Here's a comparison of
Mary Lou Boston and this UID. Mary's DNA is on file. I understand from articles and comments posted in her WS thread that Mary's husband admitted to shooting her at his favorite hunting spot in CA north of Sacramento. Imo, her physical features match for the most part and circumstances certainly raise suspicions. The silver ring with a light blue stone even matches Mary's December birthdate.
The only aspect that excludes Mary matching this UID are the dates. This is major in that you can't be killed 6 mos. after your body has been located. However, it is quite possible that Mary's reported missing date is not accurate or even precise. She was reported missing by her brother in
Sept. 1968. This UID was located in
March 1968. According to her Doe Network profile "Mary Boston was
last seen in Sacramento around September 1, 1968."
My question - Who reported this as her missing date? If her brother last saw or talked to her around that time, that'll most likely exclude Mary but if her husband, the murderer whose honesty rating in my book is about zero, then I don't doubt he could have killed her in March 1968. Six months is not an extremely long time since last speaking to or seeing a relative, especially if separated by a large distance or a controlling no-good-worthless-serial killer-husband. I can't even imagine the hell this poor woman must have lived through as his wife.
I wonder if she was killed in March but the husband was able to put off her brother and whomever else might have inquired for a few months before her brother got suspicious and filed the report? Apparently this was a scary dude. Even her children were too afraid to say what they knew so they held the secret for years! I'm hoping the sleuthing skills you all have can help determine the accuracy of the timelines and any other questions that arise as we compare Mary and JD.
Is there any indication of the type of homicide of JD? Was she shot in the back of her head or neck area? Was she found in a location suitable for hunting? Was there a "remote creek" nearby? How certain is Mary's brother about her actual missing date? What, if anything, do her sons remember about when they last saw her?
I'm sure more concerns will come up as you compare.
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Missing Age.
23 Years
Current Age.
74 Years
First Name
Mary
Middle Name
Lou
Last Name.
Boston
Sex Female
Height.
5' 4" (64 Inches)
Weight.
115 - 120 lbs
Race / Ethnicity.
White / Caucasian
Hair
Brown
Eyes
Brown
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Circumstances of Disappearance
Mary Boston was last seen in Sacramento approximately September 1, 1968.
Google Maps
~6hrs. 50 mins. - Huntington Beach to Sacramento.
I see there's a Huntington Beach Channel and a Talbert Channel that appear to be within walking distance of Yorktown Avenue and Newland Street. Is this his favorite "hunting spot-Huntington Beach"? Can you huntmthere? Did Silas and/or Mary have any connection to Huntington Beach? Work? Play? Family? Etc.?
UID location -
CITY FOUND: Huntington Beach
LOCATION FOUND: Field near Yorktown & Newland, Huntington Beach, CA
DEATH CLASSIFICATION: Homicide
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Mary Lou Boston – The Charley Project
Her brother reported her missing; he stated in the police report that Mary's disappearance was extremely uncharacteristic...
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Mary was married to Silas Duane Boston at the time of her disappearance. Her brother stated Silas acted "nervous and jittery" when Mary disappeared, didn't report his wife missing and said he didn't want to get involved.
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In December 2016, at the age of 75, Silas was charged in a double homicide committed at sea in 1978. Federal agents were investigating him as a suspect in Mary's disappearance when one of Silas's sons told them that as a thirteen-year-old, he'd witnessed his father murder two British tourists and throw them overboard in the Caribbean Sea.
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Silas allegedly bragged to others about shooting Mary to death and burying her body at an undisclosed location. He told one traveling partner that he'd shot Mary twice as she begged for her life, then buried her body near a remote creek in nothern California.
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Foul play is suspected in Mary's case due to the circumstances involved.
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CA - CA - Mary Lou Boston, 23, Sacramento, 26 Sep 1968
I copied portions of two comments regarding Mary's case. -
1.
Steph54
While investigating the missing person case of Mary Lou Boston, Sacramento Police Department discovered that her then husband, Silas Duane Boston, was responsible for several murders.
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As for the 1968 disappearance of his first wife, Sacramento Police Department have witness statements that Silas admitted to driving Mary Lou to one of his favorite hunting locations, told her to run and shot her in the back of the head. When the first shot did not kill her, he shot her at close range. Published accounts of the crime vary as to whether he buried her or left her in a creek bed that eventually collapsed over her remains.
2. Daisy chains
Silas Boston told the man that he “was unsure if he hit her in the back of her skull or the base of her skull but the shot didn’t kill her,” the complaint states. The man said Boston told him he approached his wife as she pleaded for her life – asking “What about the kids?” – before Boston delivered the fatal shot. Authorities said Boston told the man that he was left with blisters on his hands from burying her."
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Mary was born December 4, 1944. Light blue birthstone.
Orange County, California - 68-00745-C
JEWELRY: Silver ring with light blue square stone