Identified! AR - El Dorado, Whitehall Motel, WhtFem 18-21, 81UFAR, Jul'91 - #3 - Kelly from VA

[Alleykins]

I am seeing this also with Princess Doe. They don't have all the rule outs listed in NamUs, but I have a contact with the Blairstown Museum who does have a current list, I was convinced Princess Doe was Kathleen Kelly - not listed as a rule out in NamUs but the Museum said she was ruled out with DNA years back. It's just very frustrating.

It's good to know someone is keeping track.

 

[CCJD]

I am seeing this also with Princess Doe. They don't have all the rule outs listed in NamUs, but I have a contact with the Blairstown Museum who does have a current list, I was convinced Princess Doe was Kathleen Kelly - not listed as a rule out in NamUs but the Museum said she was ruled out with DNA years back. It's just very frustrating.

Look at it this way - when a missing person's dna is entered into CODIS, their dna is run against every UID in there (and vice versa UID-MP). If NamUs published every single negative result, both MPs and UIDs would have rule-outs in the 1000s. However, a "manual comparison" can be done by accessing CODIS and checking to see if a missing person has been ruled out against a particular UID (and vice versa).

Hope that makes sense.

 

[chaddylex]

Look at it this way - when a missing person's dna is entered into CODIS, their dna is run against every UID in there (and vice versa UID-MP). If NamUs published every single negative result, both MPs and UIDs would have rule-outs in the 1000s. However, a "manual comparison" can be done by accessing CODIS and checking to see if a missing person has been ruled out against a particular UID (and vice versa).

Hope that makes sense.

yes it makes sense, I wish NamUs would still show if DNA is available for the both the UID and the missing person so we at least know if they were compared in CODIS. I contacted State Police about a possible match to a UID in Eastern PA recently - wasn't sure if they were compared or not but the detective said they were already ruled out due to both being in CODIS.

 

[CCJD]

yes it makes sense, I wish NamUs would still show if DNA is available for the both the UID and the missing person so we at least know if they were compared in CODIS. I contacted State Police about a possible match to a UID in Eastern PA recently - wasn't sure if they were compared or not but the detective said they were already ruled out due to both being in CODIS.

Well, the thing with "DNA Status: Available" being shown is that it doesn't specify what type, how viable and, with MPs, where did it come from? A hairbrush belonging to the missing? A relative? If a relative, how close ... a parent or sibling? Or a half-sibling, niece/nephew, cousin or second cousin twice removed. If relatives of a MP see that DNA is already available without knowing the source, it could dissuade them from coming forward with their own.

I have a couple of missing that I question the rule-outs. One I strongly suspect is a half-sibling, the other I pretty much know is in the niece/nephew area. Maybe they're legit rule outs - but IMO, there's room for doubt.

 

[buggiegirl]

On the left hand side is a yearbook photo of Edith Marie Blevins, sister of Estella May Blevins. On the right is, of course, El Dorado Jane Doe. Those two look so, so much alike. EDJD also resembles Ruth Darline Blevins, another sister of Estella. Unfortunately, there is no yearbook photo of Estella to make a comparison. Estella only completed 9th grade. There is definitely a resemblance between El Dorado Jane Doe and the Blevins sisters. I think that is where the maternal line is, but descendants of the Blevins are perhaps refusing to test their DNA???

As someone interested in true crime and genealogy this one interests me a lot!

Ancestry does have trees with various photos of all the Blevins daughters and several other descendants. Is the general idea still that the Blevins family may be EDJD’s maternal line? She looks shockingly like both Ruth and Edith.

 

[mp_1989]

As someone interested in true crime and genealogy this one interests me a lot!

Ancestry does have trees with various photos of all the Blevins daughters and several other descendants. Is the general idea still that the Blevins family may be EDJD’s maternal line? She looks shockingly like both Ruth and Edith.

I have no doubt that she is closely related to them... MOO though

 

[Brenda93]

I fixed the blurry photo

 

[cherryzard]

I fixed the blurry photo

Great work!

 

[Sweetluv]

I cant help but wonder why she had so many aliases? Did she grow up in foster care..home after home and never really had a sense of identity? Sounds like she jumped around from state to state without stability. I dont believe the pimp BF really knew who she was either. My heart goes out to her...people care. She deserves her REAL name back.

 

[blackbeary]

I cant help but wonder why she had so many aliases? Did she grow up in foster care..home after home and never really had a sense of identity? Sounds like she jumped around from state to state without stability. I dont believe the pimp BF really knew who she was either. My heart goes out to her...people care. She deserves her REAL name back.

It's like she's missing AND unidentified, too. Does anyone have suggestions on how we can get her many photos in a "blanket" social media campaign? There has to be schoolmates, neighbors, friends, or family that would possibly know her?

 

[blackbeary]

On the left hand side is a yearbook photo of Edith Marie Blevins, sister of Estella May Blevins. On the right is, of course, El Dorado Jane Doe. Those two look so, so much alike. EDJD also resembles Ruth Darline Blevins, another sister of Estella. Unfortunately, there is no yearbook photo of Estella to make a comparison. Estella only completed 9th grade. There is definitely a resemblance between El Dorado Jane Doe and the Blevins sisters. I think that is where the maternal line is, but descendants of the Blevins are perhaps refusing to test their DNA???

