I don't see any mention of Dr. Mladick working on transgender patients at all. His practice does not even appear to offer those type of surgeries currently. Mladick was apparently famous for his use of saline implants -- the UID's implants were silicone. This alone would exclude Mladick from being the UID's surgeon.
That seems to be the case with regard to Dr. Richard Mladick. There were a collective of doctors in Virginia Beach, VA in the 1980s. I would suspect that the doctors with Associates In Plastic Surgery all primarily used saline implants.
Family rejection also can't be ruled out. We know that she'd had gender affirming care years before she died. The possibility exists that the family decided to act as if she died or was never born, and would not have reached out to law enforcement even if they knew she was likely a homicide victim.
Yes, I think she unfortunately probably was rejected by her family which is why nobody has come forward. But the DNA Doe Project post specifies that there's a possibility she wasn't raised by her biological family. Since they're doing genetic genealogy on her, that makes me think they suspect that one of the reasons they're hitting roadblocks is that she's adopted etc. Like if they found a second cousin and looked into all of their family but didn't find any possibilities, then it's possible that Julie was adopted out of the family or that the connection might not be one that was on paper. Like if the second cousin's cousin was Julie's father but her mother had an affair, so he's not the father on paper and thus the biological connection wouldn't help and Julie wouldn't appear in any records for the cousin's family.
Fair enough.
Also looks like she had bottom surgery and hormonal supplementation. Definitely rare in the 1970s and 1980s. She must have been living in Florida for many years. Was there a known trans community back in the day? It was different times.
This is discussed in greater detail earlier in the thread (around pages 6-7), but we don't know if Julie had had bottom surgery. It was not noted at time of death that she did not have a uterus, ovaries, etc., if that gives any indication of the condition of the remains. She had had top surgery (implants were present) and a nose job, and pitting to her pelvis indicates that she had been on hormone therapy at some point (both skeletal changes), but beyond that, it's all speculation.
I agree, decomp processes first affect the pelvic area, starting often within a day after death, depending on climate.
I am aware of that, in fact there was gender affirming surgery since the Lilli Elbe case much earlier.
So now the DDP can't boost/advertise any posts at all? That's vile. Justice for Julie (and the cases in the DDP's safe hands!!)October 09, 2024 Michelle Taylor
Meta Rejects DNA Doe Project’s Ad for Transgender Doe
Identifying Does is hard enough. The DNA Doe Project certainly doesn’t need pushback from the world’s largest social media corporation. Yet, that’s exactly the situation the non-profit has found themselves in this week.www.forensicmag.com
Part of the ad in question. Credit: DDP
''The DNA Doe Project (DDP) has had an official non-profit page on Facebook since 2019. They use it in a myriad of ways—always with the end goal of bringing attention to a specific John/Jane Doe case.
If you follow DNA Doe Project’s Facebook page, you’ve probably seen their graphic featuring a sketch of the Doe in the foreground with the words “Do You Recognize Me?” in red.''
