I FINALLY located this thread after coming across Ivanka’s case! I recognized her photo immediately, I just couldn’t remember which Doe I recognized it from! I feel confident about this match! After reading the autopsy/ME report, all vitals seem to match (taking into consideration the likelihood that Ivanka’s are
not 100% accurate given the lack of certainty surrounding what information I’ve found so far). Another thing to take into consideration the post-mortem effects of a hanging death. i.e. height & eye color variance. I’ll post a few links of articles explaining the possible effects. If nothing else, they’re interesting!
I also feel like, given the already vague approximation of the disappearance date (Sept 1992), whoever reported her missing may not have even been confident of that much! Therefore making the date of discovery for AJD (06 June 1991; 15 month difference) not completely out of the realm of possibility. Assuming the reporting person was guessing. JMO
I will continue to dig up what I can find about Ivanka’s disappearance, but I just wanted to share my thoughts and opinions. Respectfully, of course.
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I think it’s a good find!
Body Length estimation during PMI -
http://www.rjlm.ro/system/revista/44/369-372.pdf
“A difference has been reported in living people between standing free stature and the measurement taken when the body is lying down. However, it is still not clear if there is any difference between postmortem height and cadaver length.
The cadaver length must be measured from heel to crown. However, it is not unusual in daily practice for the technician or pathologist to use different tools for evaluating the body length (tape measure, portable stadiometer, and folding measuring stick) and it is sometimes measured from toe to crown which can result in a significant difference compared with the living standing height. Furthermore, according to Knight, post - mortem height may differ from known height by several centimetres because of several opposing causes of variation, such as muscle flaccidity and rigor mortis (21).
Therefore, if body length measurement in autopsy report does not align with the living record, the value of this data may be questioned, even from a forensic standpoint.”
Iris recognition after death -
*GRAPHIC*- (page 4 & beyond)
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.01962.pdf
As always, thank you ALL for your unwavering dedication to these Does!!
•MMcG•
ETA: I also noticed that a “Do Not Disturb” sign had been hanging on the door of the motel room for most of the date of discovery, something I hadn’t read before. IMO this was a suicide and I have a feeling that is why the two males have no publicly come forward. It seems that they were cooperative once questioned. But probably not realizing what she was going to do, I can see how they’d rightfully assume they’d be implicated (more so than what they have already been). JMOO