FL FL - Ralph Hampton Miller, 17, Lakeland, Sept 19, 1970

[ohthatkatgirl]

Not even a year later and this is in the newspaper? His name can't be that popular, even in 1970.

Tampa Bay Times Newspaper
31 Mar 1971
Ralph Hampton Miller - Newspapers.com
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From digging through some archives, I think Ralph's father remarried in 1971. I've attached the findagrave link for Ralph Snr and his wife Carolyn, as well as her obituary which mentions Ralph's siblings who were referenced in above posts.

Ralph Hampton Miller (1926-2004) - Find a Grave...

 

[NYanon]

Coos County John Doe (1971)
I don't think this Doe was ever ruled out as possibly being Miller. Across the country from Florida, but not a stretch of possibility. Fairly easy to get from Florida to Oregon by hitchhiking over the course of a few months.

That person has been identified, according to the wikia link.

 

[NYanon]

I’ve emailed both NamUs and CP to notify them of the error.

I find it odd that the wrong picture would still be used (at least without clarifying it's only used for reference because there are no better pictures of Ralph's face than the one where he is standing -- if that would be the case), this much later, and after the error was brought to various attention.

 

[Diavola]

DoeNetwork has a yearbook photo of Ralph.