CA CA - Tujunga, Fem, 15-40 in drainage culvert Aug '79

[Melt71]

Case created in Namus 22 January 2020 www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/64574

ME/C Case Number 1979-10626
Demographics
Sex Female
Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian, Black / African American
Estimated Age Group Adult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range (Years) 15-40
Estimated Year of Death 1976-1979
Estimated PMI 3 Years
Height/weight - cannot estimate
Circumstance
Date Body Found August 25, 1979
NamUs Case Created January 22, 2020
Location Found Map
Location Tujunga, California 91042
County Los Angeles County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)--
Circumstances of Recovery On 08/25/1979 hikers found a human skull while hiking down a drainage culvert to Delta Flats.
Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains Torso not recovered One or more limbs not recovered One or both hands not recovered
Condition of Remains Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only
Physical Description
Hair Color Black
Head Hair Description Long black hair found separate from skull

 

[Melt71]

www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/ca-wilma-vermaas-23-los-angeles-3-april-1976.335232/
Wilma Vermaas went missing within the PMI period and has long dark hair (reported as brown or black).

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Wendy Byron is on the later end of the PMI period but is missing from 40~ minutes away.

 

[Melt71]

No ruleouts in Namus.

Another possibility - Marion Cornelia Hawkins www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/12010/details?nav who went missing from the same county in 1975 - African American with black hair. No photo in Namus and no file in Charley or DoeNetwork.

 

[theshadow45]

Following.

 

[theshadow45]

This Jane Doe has been unidentified for 44 years today.

 

[theshadow45]

Unidentified for 45 years today.