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My most recent revision of one of my older recons: Buckskin Girl
Just a bit grumpy...I put Kim Cozart up here early June and someone submitted her on June 23. I talked to the sherriff and he said someone called it in.
I hope credit is given where credit is due if this comes to fruition. Not trying to sound like a complete jerk on this but I've worked my butt off trying to
find a match for this girl and if someone else claims it....well, frustrated and sad are some of the words that come to mind.
I don't mean to be fussy, but that picture of Walker County Jane Doe creeps me out.
I'm really starting to think that she was Amish or from another religious community and was either on rumspringa or had recently left her community or been shunned for some reason. If so, it's likely she would have had nowhere to go and was hitchhiking, but only for a short period of time.
I don't mean to be fussy, but that picture of Walker County Jane Doe creeps me out.
Why? I think Carl did a great job with using her PM photo to get as accurate of a recon from it.
I had another really random idea.....it's possible Buckskin Girl lived on or near an Native American Reservation in the Midwest....There are "white" families who live on Reservation land b/c they bought the land cheaply & don't mind being there. Her home-made jacket & hairstyle kind of hint towards this. Also she might have not needed to live a conventional lifestyle to afford basics (maybe her partner qualified for subsidy money, *or* she or the people she was around didn't need to work a standard job to get by.)
Just a random idea. I really hate to say this but from talking to women I know now who were in the same age range as Buckskin Girl back then...a lot of them have stories of escaping abusive male partners pretty much on their own, or leaving and literally hiding out in fear of their lives. The law at the time was not aware of how to approach Domestic Violence as they do today. I personally still think this woman was a victim of an abusive partner.
edit to add- I finally scrolled through the middle of this thread & see that some here already suggested the things I posted. My apologies if I sounded like I was repeating things. I agree with the poster who thinks BG might be from the Upper Midwest (Dakotas). I am thinking about circulating pics of the jacket to Reservations in the Dakotas- several have successful hand craft businesses & an older person might recognize the jacket, or BG. I also hope the possible lead from the Troy, Ohio poster gets checked out.
Also...the wisdom teeth might narrow down her age range. In my experience if wisdom teeth are going to erupt/be a problem, they happen to do that by the late 20s. BG has a small jaw so she might have died before she was confronted with the need to have surgery or some or all of the wisdom teeth (for small jaws it is highly likely erupting teeth will become a painful problem.)
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/g/gomez_patricia.html
Anyway, this is a heck of a long shot, but I thought maybe she could possibly be Buckskin Girl. I could not find Patricia's DNA, dentals, or fingerprints in NamUs. She is the same height as BG, and has brown hair and brown eyes. In her photo I could see how, if her hair was braided, it could resemble BG's in terms of thickness. I think her face looks thinner than BG's, but death could change a face's look. I think the chin looks right, I'm no expert.
Probably not, seeing as she went missing in '79 and was presumed to have committed suicide shortly after. Still, I just wanted to see what other people had to say.
Welcome to Ws. Springrain, thanks for chiming in with an interesting possibility!
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I can see what you mean. There's something a little "off" about it that I can't quite put my finger on. I love Carl's recon in front of the truck stop, but the "hitchhiker" one kinda disturbs me.
This might be a small point but all the sources call the outer garment a poncho. It's not a poncho. Ponchos don't have sleeves. BG was wearing a pullover jacket. Fringed suede jackets were real popular in the 70s & 80s (pullover, zippered, snap-front) and I don't think this one is as unique as it's made to sound. There's one for sale on Etsy for, believe it or not, a cool $1450.00 USD that's a ringer for BG's. No mention of a lining on the Etsy jacket and I don't see one but I don't see one on BG's either.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/203393861/vintage-fringe-jacket-mens-suede?ref=market
I can see what you mean. There's something a little "off" about it that I can't quite put my finger on. I love Carl's recon in front of the truck stop, but the "hitchhiker" one kinda disturbs me.