shadowangel
Black cats consider me unlucky.
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No confusion...Like you said, it depends on the page you read.
Based on the decay of her teeth and the sores around her mouth, it's probably pretty safe to say she was homeless and/or some type of crack/meth addict.
Bumping for Waller County Jane Doe. Maricopa Jane Doe's ID has re-energized me and given me a new sense of purpose--let's get this one solved.
I've fairly thoroughly searched the NCMA database and did not find any "smoking gun" matches, so I personally don't think she was reported missing. I wonder if the surgery that was done to her knee might be the key to cracking this case. Don't they put serial numbers on screws and hardware that they put into people?
I also wonder if perhaps she was homeless or a former mental patient. Could she have been in the Army? (I know that enlisted women don't necessarily shave their head and pubic hair! but who knows) Was the shaved head and pubic hair a result of her captors wanting to insult her dignity, or was she like that before she was attacked?
I wonder if a ME report could be requested in this case like it was in MJD's case. Any ideas, anyone?
My first thought with the shaved head/pubic hair is that the killer is someone who wanted to minimize dna evidence. I think this was done by the killer, and not done before. JMO.
I did find several Samantha Smiths who went to high school in Louisville, Ky various years. Perhaps one was a family member--why would she pick that name, that local, etc. especially since she was way out in CA, unless she did have a local connection.
any chance it could be this woman?
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/morales_norma.html
disappeared in Feb '07, similar facial features as the post-mortem, recently gave birth, same age/height.
Shes not of a weight to have been a meth addict really. They should have also been able to find that in her blood if she was using it to that degree. While cocaine and things move out of the body pretty quickly, the wounds on her face and neck are pretty fresh and if the wounds/stretch marks were caused by that she would have had to be using quite consistently and recently I'd think.
Also, if you look lower near her neck/shoulder, they begin to look quite round like cigarette burns. Also, if she was a chronic meth user and picking that bad, she should have some other scarring on her face. I have seen plenty of users as I used to work in a recovery center and I have never seen someone damage themselves that extensively all at once. Although its certainly possible.
"My first thought with the shaved head/pubic hair is that the killer is someone who wanted to minimize dna evidence."
That was the thought that came to my mind as well. So then, where did the hair go, along with her hands?
I'm no pro at this, but they look similar to me. But it doesn't look to me like she has a mole on her lip. Also no mention of scars, but that doesn't mean she didn't have any.