TX TX - Houston, Huffman, Lake Houston, HispFem 20-45, severed head in bag, tattooed makeup, Mar'18

[cvaldez1975]

Here's one, from 2010, in California. It's the oldest one I can recall off the top of my head: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/s...-UP6718-14-19-severed-head-in-backpack-Feb-10

I mean, it's not that uncommon for a murderer to remove a head to try to foil identification, but heads dumped beside the road in bags or backpacks seem to be rather rare.

This is one of the ones I was referring to upthread. There was also one in Texas. I linked it in the Barstow thread.


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[RememberingRyan]

Unlikely given the distance, but the sketch reminded me of Jerika, missing since Feb from UT.

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?366539-UT-Jerika-Binks-24-American-Fork-18-Feb-2018

 

[sloane7777]

in the recon she looks light blond red , but she has sombre or ombre hair just slightly bleached at the ends from the hair sample so she would be way darker at the roots

 

[Londonrraine]

Thanks Carbuff! I didn't know that was enough. I can start a new thread if no one else has already. In the meantime, perhaps someone can send her info to Missing Pieces Network? They might get a flyer going for her and that gets media attention sometimes.

ETA: Here is her thread: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/s...Houston-24-March-2018&p=14043917#post14043917

I can't seem to get fb pictures to show up here anymore so if anyone knows how to do that please do. Thanks!

Well Katrina Marie Blake was located and is safe, so it's not her. Thanks for starting the thread for her!

So who's head is this? I thought bc of the dental records we'd have some ID by now.

 

[Al Ka]

April 24, 2018 Investigators probe possible link between severed heads found in Houston and Louisiana

Investigators are probing possible links between two macabre discoveries 150 miles apart, one on Lake Houston and the other on Calcasieu Lake in Louisiana, where the severed heads of two women were found in plastic bags near lakes and RV parks.

The unidentified victims, both white women with reddish hair and good teeth, are thought to be within the same age range and were found in similar surroundings about three weeks apart, investigators said.

Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Office investigator Jake McCain and HPD homicide investigator Michael Perez have acknowledged the similarities in the cases and victims, and agreed to keep each other updated on their respective findings.

Perez noted that dental records could potentially help identify the Lake Houston woman because she had “really good teeth,” a condition that likely ruled out drug abuse.

In the Cameron Parish case in Louisiana, a prison inmate doing clean-up labor found the severed head on March 1 in a small grocery bag in a grassy marsh next to Louisiana Highway 27, a couple of miles north of the Sabine National Wildlife Park headquarters. The site is about a mile south of a community of recreational vehicle parks in Hackberry, La., and less than a mile from Calcasieu Lake, whose tributaries appear to reach out to the marshes where the head was found.

Based on Louisiana state highway maintenance records, McCain said the last date the lawn was mowed in that spot was Nov. 30. Had the bag been there at the time, mowers would have probably noticed, he said.

Preliminary forensic analysis determined the victim in Cameron Parish to be white, between 25 and 40, with auburn or brown hair 10 to 12 inches long. The advanced stage of decomposition bars visually determining any facial features, according to the Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Office. She had no apparent trauma to her skull.

The condition of the teeth of the woman found in Cameron Parish was good, but were beginning to be affected from deterioration. McCain said X-rays determined the woman had undergone “obvious dental work” which included a couple of cavity fillings.

https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/...k-between-severed-12852454.php#photo-15439923

 

[Al Ka]

This case dated March 24 is not listed in Namus yet.

 

[Gardener1850]

A couple missing women with similar hair:

Abby Patterson https://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?348949-NC-Abby-Patterson-20-Lumberton-5-Sept-2017
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/40260/

Amy Hambrick https://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?357646-OH-Amy-Hambrick-29-Youngstown-11-Nov-2017
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/41220/

(Perhaps longshots since they are not from Texas, but thought I'd post-- if anyone thinks one of them could be a match please feel free to call it in-- I'm only suggesting here. Thx. )

 

[ksprincess]

So a serial killer? Way too similar to not be related. Scary

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[booghawk]

Amber Barnett

Missing since February 18th from Gulfport Mississippi. Looks to have reddish hair & possibly part Hispanic.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/43185/5?current_page=clothing_accessories

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[cvaldez1975]

this is a good one. anyone want to call?

Amber Barnett

Missing since February 18th from Gulfport Mississippi. Looks to have reddish hair & possibly part Hispanic.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/43185/5?current_page=clothing_accessories

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[cybervampira]

Police Are Investigating After The Severed Heads Of Two Women With Reddish Hair Were Found 150 Miles Apart

Police in Texas and Louisiana are investigating after severed heads belonging to two women with reddish hair were found in similar settings in each state last month.

Sketch of the victim in the Texas case

On March 1, a woman's head was found near Calcasieu Lake in Louisiana. About three weeks later, on March 24, a woman's head was found near Lake Houston in Texas. The two lakes are about 150 miles from each other.

