In Sept of 1963, Roberta "aka" Emily, was in the process of having teeth pulled for an upper dental plate and possibly a partial lower plate. There was a genetic gum disease that ran on the Jordan side. It us uncertain if and when this was completed, except we know for a fact that in Oct of 1963 we have a family video that shows her smiling and laughing and she in fact had already had teeth pulled. February 26, and 27th 1964, is the last known contact with her, and those were letters\post card type sent from her to her mother. Her mother placed those post cards in a family album and wrote "last contact" with Roberta. Im in the process of trying to get the video transferred onto DVD, its in the form of 8MM i believe, and many years ago they were transferred onto VHS, except the VHS machine ate the tape. I only have a short video, in which Carl Koppelman has a copy and I think he uploaded it to youtube. In August 2016, I submitted the envelope that we had, that held the letter dated 1963 to a detective in St. Petersburg, Florida. It is now in the possession of UNT for processing and will be compared to the 1969 Jane Doe. We've also had 3 more relatives submit DNA through NamUS. They are females, and are direct descendants from Roberta's mother. Hopefully, the DNA will be stronger than a male cousin for this purpose. I open this conversation up to anyone who has opinions, thoughts, hypothetical's because at this point, anything could be a break in my research. I also have been in contact with the Detective that worked this St Petersburg case in 1969 and he said that at the time, they thought that a man that was already in prison for rape, was probably her killer. Although He never admitted to the crime, only said that they when they found evidence that he would talk to them. They believed that she was part of a prostitution ring and that her murder was to serve as the purpose to show the other prostitutes that they were to only do their job and not talk of their bosses"pimps". He figured she had known too much and therefore was made as an example to what happens.
Our "family story" was that Emily\Roberta was being tracked to Florida by the FBI in reference to a counterfeit\savings bond check ring out of Chicago. In March 1964 Roberta had a name change out of Florida to Emily Richards, then according to a marriage document, married her boyfriend named Bruce Richards in California in November of 1966. All during that time, no contact with any family members. However, a little twist to this timeline, Bruce Richards actually had his own name change out of Chicago in April 1965 to John Ryan Obrien. Why? Stories and the FBI timeline lead me to believe he probably worked for the government as he was also a military employee and died at a VA hospital out of California. Had I only of started my research in 2009, i could have probably of located her, or at least been given a story from someone who lived the time with her.
