Found Deceased WA - Susan Hoppes Bennett, 45, Tacoma, 9 Aug 1993

[Gardener1850]

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Missing Person / NamUs #MP7548

Susan E Hoppes Bennett,

Female, White / Caucasian

Date of Last Contact August 9, 1993

Missing From Tacoma, Washington

Missing Age 45 Years
Current Age 70 Years

Height 5' 0" - 5' 10" (60 - 70 Inches)
Weight 100 - 120 lbs

Brown Hair
Brown Eyes

Missing Person Case

 

[MadMcGoo]

Current list of exclusions for Susan per NamUs:
UP6279 12/18/1996 Fairfax VA
UP12683 06/06/2014 Newport News VA
UP9978 10/13/2010 Pierce WA
UP5671 04/05/2004 Pierce WA
UP5673 02/19/2003 Pierce WA
UP6279 12/18/1996 Fairfax VA (x2)
UP6150 11/07/1998 Stafford VA
UP8642 03/30/2011 Fulton GA
UP7448 05/25/1996 Yolo CA (link not accessible)

 

[victoriarobinson642]

ID-ed as Windy Point Jane Doe

Colorado cold case solved: Missing Washington woman ID’d as Windy Point Jane Doe

It was a mystery that baffled investigators and a Colorado community for nearly 30 years—Who was Windy Point Jane Doe? That mystery was recently solved and now a Washington-state family can seek closure thanks to familial DNA analysis, the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.

www.thedenverchannel.com

 

[Murkywaters]

30-year-old cold case cracked as Windy Point Jane Doe ID'd

July 7, 1994, rural Montrose County. Aug. 9, 1993, Lakewood, Washington.

www.montrosepress.com

Hoppes had no known connection to Colorado. Lillard said she abruptly left the home where she was staying in Washington, reportedly departing with two others, but it is not clear how she wound up in Montrose County.

Lillard said investigators would forge ahead to fully solve the case. “Back in 1993 when she was reported, there wasn’t a lot of information other than she was a missing person and there were no suspicious circumstances at the time. It was a basic missing persons case,” Lillard said.

Washington authorities added information as they received it and Hoppes was entered into the state’s equivalent of NCIC. (As stated earlier, she was cleared from that database in 1994 for reasons Lillard has not determined.)

 

[SolVic]

Is Susan’s maiden name Hoppes or Bennett?

 

[carbuff]

Link to the Websleuths thread about her remains: Identified! - CO - Montrose Co., 'Windy Point Jane Doe' Fem 642UFCO, 35-40, scoliosis, Jul'94 - Susan Hoppes