The women, who have not been identified, were both around the same age, had reddish hair, and good teeth.

Both of their severed heads were discovered in plastic bags, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Investigators in both cities told the Chronicle there are similarities in the cases and the police departments and have agreed to exchange information on their findings.

Officials in both states did not respond to requests for comment from BuzzFeed News, but a Houston police investigator told the Chronicle earlier this month that the case in Louisiana "sounds real similar," but added that he "can't say much without actually meeting with detectives and seeing their crime scene photos."

The Harris County medical examiner in Texas has not identified the remains of the woman, but released a profile indicating she was between young adulthood and middle age, white or Hispanic, with red-brown or auburn shoulder-length hair, according to the Chronicle. Her eyebrows and eyelashes appeared to have been tattooed, according to the medical examiner's profile.

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Authorities in Texas are looking for a man in his 20s with short, dark brown hair and light skin who witnesses said they saw throwing a black bag off a bridge two weeks before the head was found, according to KHOU. He was reportedly seen exiting a green Chevrolet truck.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/maryanngeo...exas-louisiana?utm_term=.uq0j6pJl0#.rmYoQWJYA

 

[cvaldez1975]

I wish they'd attempt a sketch of the LA victim.

 

[Third Coast Gal]

Amber Barnett

Missing since February 18th from Gulfport Mississippi. Looks to have reddish hair & possibly part Hispanic.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/43185/5?current_page=clothing_accessories

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The hair color on this woman looks very similar to hair sample in the picture above. And she also resembles the sketch!

 

[carbuff]

The hair color on this woman looks very similar to hair sample in the picture above. And she also resembles the sketch!

Side by side. VERY similar.



Is anybody local to call this one in?

 

[Al Ka]

I think by tattooed eyebrows they mean microblading and some other styles derived from it. It is quite popular in last few years. Its around £100 up to £400 in UK (in dollars around 150 to 450) and tattoo last about 3 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblading
https://www.google.com/search?q=mic...99vaAhWBJ8AKHWhnD78Q_AUICigB&biw=1280&bih=566

If not above mentioned style then it would be just simple old fashioned thin line tattoo which seems like that might be the case from her sketch.

No idea what they mean by eyelashes tattooed though unless they mean she had permanent pencil like line tattooed above her eyelashes or around whole eye. Had friends who had it done like 20 years ago, not sure if that is too popular now.

 

[RememberingRyan]

May want to find out if any of the potential matches had makeup tattoos. Jerika appears to have eyeliner and sculpted brows in each photo:


https://www.facebook.com/findingJer...41828.409494526166570/411525415963481/?type=3

https://www.facebook.com/findingJer...41828.409494526166570/411525489296807/?type=3

https://www.facebook.com/findingJer...41829.409494526166570/414742062308483/?type=3

 

[booghawk]

this is a good one. anyone want to call?

I haven't called in, if anyone would like to please feel free!

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[Gardener1850]

Putting this here because of her hair color but her missing date is unclear. See thread: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/s...e-Garcia-Urbina-17-Charlottesville-3-Mar-2018

 

[Paradise]

I think by tattooed eyebrows they mean microblading and some other styles derived from it. It is quite popular in last few years. Its around £100 up to £400 in UK (in dollars around 150 to 450) and tattoo last about 3 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblading
https://www.google.com/search?q=mic...99vaAhWBJ8AKHWhnD78Q_AUICigB&biw=1280&bih=566

If not above mentioned style then it would be just simple old fashioned thin line tattoo which seems like that might be the case from her sketch.

No idea what they mean by eyelashes tattooed though unless they mean she had permanent pencil like line tattooed above her eyelashes or around whole eye. Had friends who had it done like 20 years ago, not sure if that is too popular now.

I just had a friend from nursing school that had her eyeliner tattooed on within the last month. She actually had to go back a couple weeks later to have it touched up. I guess it’s something that’s still done.


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[booghawk]

I think by tattooed eyebrows they mean microblading and some other styles derived from it. It is quite popular in last few years. Its around £100 up to £400 in UK (in dollars around 150 to 450) and tattoo last about 3 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblading
https://www.google.com/search?q=mic...99vaAhWBJ8AKHWhnD78Q_AUICigB&biw=1280&bih=566

If not above mentioned style then it would be just simple old fashioned thin line tattoo which seems like that might be the case from her sketch.

No idea what they mean by eyelashes tattooed though unless they mean she had permanent pencil like line tattooed above her eyelashes or around whole eye. Had friends who had it done like 20 years ago, not sure if that is too popular now.

I know a few people that still do the tattooed eyeliner. It has to be what they mean by lashes. I don't know how you would tattoo eyelashes on. But yes, microblading is extremely popular here as well. I think the eyebrow "line" tattoo is still done, more so within the Hispanic community. It would be helpful to know which kind they were implying.

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