Found Deceased MN - Shelly Rae Christian, 29, Minneapolis, Oct 1993

[Murkywaters]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Christian, Shelly Rae

Shelly Rae Christian was last seen in Minneapolis, MN in October 1993. Exact date of last contact unknown and circumstances unknown.

 

[Murkywaters]

Shelly Rae Christian – The Charley Project

• Missing Since 10/06/1993
• Missing From Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Classification Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 02/13/1964 (56)
• Age 29 years old
• Height and Weight 5'8, 178 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Christian has a scar on her abdomen and a scar on her left knee. She has tattoos on her left forearm, upper left arm, and upper right arm at the shoulder.

Details of Disappearance
Christian was last seen in Minneapolis, Minnesota sometime in the autumn of 1993. The circumstances of her disappearance and the exact date of disappearance are unknown, although the listed date is October 6, 1993. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case.

 

[bblue656]

I looked her up on ancestry, and someone logged her as dead in 1999? Does anyone know if she was legally declared dead?

 

[StarrChance]

I looked her up on ancestry, and someone logged her as dead in 1999? Does anyone know if she was legally declared dead?

Hi Welcome to Websleuths!

Are you looking at Shelley Rae Christian dob 13 Jan 1962 death 1999?

If so the Shelly Rae here dob is 13 Jan 1964.

Strange coincidence though.

 

[daleaustin]

she was identified today in Grand Rapids mich

• Missing Since 10/06/1993
• Missing From Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Classification Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 02/13/1964 (56)
• Age 29 years old
• Height and Weight 5'8, 178 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Christian has a scar on her abdomen and a scar on her left knee. She has tattoos on her left forearm, upper left arm, and upper right arm at the shoulder.

Details of Disappearance
Christian was last seen in Minneapolis, Minnesota sometime in the autumn of 1993. The circumstances of her disappearance and the exact date of disappearance are unknown, although the listed date is October 6, 1993. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case.[/QUOTE]

Shelly Rae Christian – The Charley Project

• Missing Since 10/06/1993
• Missing From Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Classification Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 02/13/1964 (56)
• Age 29 years old
• Height and Weight 5'8, 178 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Christian has a scar on her abdomen and a scar on her left knee. She has tattoos on her left forearm, upper left arm, and upper right arm at the shoulder.

Details of Disappearance
Christian was last seen in Minneapolis, Minnesota sometime in the autumn of 1993. The circumstances of her disappearance and the exact date of disappearance are unknown, although the listed date is October 6, 1993. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case.

 

[Murkywaters]

she was identified today in Grand Rapids mich

• Missing Since 10/06/1993
• Missing From Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Classification Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 02/13/1964 (56)
• Age 29 years old
• Height and Weight 5'8, 178 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Christian has a scar on her abdomen and a scar on her left knee. She has tattoos on her left forearm, upper left arm, and upper right arm at the shoulder.

Details of Disappearance
Christian was last seen in Minneapolis, Minnesota sometime in the autumn of 1993. The circumstances of her disappearance and the exact date of disappearance are unknown, although the listed date is October 6, 1993. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case.

Identified as who? has her remains been identified or has Shelly been found alive and well? I hope its the latter.

 

[Mira_Eg]

"...Matilda/ Ottawa Co Jane Doe 1994 has been identified (as
Shelly Rae Christian) and confirmed ...."

Source: Log into Facebook | Facebook

 

[ivonne]

https://www.fox17online.com/news/lo...w0Z-pZHz3SaS5FnplyEC1k1rn71014YE82YpF3UBRT9TI

 

[Murkywaters]

Rest in Peace, Shelly. She was found a long way from Minnesota... Sad that the two cases weren't connected by DNA sooner. But now her family has answers.

 

[YaYa_521]

Rest in peace, Shelly.

Identified! - MI - Coopersville, "Matilda", Wht/Hisp/NativFem 35-45, UP9900, Nov'94 Shelly Rae Kephart

 

[minnie.snow.da]

Rest in Peace, Shelly. She was found a long way from Minnesota... Sad that the two cases weren't connected by DNA sooner. But now her family has answers.

It is very sad, I am hoping we can start connecting dots more quickly and seeing connections/big picture that lead out of state because I think that’s where a lot of our cold cases will be solved and help the victims get back to their families where they belong.

RIP Shelly

 

[imstilla.grandma]

In January 2022, a Minnesota woman named Shelly Rae Kephart, also known as Shelly Rae Christian, was identified as the ID of Matilda Doe, a 1994 cold case from Ottawa County, MI. The ID was made using a DNA profile generated from her skeletal remains. Investigative genealogists from DNA Doe Project used this profile to identify close relatives, later confirmed by police.

As WoodTV states: “Local police formed a task force in 1996 to investigate the deaths, which remain unsolved.

Then in February 2021, sheriff’s detectives, while working with the DNA Doe Project, sent some of the remains to Astrea Forensics to get a DNA sample, court records show.

DNA Doe Project conducts genealogical testing to identify cold case victims. The nonprofit says since starting its work in 2017, it has been able to identify victims in about 65% of the cases it has taken on.

Astrea Forensics, founded in 2019, uses proprietary methods to recover genetic profiles from rootless hair and other degraded samples.”
Astrea Forensics — Success stories in the news

 

[SolVic]

Wait, was she killed in May-September 1994 as initially estimated or was it in 1993?