I might of missed it but did they ever announce if these children had the same father or not?
It may be a long shot, but investigators have renewed hope of identifying a young woman and three little girls who were murdered sometime around the early 1980s, then stuffed naked into two metal drums that were found 15 years apart in Allenstown - and finally finding their killer or killers.
On Nov. 10, 1985, a hunter found an overturned 55-gallon metal drum in the woods near Bear Brook State Park. The remains of a woman aged 23 to 33 and a girl aged 5 to 11 - which could be her daughter or sister - wrapped together in plastic were spilled onto the ground. The victims had been beaten to death.
1. Adult female, 23 to 33 based on anthropology, 23 to 24 based on dental evidence.
The woman was 5 feet 2 to 5 feet 7 inches tall, and had fine light brown curly hair.
2. Child 1 was found with the woman in the first barrel in 1985. Both her ears were double-pierced. Her age was estimated between 5 and 10 based on anthropology and 8 and 11 based on dental evidence. She was 4 feet 3 inches tall, had fine light brown or dirty blond hair.
The two girls found in 2000 in the second barrel:
3. Child 2 did not appear to be related to the woman or the other two children, based on mitochondrial DNA. She was 2 to 4 years old based on anthropology and 3 to 4 based on dental records. She had a noticeable overbite and stood 3 feet 8 inches tall. She had fine brown slightly wavy hair that was 12 to 13 inches long.
4. Child 3, found in the second barrel in 2000, was 1 to 3 years old based on anthropology and 2 to 3 years old on dental estimates. She had a gap between her two front teeth. She stood 2 feet 5 inches tall and had fine blond slightly wavy hair 8 to 12 inches long.
I really wish we knew which, if any, of the children share a father.
CONCORD, N.H. The two steel drums, found 15 years apart, held two bodies each. Three of them girls under 10. All were partially dismembered.
Decades after they were dumped in the New Hampshire woods, investigators have no idea who they are.
I think this might also be the case of people that actually went missing a very long time ago but were not reported missing until much later, or else were never reported missing at all.
I'm sure this is one of those irritatingly naive comments by a newbie, but from what I've read on WS, there are often reporting mistakes made in height, etc. Are the mistakes so broad that race could be misinterpreted from skeletal remains? The date, ages, and heights are about right with the Browns, but race, hair, and -- in one case (Barry) -- gender is off. (Although, in his age progression, Barry looks like he has an overbite.) Could chemical residue in the drums have corrupted the hair samples? It's just so odd how many of the details do match up.
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/brown_carolyn.html
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/brown_sheketah.html
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/brown_barry.html
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/brown_brandon.html
www.doenetwork.org/cases/525ufnh.html
The Doe Network:
Case File 525UFNH
Reconstruction of Victim by NCMEC
Unidentified White Female
The victim was discovered on November 10, 1985 in Allenstown, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
Estimated Date of Death: 1-4 years prior
Skeletal Remains
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Vital Statistics
Estimated age: 5-10 years old
Approximate Height and Weight: 4'3"
Distinguishing Characteristics: Possibly Native. Dark blonde or light brown, fine hair. Double-pierced ears.
Dentals: Shovel shaped anterior dentition.
DNA: Pending
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Case History
On November 10, 1985, the skeletal remains of a female and one female child were located in Allenstown, NH.
The bodies, wrapped in plastic strips, was found by a hunter in a wooded area between the Bear Brook Gardens trailer park and Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown. They were in a wooded area far from any roads. The cause of each death was repeated blows to the head from a blunt instrument, although there was evidence of other injuries.
On May 9, 2000, the skeletal remains of two additional female children were recovered. DNA testing confirmed that two of the children were biologically related to the adult female. All four victims may be biologically linked, but DNA results are still pending.
All four decedents are believed to be Caucasian or Native American and they are believed to have died in the early 1980's.
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Investigators
If you have any information about this case please contact:
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
B.J. Spamer
913-469-5437
You may remain anonymous when submitting information.
Agency Case Number:
85-1051
Source Information:
UDRS