Identified! ID - Oneida Co, UnkSex&Race UP13607, 12-16, skull in Two Mile Canyon, Oct'86 - Patricia Campbell

[HmmMysterious]

Ok, I just listened to TheTrailWentCold and this case was mentioned in some degree of detail.

If I understand correctly, Tina's skull was recovered and noticed to have a bullet hole in it, but Patricia's skull was not recovered and her remains where confirmed through DNA testing in 2007.

The skull was found about 500-600 feet from the girl's location.

I didn't hear Robin mention it as a possibility when he was talking about who the unidentified skull may belong to.

So, the skull found years later, close to where the girls where found, could it possibly just be Patricia's skull? From everything I have read into this, the unidentified skull has only been tested against one person.

You're right- it was Patricia skull

 

[Puzzleworth]

Rest easy, Patricia "Patsy" Campbell.

 

[MadMcGoo]

Rest peacefully now Patricia.

 

[DSCrime]

Rest in peace Patricia Campbell, condolences to her family.

 

[iamshadow21]

SOLVED: Oneida Jane Doe (1986) is Identified

Sleep well, Patricia.

 

[Susikatze]

I do think the recon was really good given the incomplete skull that apparently was missing the whole mandibular area (which explains why nobody thought of Patricia, dentals were a huge part of ID back in the day).
Great work for amateur forensic artists.

 

[Andreee]

SOLVED: Oneida Jane Doe (1986) is Identified

Thank you to you and your other team members for identifying this young woman as Patricia Campbell. I send my condolences to her family members.

 

[othram]

Thank you to you and your other team members for identifying this young woman as Patricia Campbell. I send my condolences to her family members.

Appreciated. We also owe thanks to all the folks that helped crowdfund this case.

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

Thank you, Othram. I sure I'm not the only one who's relieved Oneida Doe was not a third victim, but someone whose family already had some answers to what happened to their loved one. On the other hand, there are other girls who are still missing from Idaho during that era with families who are still waiting.

Reposting/crossposting WS thread about the Pocatello Murders for convenience:

ID - ID - Pocatello Abductions, 1978-1983

Between 1978 and 1982 4 girls aged 12 to 14 were abducted and murdered in the town of Pocotello Id. Two of them, Patricia Campbell, 15, and Tina Anderson, 12, disappeared together from a Pioneer day festival in Alameda Park in Pocatello, july 1978 . Their remains were found in an isolated garge...

www.websleuths.com

 

[theshadow45]

RIP Patricia. Found 36 years ago today.

 

[theshadow45]

Patricia was found 37 years ago today.

 

[SimsGuy67]

This case is very interesting. This is the only case I know of where the victim remained unidentified for decades twice.

Patricia's remains, discovered in 1981, couldn't be identified as belonging to her at the time, but DNA testing proved they were hers in 2007. Then, her partial skull was only identified last year.

Remains of girl found in 1981 identified

Clipping found in The Times-News published in Twin Falls, Idaho on 3/16/2007. Remains of girl found in 1981 identified

www.newspapers.com

 

[othram]

There are some other examples where separate remains were found a few years apart in different areas, and pointing back to the same person.

 

[iamshadow21]

There are some other examples where separate remains were found a few years apart in different areas, and pointing back to the same person.

Gilgo Beach/LISK dismemberment victims immediately come to mind, as do some Bundy and Ridgway victims whose remains were scattered in different locations.

 

[Oakie]

What is known about Patricia Campbell's life?

 

[iulia]

Her NamUs page has just been taken down. It's been more than a year since her identification.