NM NM - Santa Fe, US 285, WhtFem 14-19, 407UFNM, gold ring & earrings, Dec'74

[victoriarobinson642]

I see that Carl got here before me - I decided to do a recon from the side POV photos.

 

[HmmMysterious]

The photos on that flyer weren't of the best quality for a reconstruction, but I had to make-due with what was available. I had to make some severe adjustments to the tilt of her head, and I was able set the placement of her features by lining them up with the side-view photos. Here is what I came up with.

View attachment 521120

Wow that was fast Carl. Great reconstruction despite having to rely on low quality photos.

 

[Susikatze]

The photos on that flyer weren't of the best quality for a reconstruction, but I had to make-due with what was available. I had to make some severe adjustments to the tilt of her head, and I was able set the placement of her features by lining them up with the side-view photos. Here is what I came up with.

View attachment 521120

Much better, great, thank you so much!

She has a very distinctive face, very soft, rounded, a bit "doll like" features. I hope DNA can be found and worked. She needs her name back.
I am still quite sure her transverse abdominal scar is a csection. One single section normally leaves just mild pelvic adhesions that are centered around the uterus and those can be easily missed with decomposition. The lower abdomen is the first body part for decomp to start since it starts from the bowel bacteria. It consumes small structures very quickly after death.

 

[LasDesaparecidas]

There is a whole community on Reddit called r/AutopsyTechFam

They might be able to help. I go there sometimes for questions on Does.

You are the GOAT! Thank you for this info!!

 

[LasDesaparecidas]

The photos on that flyer weren't of the best quality for a reconstruction, but I had to make-due with what was available. I had to make some severe adjustments to the tilt of her head, and I was able set the placement of her features by lining them up with the side-view photos. Here is what I came up with.

View attachment 521120

Thank you for doing this, Carl!

 

[LasDesaparecidas]

Much better, great, thank you so much!

She has a very distinctive face, very soft, rounded, a bit "doll like" features. I hope DNA can be found and worked. She needs her name back.
I am still quite sure her transverse abdominal scar is a csection. One single section normally leaves just mild pelvic adhesions that are centered around the uterus and those can be easily missed with decomposition. The lower abdomen is the first body part for decomp to start since it starts from the bowel bacteria. It consumes small structures very quickly after death.

Good point. I don’t know much about decomp, and everything I know about c-sections was from my own. I had a TON of adhesions, so I assumed that would be the same for others but I guess maybe not! She was found in December, and it had snowed, so that would slow decomp (I think) but it still could be enough to deteriorate before being examined.

 

[Susikatze]

Good point. I don’t know much about decomp, and everything I know about c-sections was from my own. I had a TON of adhesions, so I assumed that would be the same for others but I guess maybe not! She was found in December, and it had snowed, so that would slow decomp (I think) but it still could be enough to deteriorate before being examined.

Every surgery leaves adhesions but theyre relatively mild after csection compared to other abdominal surgeries. And decomp in December happens slower but comes from the inside core body temperature first.
Another option would be a cosmetic surgery scar to reduce excess skin after weight loss.

 

[CarlK90245]

I was just browsing NamUs for looking for missing girls in Virginia on something unrelated to this case, and stumbled across this girl:

Helen Allison:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Not much info on her, and there is a 2 1/2 year lag between DLC and discovery, but the resemblance to our Santa Fe JD is interesting. Her physical description - hair color, eye color, height, weight, strong chin, high upper lip. She would have had to have permed her hair, but alot of girls did that in 1974.

 

[thinair]

I was just browsing NamUs for looking for missing girls in Virginia on something unrelated to this case, and stumbled across this girl:

Helen Allison:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Not much info on her, and there is a 2 1/2 year lag between DLC and discovery, but the resemblance to our Santa Fe JD is interesting. Her physical description - hair color, eye color, height, weight, strong chin, high upper lip. She would have had to have permed her hair, but alot of girls did that in 1974.

Here is an additional picture of Helen from the Charley Project. Im not sure if I see a stark resemblance, but I'm not the best with faces jmo.