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

[bflocket]

I believe that the unid female victim was killed elsewhere and her body was dumped off of US 25E. It is possible that her killer could be a trucker.

She was killed at the scene. She was asphyxiated and "fresh" (the UID photos look like she could just be passed out) with no signs of strangulation. She was apparently shut into the fridge. She likely died due to suffocation from being shut in the fridge.

I read this and will find the link. Running late for work so in a rush.


*Just saw that it says it in her Doe file.

 

[bflocket]

I have also read, long ago, a story where truckers were describing this girl and her using a CB. I tried looking for it not too long ago and couldn't find it.

Once something's no longer on a website, it is VERY hard to find it. Even if you have a subscription to a site, some stories seem to disappear sometimes.

It frustrates me that, on many threads, there are links to stories that are no longer available. I can't really understand from the rules... but would copy/paste-ing stories be some copyright problem? Putting a small "summary" is OK if the link works, but it's kind of an upsetting tease if the link dies.

 

[CarlK90245]

It frustrates me that, on many threads, there are links to stories that are no longer available. I can't really understand from the rules... but would copy/paste-ing stories be some copyright problem? Putting a small "summary" is OK if the link works, but it's kind of an upsetting tease if the link dies.

It is a copyright issue. Websleuths rules state that we must copy no more than 10% of an article, although that's quite difficult if the article is very brief.

NEW Copyright - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community


I know that's a problem when the article goes into the memory hole.

 

[bflocket]

Here's a PDF link to a newsletter-style document.
http://docjt.jus.state.ky.us/Magazines/Issue 28/Doe Network_KLE Winter08.pdf

I doesn't have any critical new information on "Superwoman," but is an interesting read. "Superwoman" is how I remember them (the old websites I am trying to find, if still around) referring doe many times because of the sticker on the fridge.

It also details a few other stories dealing with the missing in Kentucky. I love looking at maps in .pdf, but am not too keen on viewing written stories and the like. It's annoying and hard for me to keep track of the story.
Anyway, the part about "Superwoman" is on the 6th page.

 

[bflocket]

It is a copyright issue. Websleuths rules state that we must copy no more than 10% of an article, although that's quite difficult if the article is very brief.

NEW Copyright - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community


I know that's a problem when the article goes into the memory hole.

I've tried the Wayback Machine (http://wayback.archive.org/web/) and it works for some dead pages and not for some. I guess it just depends on whether someone cared to archive them.
I am fairly adept at using the 'net, but don't know the lingo dealing with it. Wikipedia gives three links, the other two being some kind of variant but don't understand what it means. They are at the very end of article in "external links" part.
Wayback Machine - Wikipedia, the free [email]encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Wayback_Machine_logo.png[/email]" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/Wayback_Machine_logo.png/203px-Wayback_Machine_logo.png"@@AMEPARAM@@en/thumb/6/6e/Wayback_Machine_logo.png/203px-Wayback_Machine_logo.png

 

[mommyofthreekidz5]

Has anyone found out anything yet in regards to if this was Melody?

 

[pearly]

Has anyone had any updates as to if the UID was in fact Melody?

 

[Lizbetbathory]

I live about 5 miles from where she was found. I moved here not too long ago and this sorta creeps me out!

 

[JeannieC]

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This is confusing to me. I noticed one person thought it meant she was asking for a ride to NC over a CB radio and she was calling from the Pinville Area.

I thought it meant she was asking for a ride to NC and she was possibly from the Pineville area of NC. That is a town near Charlotte, Matthews, Mint Hill NC. Spelled with an E and the Doe Network had it without an E so are these two different areas? Pinville in Ky and Pineville in NC?

 

[CJMAJORGIRL24]

This freaked me out-I had a friend in WV , her "husband" killed her, put her in a refrigerator, drove right past a security guard ,and pushed her over the highwall. He was caught, and is in prison now. Still very eerie.

