Identified! SC - Myrtle Beach, WhtFem at beach, dolphin tat, May'13 - Robin Kelly

[astridxx]

I wonder if they have checked the hotels. If she was a tourist in town for Bike Week, there is an unpaid hotel room bill, and a room that would have contained belongings. Same with a rental apartment. If she lived alone in a home she owned, it will be more difficult to find.

I would say she was beach combing. if there is no car, she lives/stayed within walking distance of the beach.

Hopefully they've checked everything. This reminds me of the Sam Barnard case in Virginia Beach -- guy was painting, started feeling funny, ran into a Burger King and died of a heart attack. There were missing persons reports on him but no one in VBPD bothered to cross check. Took over 10 years to solve his identity.

 

[hannah1988]

The beachcombing theory makes sense --- I also wonder if she was on a boat and someone either pushed her overboard or saw her fall but was scared to report it.

 

[carbuff]

Why did I not see 'gray shorts' before. UUgh! So she was wearing shorts.
Though the costume she had on was a top - not a full costume. I wonder if the grey shorts were her costume bottoms. Some of the costumes I searched for looked very similar print but different colour variation. You could buy separate bottoms which looked like shorts, but they were stretch bottoms in different colours - like a mix and match.

similar costume mix and match below.

Not sure this is directly relevant: that kind of swimsuit is usually called a "tankini" and it's very popular with overweight women and women who are a different size on top than on the bottom. Yes, they're mix and match, and usually a variety of bottoms are available, from loose shorts to bikini style to skimpy thongs.

Yes, your photo looks very close to what she must have been wearing. The print is even similar.

 

[FigTree]

The tattoo appears, in my opinion, to be a cover up. One palm tree appears to have been a marijuana leaf that the "artist" attempted to blend in. The other palm tree seems to have some darker ink under it. I am not sure that this was professionally done. The coloring and shading seems like something that could have been done with a homemade tattoo gun.

I looked at the tattoo again and Im not sure which bit you were referring to. I was looking at the palm leaves and noticed that they're not black outlined, but I couldn't find the cover over you mentioned. Can you point t out?
Just my opinion, but I think it might be professional, but maybe not a great job.
I tried t expand up the photo too for a better look.

 

[FigTree]

Just something I noticed..
The hand coloured hand drawing of her face has her eye colour as blue - but the NAMUS listing has her eye colour as brown.

NAMUS

Left eye color Brown
Right eye color Brown

 

[astridxx]

I looked at the tattoo again and Im not sure which bit you were referring to. I was looking at the palm leaves and noticed that they're not black outlined, but I couldn't find the cover over you mentioned. Can you point t out?
Just my opinion, but I think it might be professional, but maybe not a great job.
I tried t expand up the photo too for a better look.

I bet it's the tree on the left.

 

[FigTree]

Not sure this is directly relevant: that kind of swimsuit is usually called a "tankini" and it's very popular with overweight women and women who are a different size on top than on the bottom. Yes, they're mix and match, and usually a variety of bottoms are available, from loose shorts to bikini style to skimpy thongs.

Yes, your photo looks very close to what she must have been wearing. The print is even similar.

Thanks - yes, that print type is popular, I found a few very similar designs at Belk (store at Beaufort Marina) - but they weren't exactly the same.

The NamUs profile didn't mention any underwear under the shorts, so I think it might have been the costume bottoms.

Still no updated reports on how she died, toxicology or more photos. Her fingerprint chart has been updated.

 

[carbuff]

There are a gajillion dolphin tattoos out there, quite a few of which show a similar design. This one was the closest, by a fine artist who has a studio in New Jersey:

http://www.tattoonow.com/tattoos/biagio_pagliarulo/tattoos_11055.html

I don't think our Jane's tattoo is by him, however, because he's a much better artist.

Comparing her tattoo, it looks blurred and muddy, though the colors are still fairly bright. So I'm guessing several years old.

 

[Treelights]

In the Sail Fast photo on NamUs, they are holding up the T-shirt, displaying it, and on her right foot, she has a shoe, but on her left leg, you can see an ace bandage wrapped around the calf and lower. I wonder what happened to her leg?

