Identified! TN - Maury Co, BlkFem 15-25, UP1588, Italian-made wedge shoes, clothes, puppy bones nearby, Feb'75 Annie Carolyn Jenkins

[Queena]

I'm so happy that she has her name back. I am Black and I keep my GED match profile open for law enforcement for this very reason.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

A relative told authorities that Jenkins was not officially reported missing, but family had never stopping searching for her.

Her remains had been stored at the University of Tennessee Department of Anthropology since 1975.

Human remains found in TN identified as Memphis woman missing since 1974

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Skeletal remains found nearly 50 years ago in Middle Tennessee have been identified by DNA as a missing Memphis woman who was last seen in 1974. Nineteen-year-old Annie Carolyn Jen…

wreg.com

 

[Moonwalker9]

Really happy to see her identified. She's was one of the oldest unidentified black females on nameus. Hopefully we get to see a photo of her soon.

 

[lightofmine99]

I wonder if she acquired the puppy while visiting the family in Chicago or brought the puppy with her to visit.

 

[Susikatze]

Probably just stray finds. The dog likely also was hit by a car, no connection.

 

[djanga]

‘Maury County Jane Doe’ identified as Memphis teen missing since 1974

After nearly five decades without answers, a woman known only as the “Maury County Jane Doe” has finally been identified.

www.wkrn.com

I am glad that her sister now has a closure

“After more than 530 hours of genealogical research, they were eventually able to narrow the search down to a handful of the closest family members. Then, Maury County Detective Keith Wrather made contact with a woman that was the final piece of the puzzle.

The woman told authorities she had a sister who vanished in the fall of 1974 but was never officially reported missing. Her sister, Annie Jenkins, had been visiting with relatives in Chicago, and in the fall of 1974, she left on the flight bound for Tennessee”.