 

[pearly]

I know that due to the date reported missing, this potential may be incorrect but IMO Elizabeth Crawford has striking similarities to this Doe...thoughts?


http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/517dfsc.html
The Doe Network:
Case File 517DFSC

Left and Center: Crawford circa 1986; Right: Age-Progression

Elizabeth Noleeka Crawford
Missing since July 16, 1986 from Simpsonville, Greenville County, South Carolina.
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: January 11, 1952
Age at Time of Disappearance: 34 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'3; 125 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair which was frosted blonde at the time of her disappearance.
Marks, Scars: Scar on the abdomen from a hysterectomy operation; 2 moles on left side of the face
Nickname: Libby
Dentals: She has a dark front tooth.
Circumstances of Disappearance
On the evening of July 16, 1986 Ms. Elizabeth Crawford received a telephone call at her home at 108 Cherrywood Mobile Home Park in Simpsonville, SC. After receiving this phone call, Ms. Crawford told her son she was going to a friend's house and would be back soon. Ms. Crawford never arrived at the friends house. This was at 22.30 and she has not been seen since.

The Simpsonville Police Department have witnesses who state they saw Ms. Crawford two days after the disappearance in the company of a white male outside the Ingles in Simpsonville.
On July 19, 1986, Ms. Crawford's 1978 Chevrolet Malibu, 2 door was found abandoned in Fountain Inn on Georgia Street in front of Wilson Sporting Goods, five miles from her home.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Simpsonville Police Department
G R Bobo
864-967-9536

NCIC Number:
M-687663832
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
Greenville County Sheriff's Office

 

[CarlK90245]

I know that due to the date reported missing, this potential may be incorrect but IMO Elizabeth Crawford has striking similarities to this Doe...thoughts?

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/517dfsc.html
The Doe Network:
Case File 517DFSC

Left and Center: Crawford circa 1986; Right: Age-Progression

Elizabeth Noleeka Crawford
Missing since July 16, 1986 from Simpsonville, Greenville County, South Carolina.

Setting aside the DLC / Date of Discovery discrepancy, she looks somewhat similar, but I don't think she is this Jane Doe. Her head is more narrowly shaped at the temples, and her teeth are slightly uneven in front. I don't see that with the Jane Doe.

Also, her two front teeth don't sit ahead of the others in the same way as the Jane Doe's teeth do.

 

[Lizbetbathory]

There is a Pineville about 25 miles down 25 in ky

 

[traacker13]

I wonder if anyone has ever considered Valerie Larkin?

She disappeared sometime between February - May 1985. She had a large chip in one of her front teeth. She was traveling to Virginia from California (but lost her bus ticket so her parents wired her $).

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/l/larkin_valerie.html

 

[annemc2]

Good guess, traacker13, because Valerie Larkin is on the rule out list on this Jane Doe's NAMUS page. Keep looking!

https://identifyus.org/cases/82

 

[traacker13]

Good guess, traacker13, because Valerie Larkin is on the rule out list on this Jane Doe's NAMUS page. Keep looking!

https://identifyus.org/cases/82

Darn, I knew I should have checked NAMUS first. Thanks!!!

She seemed like an absolute match to me when I reviewed the details...I wonder what she was ruled out on.

 

[traacker13]

I am curious if Melody has been ruled out. She looked like a pretty good match!

 

[traacker13]

I know none of the demographics match up, but I wonder if Kerry Lynelle Johnson was ever ruled out as being this decedent:

http://www.ncmissingpersons.org/kerry-lynelle-johnson/

 

[masnitram]

I know none of the demographics match up, but I wonder if Kerry Lynelle Johnson was ever ruled out as being this decedent:

http://www.ncmissingpersons.org/kerry-lynelle-johnson/

Biggest issue is Kerry is 5'8" and the UID is 4'11".

 

[bflocket]

This case bothers me. I was a child (a month away from 6) at the time she was found and didn't know anything about "hitchhiking hookers" (no offense to the victim; just a cool phrase I learned from Aileen Wuornos) when she was found.
But I (as many who are reading this) have seen the pic of her. While it may look like she's just got a hangover, she was just suffocated in a dark old refrigerator! There are worse sickos out there, but that sound like a HORRIBLE way to die. The fact that she still doesn't have a name makes it all the more worse.
I hope that SOMETHING (learning who killed her or at least who she really was) happens for this poor soul before long. She may very well not have been a great person, but she was indeed a person.