Identified! CA - Healdsburg, UP65610, Female, 30-40, found in creek bed off Pine Flat Rd, Aug 8, 1993 - Robin Fay Hedrick

[Murkywaters]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Two men were walking up a creek bed off of Pine Flat Road and discovered the deceased. Due to advanced decomposition she was not able to be identified.

 

[Murkywaters]

Demographics
Sex: Female
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Possible First Name --
Possible Middle Name--
Possible Last Name--
Nickname/Alias--
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range: (Years) 30-40
Estimated Year of Death: 1992-1993
Estimated PMI--
Height: 5' 5"-5' 7"(65-67 inches) , Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate

Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: August 8, 1993
NamUs Case Created: February 23, 2020
ME/C QA Reviewed--
Location Found Map
Location: Healdsburg, California 95448
County: Sonoma County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)--
Found On Tribal Land: No
Circumstances of Recovery: Two men were walking up a creek bed off of Pine Flat Road and discovered the deceased. Due to advanced decomposition she was not able to be identified.

Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains --
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton

Physical Description
Hair Color: Brown
Head Hair Description: Approximately 1" in length with some grey.
Left Eye Color: Unknown
Right Eye Color: Unknown

Distinctive Physical Features
No Information Entered

Clothing and Accessories
Jewelry: Bracelet, yellow metal with possible silver plating. 1/4" wide. Pattern repeated around the bracelet. "%25" engraved inside.
Jewelry: Bracelet, yellow metal with mother of pearl inset spaced about 1/8" apart, 9/16" wide.
On the Body

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Any rule-outs listed?

I wonder if the creek could have carried her a distance, or is she thought to have been placed around the location where she was found?
(ETA: It does sound like it's near a road), so was she a victim who was left there in the water by someone hoping to obscure evidence?

Without more information, I will take a guess she has been reported missing at this point, and we might be able to help.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/2396/attachments?nav
After a very cursory search, the only even remotely possible match from that area that I can find is Deborah Kay Johnson.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Important bump up. Because this UID is now listed in NamUs as Male...
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[BrownBear]

John Donal Rafferty?

Left Dallas in May 1979, treated for mugging in Los Angles CA 1980 or '81 (UCLA Medical Center), may work for cash as landscaper, rug cleaner, carpenter.

 

[djanga]

The DNA Doe Project has taken this UID and will perform genealogical research. He is now listed as their pending case

 

[John/Jane Doe]

The DNA Doe Project has taken this UID and will perform genealogical research. He is now listed as their pending case

Pine Flat Rd Jane Doe 1993 - DNA Doe Project

Description: On August 8, 1993, two men were hiking along a creek bed in a remote area off of Pine Flat Road in Healdsburg, California, when they discovered the skeletonized remains of a woman, approximately 30-40 years old, and about 5’5” -5’7” tall. Jane Doe was wearing two yellow metal...

dnadoeproject.org

 

[djanga]

This Doe is listed as female on Namus, not sure if it was changed again. Also according to the DDP dashboard, they are now in active genealogical research. I wonder if the genealogical research proved this Doe is a female.

 

[jackornaught]

Important bump up. Because this UID is now listed in NamUs as Male...
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

It still shows female for me... Did it change for a while and then change back the classification?

 

[ChatteringBirds]

It still shows female for me... Did it change for a while and then change back the classification?

Maybe- or perhaps the change was always an error and was corrected? I'm glad they now know for sure and are proceeding.

 

[iulia]

Pine Flat Rd Doe's NamUs page is down at the moment.

 

[jackornaught]

Pine Flat Rd Doe's NamUs page is down at the moment.

Let's hope there was an ID.

 

[cheemsg]

The DNA Doe Project page doesn't work

 

[djanga]

Identified as Robin Fay Hedrick

Hedrick was born in 1953 and lived in Vallejo. The Sheriff's Office said little is known about her, except that she was last seen in February 1992 in Vallejo

Remains of Jane Doe found over 30 years ago identified as Vallejo woman

A Jane Doe whose remains were found near Healdsburg over 30 years ago has finally been identified through DNA and now law enforcement is hoping to solve her suspicious death, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.

www.nbcbayarea.com

 

[djanga]

Remains of Jane Doe found over 30 years ago identified as Vallejo woman

A Jane Doe whose remains were found near Healdsburg over 30 years ago has finally been identified through DNA and now law enforcement is hoping to solve her suspicious death, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.

www.nbcbayarea.com

 

[djanga]

New details emerged in this article. Robin had a son, who probably wondered for 32 years where was his mother.

In 2022, our Coroner’s Bureau submitted Jane Doe’s DNA to the DNA Doe Project. The DNA Doe Project identified a potential relative, which led detectives to Jane Doe’s son. A California Department of Justice DNA laboratory compared Jane Doe’s DNA with the son’s DNA, identifying Jane Doe as Robin Fay Hedrick.

Sonoma County Cold Case Heats Up: Twenty-Year Jane Doe Found Dead in Healdsburg Identified Using DNA - MendoFever – Mendocino County News

"Little is known about Robin other than she was last seen alive in Vallejo in February 1992. We’re asking the public for any information about Robin’s life in hopes of providing answers about her suspicious death."

mendofever.com

 

[djanga]

Another Robin’s photo:

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-woman-police-seek-help-suspicious-death-18667346.php

 

[Mary-Belle]

Another person I wish we had more info about. It’s so sad when there are so few details.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Skeletal remains found in a creek bed off of Pine Flat Road near Healdsburg more than 30 years ago have now been identified as Robin Fay Hedrick.

While the remains were discovered on Aug. 9, 1993, more than three decades ago, the case remained cold due to the extent of the decomposition of the bones, according to investigators.

It wasn’t until 2022 — when the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office submitted the “Jane Joe” DNA samples to the DNA Doe Project — that investigators were able to make some movement in the case. When the Project ran the sample, they were able to identify a possible relative and, in 2023, a California Department of Justice DNA laboratory further compared the “Jane Doe” DNA sample with a person investigators had reason to believe may be the victim’s son, and she was identified as Robin Fay Hedrick.

At this time, investigators say little is known about Hedrick, besides she was born in 1953 and lived in Vallejo.

Bay Area woman missing since 1992 ID’ed through cold case DNA comparison

Skeletal remains found in a creek bed off of Pine Flat Road near Healdsburg more than 30 years ago have now been identified as Robin Fay Hedrick, a Vallejo woman that was last seen alive in 1992, d…

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