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/11327

 

[hannah1988]

In the Sail Fast photo on NamUs, they are holding up the T-shirt, displaying it, and on her right foot, she has a shoe, but on her left leg, you can see an ace bandage wrapped around the calf and lower. I wonder what happened to her leg?

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/11327

Hmmmm. I always just assumed that was a high ankle sock, but you're right, it could be an ace bandage.

 

[Treelights]

Hmmmm. I always just assumed that was a high ankle sock, but you're right, it could be an ace bandage.

With her right foot in short sock,(nude color) in the shoe, I think it is an ace bandage on her left calf/leg, so was that bandage applied, before or after she was found? (Like applied at the coroner's for photo purposes, or for whatever purposes they had to do?)

 

[FigTree]

In the Sail Fast photo on NamUs, they are holding up the T-shirt, displaying it, and on her right foot, she has a shoe, but on her left leg, you can see an ace bandage wrapped around the calf and lower. I wonder what happened to her leg?

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/11327

Yes, I blew that photo up and you can see its a good size wrap around bandage. Thanks for that!

 

[hannah1988]

Wow! I see the bandage now! Great eye!

 

[little726]

Carolyn Jean Jones is still listed with NAMUS as missing.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/19271/0/

Has anyone sent a tip to NAMUS that this woman could be Carolyn?

 

[astridxx]

Carolyn Jean Jones is still listed with NAMUS as missing.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/19271/0/

Has anyone sent a tip to NAMUS that this woman could be Carolyn?

Doesn't look like she has a skin tag though :/ Plus, could the decedents hair grown out that much during the 3 months time from missing date to found date?

 

[Treelights]

Doesn't look like she has a skin tag though :/ Plus, could the decedents hair grown out that much during the 3 months time from missing date to found date?

Hair grows at a rate of approximately a half inch a month.
It would also depend on when this photo was taken, and if it is her.
The silver alert was canceled,(on 4/22/13) but maybe the cancellation has not gotten to NamUs for Ms. Jones?

 

[hannah1988]

Carolyn Jean Jones is still listed with NAMUS as missing.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/19271/0/

Has anyone sent a tip to NAMUS that this woman could be Carolyn?

I did not submit Carolyn's name since I saw that her silver alert was canceled. Just to be sure, I just sent an email to Carolyn's case manager asking if she has been located. I'll let you know what I hear back.

 

[Treelights]

http://www.counton2.com/story/22426731/unidentified-woman-dies-in-surf-off-myrtle-beach

"Police say lifeguards pulled the woman on shore on the south side of Myrtle Beach around 8:45 a.m. Saturday. She died a short time later at the hospital."

Has anybody else seen articles like this one that says she died at the hospital?

http://www.postandcourier.com/artic...dentified-woman-dies-in-surf-off-myrtle-beach


"Authorities are asking for help to identify a woman who died after lifeguards pulled her unconscious from the ocean at Myrtle Beach."

In this article below it states that CPR was performed but she was already dead...

http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=903254#.UdRX0xZ8u-_


"The lifeguard performed CPR, but the woman was already dead."


I wonder which is the correct version?

 

[astridxx]

I don't know that she drowned in a different location and was taken with the currents -- wouldn't her body be more water-logged if that were the case? I don't know how long water takes to bloat or distort a body.

 

[little726]

http://www.counton2.com/story/22426731/unidentified-woman-dies-in-surf-off-myrtle-beach

"Police say lifeguards pulled the woman on shore on the south side of Myrtle Beach around 8:45 a.m. Saturday. She died a short time later at the hospital."

Has anybody else seen articles like this one that says she died at the hospital?

http://www.postandcourier.com/artic...dentified-woman-dies-in-surf-off-myrtle-beach


"Authorities are asking for help to identify a woman who died after lifeguards pulled her unconscious from the ocean at Myrtle Beach."

In this article below it states that CPR was performed but she was already dead...

http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=903254#.UdRX0xZ8u-_


"The lifeguard performed CPR, but the woman was already dead."


I wonder which is the correct version?

Yes, I've read different reports. Here is another link I found. You have to go down the page to May 27th. The article states she had blonde hair and was "well-kept."

http://privateofficernews.wordpress.com/2013/05/page/3/