AK AK - Shishmaref, NativeFem, 8-14, UP12715, cranium found on beach, Jun'06

[Myrrh]

UP12715

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Case Numbers
NCMEC Number: --
ME/C Case Number: 07-00286

Demographics
Sex: Female
Race / Ethnicity: American Indian / Alaska Native
Estimated Age Group: Adolescent
Estimated Age Range (Years): 8-14
Estimated Year of Death: 2006
Estimated PMI: --
Height: Cannot Estimate
Estimated Weight: Cannot Estimate

Circumstances
Date Body Found: June 12, 2006
NamUs Case Created: July 7, 2014
ME/C QA Reviewed: --

Location Found Map
Location: Shishmaref, Alaska
County: --
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped): N66 12.362/W166 15.298
Found On Tribal Land: --
Circumstances of Recovery: Cranium discovered
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Inventory of Remains: Torso not recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

Circumstance Notes
Cranium found by beach bomber on island beach 5 to 7 miles southwest of Shishmaref.

Physical Description
Hair Color: --
Head Hair Description: --
Left Eye Color: --
Right Eye Color: --
Eye Description: --
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Distinctive Physical Features
No Known Information

Clothing and Accessories
No Information Entered

 

[Myrrh]

1 rule out per NamUs

 

[iamshadow21]

UP12715

No Images or Documents

Case Numbers
NCMEC Number: --
ME/C Case Number: 07-00286

Demographics
Sex: Female
Race / Ethnicity: American Indian / Alaska Native
Estimated Age Group: Adolescent
Estimated Age Range (Years): 8-14
Estimated Year of Death: 2006
Estimated PMI: --
Height: Cannot Estimate
Estimated Weight: Cannot Estimate

Circumstances
Date Body Found: June 12, 2006
NamUs Case Created: July 7, 2014
ME/C QA Reviewed: --

Location Found Map
Location: Shishmaref, Alaska
County: --
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped): N66 12.362/W166 15.298
Found On Tribal Land: --
Circumstances of Recovery: Cranium discovered
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Inventory of Remains: Torso not recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

Circumstance Notes
Cranium found by beach bomber on island beach 5 to 7 miles southwest of Shishmaref.

Physical Description
Hair Color: --
Head Hair Description: --
Left Eye Color: --
Right Eye Color: --
Eye Description: --
-
Distinctive Physical Features
No Known Information

Clothing and Accessories
No Information Entered

Poor kid, she's just a baby!

I wonder what state the skull was in, whether it's intact enough for a recon.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

I think Yolanda Naomi Nowpakahok could be a possible match:

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I would like to know what opinion you have on this.

 

[iamshadow21]

I think Yolanda Naomi Nowpakahok could be a possible match:

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I would like to know what opinion you have on this.

Age, race, estimated date of death, all good. I have no idea of the geography or sea currents, but that little girl was lost at sea, and if it's remotely possible she could wash up where our Doe's skull did, it's worth pursuing.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Now listed as male in NAMUS

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Apparently NamUs changed the sex and now appears as Male:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[Myrrh]

Now listed as male in NAMUS

Apparently NamUs changed the sex and now appears as Male:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

I wonder what caused the change, hopefully it means they're working on identifying the person

 

[victoriarobinson642]

I wonder what caused the change, hopefully it means they're working on identifying the person

I hope it means they have a DNA profile.

 

[Puzzleworth]

If this person was male, then Yolanda's (twin?) brother, Leonard Nowpakahok (#MP66509) would fit. He disappeared along with Yolanda and their father, Leonard, while hunting whales "5-7 miles offshore west of Gambell." Google Maps shows a distance of about 235ish miles between there and where the cranium was found southwest of Shishmaref.

Joseph Ferrenlee Tomaganuk (#MP66582) or Daylon Tall (#MP66779) may also fit--both guys are a little outside the estimated age range, but not impossibly so, at 15 and 16 years old respectively. They disappeared on September 9, 2005 from the seas outside of Hooper Bay. That's a couple hundred miles south of Shishmaref.

 

[iamshadow21]

If this person was male, then Yolanda's (twin?) brother, Leonard Nowpakahok (#MP66509) would fit. He disappeared along with Yolanda and their father, Leonard, while hunting whales "5-7 miles offshore west of Gambell." Google Maps shows a distance of about 235ish miles between there and where the cranium was found southwest of Shishmaref.

Joseph Ferrenlee Tomaganuk (#MP66582) or Daylon Tall (#MP66779) may also fit--both guys are a little outside the estimated age range, but not impossibly so, at 15 and 16 years old respectively. They disappeared on September 9, 2005 from the seas outside of Hooper Bay. That's a couple hundred miles south of Shishmaref.

I liked Yolanda as a possibility when we thought this Doe was female, and I like Leonard knowing now that he is male. And I think Joseph and Daylon are close enough in age to be good possibilities. The fact that all of them were lost in the water makes them great candidates for this Doe.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

I don't know current patterns in that part of Alaska but I wonder if this could be Harry George Sheldon

 

[iamshadow21]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

I don't know current patterns in that part of Alaska but I wonder if this could be Harry George Sheldon

The question mark I have with Harry, is his presumed date of death is much, much earlier. If the skull was in the water that long, getting knocked around and abraded by sand and chewed on by critters, would it still look recent enough to be thought a probable 2006 date of decease?

 

[ChatteringBirds]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Have they added any new exclusions since 2022?

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Have they added any new exclusions since 2022?

No.

 

[fidgeypie]

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