These two photos look soooo much alike! Is there a marriage or close relationship between the Carter / Wood / Blevins families ?

 

[Deguello]

Wow!--what a terrific compilation of little bits of information put together here in this second of two threads devoted to this case. I don't believe this young woman had the easiest life; that being said, she should have her real name back--not "EDJD." A few thoughts after spending last night and this morning perusing the two threads:

1 - The available photos of EDJD tell a Hell of a story--she had a beautiful smile, but there always seemed to be a veneer of melancholy in her photos. The photos also indicate a woman older than eighteen--I would guess EDJD to be older than estimated in 91; perhaps thirty by the time of her murder. Still youthful, but definitely older than a teenager, or a woman in her early twenties. I base this off McAlphin's claim of her being older than him when they met--I believe he was twenty six in 1990, so approximately thirty would be correct provided this information to be true, and I believe it to be a rare instance of truth--more on that below.

2 - The Murderer, McAlphin--this was mentioned upthread, but I'll reiterate it: the guy might be a pathological liar, but I believe that there are truths interspersed among his corybantic rantings. It's disgusting to know that he's out of prison, a free man. I have a feeling that EDJD and this character were, in fact, involved in the 1988 murder of Dwayne McCorkindale in Oklahoma.

I have a feeling that this one will eventually be solved--and sooner rather than later. Seems strange that there's been no press or talk of movement since the feature in The Huffington Post, but as mentioned: the investigators are waiting until all the I's are dotted, and all the T's crossed, and I suspect they have information that's never been made public. With the identification of J.J.D. as the infamous EAR/ONS (Golden State Killer), the authorities have been on a tremendous hot streak solving decades old cold cases/identifying murder victims/identifying offenders. Still can't believe Tammy Alexander and Debra Jackson ("Orange Socks") were actually identified.

- D

 

[Darianne]

I cant help but wonder why she had so many aliases? Did she grow up in foster care..home after home and never really had a sense of identity? Sounds like she jumped around from state to state without stability. I dont believe the pimp BF really knew who she was either. My heart goes out to her...people care. She deserves her REAL name back.

She may not want her real name back.It may represent a painful past with few connections she could rely on.

 

[Sweetluv]

That is true, she may not want her name back. I personally feel you came into this world with a name and this poor woman deserves a little more than El Dorado Jane Doe.
I hope she is resting peacefully!

 

[Alleykins]

IIRC, she claimed to have a criminal past, which could be the reason she had so many aliases.

 

[mp_1989]

IIRC, she claimed to have a criminal past, which could be the reason she had so many aliases.

True but could the past really be that bad if they aren't looking for her for the crimes? if you get what I mean.. I think it's plausible that they were bad but it was likely just more petty crimes like we have seen from her alias'

 

[Springrain]

True but could the past really be that bad if they aren't looking for her for the crimes? if you get what I mean.. I think it's plausible that they were bad but it was likely just more petty crimes like we have seen from her alias'

What do you think about her possible alleged connection to the Dwayne McCorkindale murder?

 

[stringofpurls]

She may not want her real name back.It may represent a painful past with few connections she could rely on.

Maybe, but didn't she supposedly have a child? If she did, that child may want to know who their mother was, and in turn, who they are.

 

[mp_1989]

What do you think about her possible alleged connection to the Dwayne McCorkindale murder?

I'm so torn on this... It depends on how publicised the DM murder was (I've never heard either way on this). It's feels unlikely that EDJD would have made up the story that so perfectly alignes with a real crime in that time period and area unless she had heard of the crime and thought "oh I'll pretend I was involved in that for some street cred/attention". Totally possible I guess but statistically not massively likely, I imagine. It sounds like she other knew/was the person involved or the crime was widely enough publicised that she heard about it.

 

[Deguello]

I'm so torn on this... It depends on how publicised the DM murder was (I've never heard either way on this). It's feels unlikely that EDJD would have made up the story that so perfectly alignes with a real crime in that time period and area unless she had heard of the crime and thought "oh I'll pretend I was involved in that for some street cred/attention". Totally possible I guess but statistically not massively likely, I imagine. It sounds like she other knew/was the person involved or the crime was widely enough publicised that she heard about it.

That's the thing--EDJD was moving a mile a minute; what are the chances she merely heard about a seemingly random robbery gone wrong on a trucker in Oklahoma? As with McAlphin, I believe that EDJD would occasionally garnish the yarns she'd spin with nuggets of Truth. If she was involved in the McCorkindale murder, it would explain why she was constantly on the move, and involved in an unorthodox "underground" world. I think one thing that would really help clear the air here is to determine for certain if McAlphin--or any of the previous boyfriends/pimps(?)--ever owned a brown Ford Pinto. It was this vehicle that was supposedly harassing truckers for a period of time in Oklahoma before the McCorkindale murder, and one trucker supposedly had a woman--presumably EDJD--even try to force her way into the truck's cab.

Someone upthread had just mentioned this, and I concur: I suspect EDJD has a child or children--this being another telling example of Truth being interspersed within the neverending lies. For this reason, it would be good to actually have her name, especially if her children are (or will one day be) looking for her.

- D