Ambercat
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Unidentified Hispanic/White Female
CORONER CASE NUMBER: 90-05253-MH
The Doe Network Case File 38UFCA
NamUs UP # 7673
http://egov.ocgov.com/ocgov/Sheriff-Coroner%20-%20Sandra%20Hutchens/Commands%20and%20Divisions/Professional%20Services%20Command/Coroner/Unidentified%20Dead/Jane%20DOES/90-05253-MHCORONER CASE NUMBER: 90-05253-MH
The Doe Network Case File 38UFCA
NamUs UP # 7673
http://www.ci.garden-grove.ca.us/?q=police/Unsolved/1990/Doe ***WARNING POSTMORTEM AT LINK***
https://identifyus.org/en/cases/7673
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/38ufca.html
This unidentified woman was found at 13312 Downey Place, Garden Grove, CA (according to the Orange County Coroner and NamUs) or 13312 Lewis Street (according to the Garden Grove Police Department) on October 4, 1990 at 7:40 am.
Vital Statistics
Estimated age: 25 - 35 years old (GGPD estimates her age as between 25 30 years old)
Approximate Height and Weight: 5'3"; 179 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Shoulder-length curly brown hair and brown eyes. She most likely gave birth at least once. Blood type O+
Dentals: Available. Two of her upper teeth were outlined with gold dental trim. Several of her back teeth were missing.
Clothing: She was wearing a sleeveless black blouse over a pink tank top (size 42); and Paloma brand, acid-washed blue jeans (size 34). She was barefoot, but it appeared that she normally wore sandals. No jewelry located.
Other: Information leads police to believe the victim had some connection to a person named Steve Glick. Fingerprints are available.
DNA: Available in California Department of Justice database.
Case History
The victim was discovered around 07:30 on October 4, 1990 by five children walking to school in Garden Grove, CA. They saw a large, rolled-up carpet near the sidewalk on Lewis St, south of Downey Pl, across the street from their elementary school. One of the children investigated the scene and observed that someone was rolled into the carpet; the children then called the police.
Authorities concluded that the victim had been strangled sometime in the early-morning hours, then placed into the red carpet tied up with electrical wire and twine, abandoned on a grassy parkway on Lewis Street across the street from Riverdale Elementary School where she was discovered shortly after her homicide. No identification or money was found on the body.
The victim may have been an immigrant from Mexico; South America; or the Pacific Southwest. Investigators placed numerous announcements in Spanish-speaking newspapers and other outlets, but to no avail. The Garden Grove Police Department thought that she could also be a Pacific Islander.
NamUs lists two rule outs -- Carmen Hetrick of Colorado and Patricia Schmidt from Virginia.
Some Websleuths members were discussing the sketches from the Orange County, CA recently. She is the only UID from Orange County (who I know of at the current time) who also has a postmortem photo available (on the Garden Grove Police Department's website), as well as a sketch.