I was looking through the LAPD's Wanted Persons (
Home of the Los Angeles Police Department - LAPD Online) thinking about a completely different UID and noticed a woman, named Shoshanna Shambi who committed insurance fraud in 1994. She is the same height as Mary Anderson and weighs less (but if her weight was taken from her driver's license, I could understand giving the DMV a lower estimate). Maybe it is just me, but when I look past the big hair, I can really see a resemblance between Shoshanna and Mary. I wish that they provided more information about the wanted person.
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Shoshana Shambi - LAPD Online
I don't know if you are still on this site or not, Ambercat, but here goes...
I've been away for a long time but haven't given up on Mary at all. I went through all the posts again, and saved notes I had from when I first started posting... 1st, this photo of Shoshana Shambi is haunting. Yes, got to get past the big hair (probably a photo at DMV in mid/late 80's) but she's the right height, and 70 pounds lighter than Mary but lets say this photo is 5 years old, that's still what 14 pounds a year? I don't know about any other ladies here but I've easily gained 10 pounds in less time! Then, her name, Shoshana which when I looked it up says it means: lily or rose, and is a Hebrew first name etc... Which made me think of an old import place in Tel Aviv called Shambi. So, this one like Mary is unfindable - she's disappeared and the business (Shambi in Tel Aviv) appears to be out of business. Insurance fraud was a huge deal back in the late 80's and 90's. We had gangs of people doing this as well as individuals. This would fit into the guesses of others that she wasn't from here, or from this area. The hot velour outfits and winter coat, gloves, leggings, it was almost 80 degrees the day she checked in. A normal temp for this area in early October is mid to high 50's highs, and lows in low 50's or high 40's. (I live here, so I am really familiar with the weather.) I can't imagine her walking in a heavy winter coat, and hot leggings and top with it being near 80. I'd absolutely fall over dead! Her being pre-menopausal (contingent on when you first menstruate and individual woman) exaggerates your feeling too hot.
So, Shoshana like Mary is invisible, no relatives (we know of) like Mary, and she tried to pass herself off as LaToya Jackson an article stated (not sure if that is verified there is absolutely no information on her). So, add 7lbs, 8 years between the time the photo of Shoshana was taken, drinking liquids like Crystal Light and Metamucil mixed with cyanide (Mary is like a mummy almost with decomposition and dehydration, and we have no idea when the poison was drunk or how long the body was in the room - she could have drank it upon arrival as she ordered no food and from what "they" said at the hotel she never left the room)...
And, there's another thing that just bugs the hell out of me here with Mary... cyanide causes spasms/convulsions, choking, it takes the oxygen out of your tissues and organs. She's posed like she's asleep, how could she drink it and not have spazzed out on the bed and mussed up the pillows, the Bible, or herself? Now, granted all this could be in the "Official KCME" report that they will never release to a bunch of non-law enforcement/strangers. Many of the questions we have will never be answered like: what was the contents of her stomach/intestines (maybe why she drank Metamucil and Crystal Light to keep from being hungry so no one could ID what she ate and figure out who she was - bet she had a last supper somewhere before the hotel and someone saw her in a restaurant or maybe room service?), how much cyanide was ingested and what was the TOD... She didn't bring the bowl to poison herself via cyanide fumes as had she researched at the library across the street from the hotel she would have found out the fumes take you out immediately. She had 7 outfits that were new including what she was wearing so... did she have them in case she chickened out? She didn't have enough cash on her to travel anywhere far, so was there a bank account somewhere and if so how could she get to her money? I think this was the end of the road for her and she definitely knew she couldn't delay this any longer.
So, is there a bank account in the US that has unclaimed funds (might only be 5 dollars) and no activity since 1996? So, she got a ride from a cabby - where was she picked up? Did she at one time have breast implants - they would have a serial number as of the early 90's - so she had to have breast reduction surgery to get rid of id'ing her and reduce their size as she was at 240lbs considered medically morbidly obese? I believe the implant removal not applicable but the reduction might have been for comfort reasons. I didn't get hung up on Shoshana's pierced ears - they grow in after less than a year for most people leaving no scars virtually. Plus there's every indication that had the ME found pierced ears w/o earrings that might have been information retained as the case is still open. If LAPD retained a lot of information, like KCME, from the public perhaps a DNA test on next of kin on Shoshana could be done and compared with samples of Mary?
So this post has definitely not added anything to finding out who Mary is, but maybe someone knows something out there, reading this or the other posts, and is finally willing to contact the King County Medical Examiner with possible identity or at least a last known city of residence.
Even in death EVERYBODY deserves their name. I believe we're all connected, we're not alone - even when we feel we are.