Identified! KY - Gray, WhtFem 192UFKY, 24-35, In Refrigerator, Apr'85 - Epsy Regina Black-Pilgrim

[rosesfromangels]

She looks younger to me. I estimate 17-20. Was she found far from the interstate? I think this is trucker related.

 

[Valerio]

Found in dump site near US Highway 25 in Knox County south. Was reported earlier at truck stop trying to hitch a ride to North Carolina.


The Doe Network: 192UFKY
Unidentified Person Case

 

[Tssiemer]

I can’t link it now, but I know she already has a thread. Search her namus number.

 

[Valerio]

I googled her after I posted this and yet again.....there are threads on this one. You guys have been busy on this site, it is hard to find something that has not been posted. But that is a good thing, it just gives me more of a challenge to research a little bit harder before I post a new thread. Learning curve....

 

[Gardener1850]

Here is her thread: KY - KY - Gray, WhtFem 192UFKY, 24-35, In Refrigerator, Apr'85

 

[Harmony 2]

merged

 

[leilarose68]

Came here hoping there was some news

 

[Triss]

Came here hoping there was some news

I can relate to that lol I check the Facebook group to see if there's any update on this Jane Doe!

 

[bflocket]

The latest news on this lady that I could find is from 4/2018 from a Knoxville TV station but I think it's just a copy of one of the stories that someone has already posted here.
(It's a copy of the story folieadeuxnola posted back in April)

And the lost relative, Espy Regina Black Pilgrim, has kind of an odd name. At least when I first saw it. Is her maiden name "Black" and she married a "Pilgrim?" When I saw "Black Pilgrim" I thought it could be some kind Native American name, but that wouldn't really be the case if Black is her maiden name. Her relative in the stories was a mere Pilgrim.

 

[Bit of hope]

I would say so.


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Oh yes....didn't go to the following posts, but yes...did she have a discolored front tooth? Sorry in my enthusiastic moment forgot to give a name: Regina.

 

[Al Ka]

Update:
Potential daughter of redheaded Jane Doe visits town where body was found

After more than three decades of not knowing her mother, one Western North Carolina Woman hopes DNA testing will prove that a redheaded Jane Doe found in Knox County, Kentucky 33 years ago was her mother.

Elizabeth Pilgrim says her mother disappeared when she was less than six weeks old.

Last October, she became aware of the Jane Doe found in Gray, Kentucky.

She provided a DNA sample to Kentucky State Police to test if the unidentified woman was her missing mother, Espy Regina Black Pilgrim.

Initially she was told it would take a few months to learn test results, but that time table has been extended.

"I guess you could say 34 years is a long time. Not knowing is the worst part, and then you gotta keep being put on hold and put on hold," Pilgrim said. "It's heartbreaking a little bit."

Many believe the Jane Doe's murderer to be the same person responsible for the deaths of six other redhead women across the Southeast. All but one are also unidentified victims.

No one has been charged with those crimes and Pilgrim says confirming that the Knox County Jane Doe is her mother is not the end.

"Knowing that its her is a major part, but I don't think that's going to fully be closure," Pilgrim said.

Independent investigators believe the killer was a truck driver based out of Knoxville and that he could still be alive and free.

On Tuesday night, Pilgrim along with Shane Waters, producer of the podcast "Out of the Shadows," Pilgrim's aunt and a man currently believed to have seen the victim spoke to a crowd of about 30 people in Barbourville.

Waters says that one person came forward with a tip after the meeting.

Potential daughter of redheaded Jane Doe visits town where body was found

 

[leilarose68]

I feel so bad for her daughter... it's a little baffling that with DDP's cases it's only taken about a week to confirm the identity with DNA from family but for the daughter here it's taking months and months.

 

[Romulus]

Espy Regina Black Pilgrim is a good match!

 

[iulia]

‘Red-Headed Jane Doe’ Identified 33 Years Later

After DNA testing, investigators have finally identified the unknown woman as Epsy Regina Black-Pilgrim, Elizabeth’s mother.

 

[Triss]

Rest in peace, Espy <3

 

[leilarose68]

I'm glad that her family has answers finally and deeply sorry for their loss. RIP Espy Regina Black-Pilgrim

 

[folieadeuxnola]

Fly High Espy

!!!!!!!!! Prayers & Peace for her family

 

[taramarie]

I’m so glad she’s officially been identified. My thoughts are with her daughter Elizabeth and all who loved her. RIP Espy

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

My condolences to the family and friends of Espy Regina Black-Pilgrim, and cyber-hugs to my fellow Websleuthers who had Espy's case as *their* case ♥

 

[Coffee56]

RIP Espy