Identified! DE - Bear, WhtFem 16-25, UP7097, pregnant, in laundry bag, Mar'67 - NamUs removed

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HmmMysterious said:
Emailed the regional specialist for this case and asked when the NamUs file will be taken down. I'm hoping for a quick response.
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Ok she said the files are only taken down when law enforcement/investigating agencies have formally confirmed a resolution. But since Doe Network has declared her identified, they probably already have.
 
According to bio family, the name Patra was a nickname for a different full name. I'm going back through some older comments that were written in Greek. Bio family had no English knowledge and were desperately seeking advocates in the US. This is so utterly sad, they were searching for a woman in her 70's :(
 
Kitsey said:
I am shaking right now. This lady's family members have been searching for her for YEARS in a Greek genealogy group that I am a member of. I never thought these two interests of mine would intersect like this. Poor, poor girl.
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I can't imagine what her family must be feeling. Between being adopted, immigrating internationally, and likely not being reported missing, it's such a slim chance she'd ever be identified, even through FGG. She's lucky to have a family so determined to find her. Even if this isn't the reunion they were hoping for, their efforts restored her name.

Is this genealogy group aware of Little Miss Panasoffkee? She's thought to be a Greek Doe as well. Maybe she came from similar circumstances and can be identified the same way.
 
UnlicensedPI said:
I can't imagine what her family must be feeling. Between being adopted, immigrating internationally, and likely not being reported missing, it's such a slim chance she'd ever be identified, even through FGG. She's lucky to have a family so determined to find her. Even if this isn't the reunion they were hoping for, their efforts restored her name.

Is this genealogy group aware of Little Miss Panasoffkee? She's thought to be a Greek Doe as well. Maybe she came from similar circumstances and can be identified the same way.
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Yes, I have shared Little Miss Panasoffkee and another Greek male doe who was recently identified. Little Miss was featured on a TV program in Greece and is somewhat well-known. I have a feeling she may have been adopted too. There was a booming adoption system in Greece around midcentury and unfortunately much of it was shady and sometimes outright kidnapping. Little Miss's parents may have been told she died at birth in order to be sold to foreign adoptive parents.

The posts on Patra are being taken down from the genealogy group for respect and privacy.
 
UnlicensedPI said:
I can't imagine what her family must be feeling. Between being adopted, immigrating internationally, and likely not being reported missing, it's such a slim chance she'd ever be identified, even through FGG. She's lucky to have a family so determined to find her. Even if this isn't the reunion they were hoping for, their efforts restored her name.

Is this genealogy group aware of Little Miss Panasoffkee? She's thought to be a Greek Doe as well. Maybe she came from similar circumstances and can be identified the same way.
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They did attempt FGG back in 2011, when it was in its infancy. And you are right. They weren't able to identify her by this method. They were able to find maternally related matches, however, 2 things. 1. Investigators never said how close the relationship was between Patra and these discovered relatives. 2. Those maternally related folks were interviewed and didn't know who she was. So we concluded here on WS it must have been a case of adoption. Appears we were right.
Also, this was attempted 12 years ago or so, and it doesn't appear that anyone went back into these DNA sites, or submitted her DNA to newer sites, to see if there were any updated, closer matches. We never heard any follow ups after this article:
www.nj.com

Delaware officials look to Trenton in attempt to solve 1967 cold case

An artist's rendering of an unidentified white female whose body was found dumped in rural New Castle County, Delaware on March 18, 1967. Her body was partially stuffed inside a bag belonging to a Trenton laundry company that has...
www.nj.com www.nj.com
 
Kitsey said:
According to bio family, the name Patra was a nickname for a different full name. I'm going back through some older comments that were written in Greek. Bio family had no English knowledge and were desperately seeking advocates in the US. This is so utterly sad, they were searching for a woman in her 70's :(
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This breaks my heart. I hope they know that hundreds of people here in the US have been searching for them, too, in order to give Patra back her name and reunite her with her family.
They have our deepest sympathies.
 
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