Identified! MT - Missoula Co, 'Chryssie Crystal Creek' AsianFem 3UFMT, 20-35, Sep'85 Janet Lee Lucas

[Eman317]

RIP Janet.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Condolences to her family and friends. I was sorry to read that her very young son had to grow up without her.

 

[Sneaker33]

Rest in peace Janet Lee Lucas. My condolences to the family especially Janet's son. Going forward the focus will be on identifying the killer.

Thank you to all who worked on identifying Janet.

 

[iamnotagolem]

This was in my Facebook feed today. I can’t find much info on Janet, so she was last seen in Sandpoint ID in 1983 and her remains were found in Missoula MT in 1985, when was it noticed she was missing? Why wasn’t she reported missing?

I’m so glad her family has her back, especially her so.

 

[onceuponadecember]

Janet was born in Oct. 1960, I'm going to see if I can find some yearbook photos of her.

 

[FireOwl9]

Oh wow! Thank you @othram! Guess my gut feeling was correct after all haha (had this feeling about 2 weeks ago).

Rest in peace Janet Lee Lucas. I'm glad her family (especially her son) and friends got the closure they deserved.

 

[Diavola]

Rest in peace Janet. I'm glad her family, especially her son, get some closure.

Looks like all of her reconstructions were way off. Makes me wonder how many others are like this.

 

[othram]

Oh wow! Thank you @othram! Guess my gut feeling was correct after all haha (had this feeling about 2 weeks ago).

Rest in peace Janet Lee Lucas. I'm glad her family (especially her son) and friends got the closure they deserved.

Yes indeed!

 

[JMapes]

I am taken by surprise that she was from the US, when her dental work led detectives astray all along. Perhaps not she, but her dentist was educated in Asia.

I find it so heartbreaking that her family searched and wondered all this time, and she was found just 3 hours away from where she was last seen.

Rest peacefully now Janet.

 

[mickey2942]

I am really interested in the man who murdered her, LEO suspect that he was a serial killer. I wonder how many others are still out there.

Wayne Nance - Wikipedia

 

[novo8085]

A 1985 unsolved homicide case in Montana gets a big break in identifying the victim, thanks to DNA samples - CNN

 

[MadMcGoo]

I’ve gotta say, nothing really checked out (physically) from an ethnicity checkpoint... but I do see a resemblance in facial features/structure. I know it doesn’t matter now, but I’m always curious about post-identifications.



ETA: Actually, Lois got it REALLY right. I’m amazed.

 

[Susikatze]

I am taken by surprise that she was from the US, when her dental work led detectives astray all along. Perhaps not she, but her dentist was educated in Asia.

I find it so heartbreaking that her family searched and wondered all this time, and she was found just 3 hours away from where she was last seen.

Rest peacefully now Janet.

Not the first case like that. So many UID were thought to be foreign because of their excellent or likewise very bad dental work... i think Mary Silvani was such a case and Jim Freund was, as well. Countless others I do not recall the names now.

 

[othram]

Precision is the promise of genomics.

 

[MadMcGoo]

I believe this is Janet, circa 1979 Port Angeles HS.

 

[MadMcGoo]

And Janet, circa 1978.

 

[b741ma]

The last Nance victim got home!

Wow, well done, Othram! You are doing groundbreaking work. So many ID's lately!

And on a side note, she was anything but Asian. The limits of anthropology.

Is that confirmed that she wasn't Asian? It's possible she could just be mixed but white passing. There's a lot of people who are half-Asian who look completely white. It's not that uncommon.

 

[Diavola]

There was someone close to the family in comments on Reddit who said she was completely white.

 

[30Anne]

I am taken by surprise that she was from the US, when her dental work led detectives astray all along. Perhaps not she, but her dentist was educated in Asia.

I find it so heartbreaking that her family searched and wondered all this time, and she was found just 3 hours away from where she was last seen.

Rest peacefully now Janet.

I am so pleased Janet has her name back...and her family, especially her son (and now grandchildren) now know she did not walk out of their lives intentionally.

 

[Earth]

While I am pleased that Janet has come home, this is yet another circumstance where a victim was believed to have been foreign or of a different race. I think the problem was due to Janet's skull's shape. I believe that East Asians have narrower noses (don't quote me on this, as I read this many years ago). If an unidentified body happens to be skeletonized, then I take factors such as race or gender with a pinch of salt.