NC NC - Sherrill's Ford, Lake Norman, UncFem 30-50, UP2818, gold chain w/pearl beads, hairband, Jul'97

[webrocket]

found this UID at Namus.

Asian female, 30-50, 5'3" 80 lbs found on July 24, 1997 in Lake Norman, NC. black hair with some gray. DNA and dentals available.

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/2818

Doe has age range at 30-40 and possible Asian ancestry.

per Doe estimated date of death was between 7/15-7/21

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/350ufnc.html

 

[webrocket]

there are not too many missing Asian women at that time but this one caught my attention, Catherine Chiang from the Bronx. Catherine was 58 y.o. around 5'7" and 110 lbs.

was last seen at her apt in the Bronx on June 6, 1997, just a month and a half before this UID was found in NC.

they have dentals for Catherine so a comparison should be fairly easy.

the timing is good, height off by 4" as is weight by 30 lbs but I am having a hard time believing the UID really weighed only 80 lbs.

the facial comparison struck me as close.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/9974/7/

not sure how she would have gotten from the Bronx to NC but stranger things have happened.

 

[ebonydarkness]

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/10283

Based on the height and weight I would think it's possible the UID is Yuen Kwang Wong. 5'3", 70 lbs. Not sure how accurate those stats are considering how skinny that would be. Negatives: the DLC of November 25, 1995 might be too early, the distance from NY to NC is significant, and the age of 57 is slightly above range.

 

[webrocket]

Now they say this victim was likely Hispanic but the sketch still looks like an Asian woman to me.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article34441857.html

ETA:

a video at this website with additional information:

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/new-information-released-case-womans-body-found-19/nnZwq/

 

[Melt71]

Still UID and Namus now says Uncertain ethnicity.

 

[YaYa_521]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

One exclusion:
MP6287 Hang Lee 01/15/1993 Ramsey MN

 

[AbandonedNC]

Seems they're not certain about ethnicity anymore, but it might be worth pointing out that Catawba county and several surrounding counties have fairly well established Hmong communities.

 

[DS2021]

NamUs is back to stating shes Asian. No new exclusions

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping again

 

[iulia]

Her NamUs page has been removed.

 

[Otterly]

Identified according to Doe Network: "350UFNC discovered on July 24, 1997 in Sherrill's Ford, North Carolina has been identified per NamUs. No further information is available."