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In comments Eva's sister has contacted Namus according to this article, the composite scetch seems very like Eva to me
http://www.excelsiorspringsstandard...-public-help-in-identifying-skeletal-remains/
Maybe someone can post side by side?
Eva Ridall went missing on May 1, 1977 from Bradenton, Florida when she was 15-years-old.
Now, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children has released a progression photo of Ridall, who they believe traveled to the Cincinnati area at some point.
I am a bit confused. On Ancestry there is a school yearbookrecord for 1978 (the year after Eva went missing) for Walnut Hills High Schoolin Cincinnati. The record includes an image file of the yearbook pages whichclearly shows Eva. It is possible, of course, that the school included her as away of preserving hope. However it certainly means one of two things; eithershe was a pupil at the school in 1978 or she had been a pupil there immediatelybefore her disappearance. If the latter it again raises the questions of whatshe was doing in Florida, and what was her family status at the time (and why,on her return to Cincinnati, she met a cousin rather than closer family orgoing to the family home). Were they just on holiday in Florida and, if so, whydoes the police notice refer to ‘her home in Bradenton?
Good find. Walnut Hills High School - Remembrancer Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH) - Class of 1978 Text from page 110: Eva Ridall
Clarification.... She was alive and in Cincinnati at the time. The photo / yearbook that is being referenced is the 1975 yearbook. She was in 8th grade which if my math is correct would make her the class of 79. She doesn't appear in the 1976 yearbook. I gather at some point in 1976 she either moved to Florida or changed school districts.
That particular yearbook is on classmates.
It's not her. She was ID'd a long time ago. Alcala took these photos during his stay in NYC in '68-'71.
Just found this video on Eva which was posted August 31, 2016. It stated she may be living in Cincinnati using the first names of either Aubrey, Natasha or Victoria and using the last name Mattingly. http://meredith.worldnow.com/story/32941744/40-years-later-search-for-a-missing-child-continues
How did she come up with Mattingly as an alias? Family name, or maybe that of a boyfriend or classmate? Could she have eloped?
91UFTXA waitress working at the Hitchin’ Post truck stop on Interstate 45 said the girl came into the restaurant the same evening and again, asked for directions to the Ellis Unit, saying she had a friend there. A map was drawn for her and she departed. The waitress asked the girl how old she was and the girl responded 19. The waitress thought that was an obvious lie and then asked the girl if her parents knew where she was. The young girl replied, "Who cares." The waitress then asked her where she was from. The girl replied the Aransas Pass / Rockport area. It has not been verified that the girl was the unidentified victim.
I remember Eva from elementary school. I guess we went to the same high school for a year, too, but I don't remember seeing her then. She was a grade behind me, but in elementary school I'd see her in the lunchroom and on the playground. She was a very friendly girl. I had no idea she was missing until I was researching another missing person about a month ago. I recognized her picture immediately.
Then, yesterday on FB I saw a drawing of a teen I'd seen before, but this time when I looked at the face I saw a resemblance to Eva. Does anyone know whether the Walker County Jane Doe in Texas has been looked into as a match for Eva? I almost dismissed the idea because on one website it stated as fact that the UID was 14 when she died. But, I don't know how reliable that website is.
On the Doe Network, it's Carl's drawing that I think resembles Eva (the other drawings, not at all). DN gives an age range of 14-18 (Wikipedia gives a range of 14-20). But there was something that stood out to me on the website:
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BBM Eva would have been 19 years old in 1980 when the body was found, so the girl may have been telling the truth and just looked young for her age, if this was Eva.
I wonder if Eva met with someone in Cincy who she was planning to travel to Cali with. If they were heading to SoCal, it's possible they headed south and ended up in Texas where they stayed.
I'm really saddened to think Eva might be deceased, especially at the hands of a monster as a teenager. But, if the Walker County Jane Doe is Eva, her family deserves answers.
They both have their DNA in CODIS so they are probably not the same person. I think she's been suggested as WCJD before but nothing's been ruled out by law enforcement, according to NamUs.