered within days of her disappearance. LE figures she was abducted somewhere between Flagler Beach FL and Atlanta GA. I could not find Sherri in Namus so there is no indication whether there are any DNA samples on file.
so it is possible the UID is Sherri but it is not likely that someone drove all the way from FL or GA to dump a body in WV.
the second one was ruled out already, that being Sharon Medlin.
The third one is 2697DFPA, or Kathleen Ann Mohn. as per her Doe Network page, it is believed her body was dumped into the Schuylkill River near Levittown, PA on the day she was last seen, December 3, 1999.
the fourth one is 2043DFOH, or Tonia Gay Aldrich, missing March 29, 1997 from Elyria, OH. the height is about right as is the age. I could not find her in Namus as either Aldrich or Woodburn so there is no indication about her DNA. Judging by a visual inspection of google maps, I would say it is about a 7 hour drive from Elyria, OH to Greenbrier County, WV.
The fifth, 682DFCA, is Rebecca Patterson, last seen on Aug 20, 1997 in Santa Cruz, CA. She is in Namus and they do not have a DNA result on file. other than her being a white woman, within the age range and about 5'2", there is nothing to suggest how she would have gotten to WV.
Just going through these took more than about 45 minutes of my time and I am not being paid to do so. Some people at WS throw out possible matches on the threads for the input of others before submitting anything to LE. it is of course not a requirement as any member of the public can look at any missing persons reports and make a call or send an email. as I indicated, on the occasions when I send in a possible match, I want to be as specific as possible as to why I think it is a match as to provide a justification for the recipient to spend some time looking into the match.
