AZ AZ- Bowie UnkFemale 13-17, Found by Park Ranger- October 18, 1986

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NamUs Case Number: UP10219
ME/C Case Number: ME86-105
Unidentified Female
Sources: NamUs
General Information
Sex: Female
Race: Uncertain
DBF: October 18, 1986
DOD: 1936-1976
Found in: Bowie, Cochise County, Arizona
Estimated Age Range: 13-17
Estimated Height: Cannot Estimate
Estimated Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Features: Unknown/None (skeletal remains)
Clothing/Personal Items: None found at scene

Circumstances
Park ranger found human cranium.

Investigators
Bruce Anderson, Forensic Anthropologist
Phone: (520) 724-8600

Potential Matches I Found
I know this is very likely to be a woman trying to cross the Mexican border but we can't discount the possibility that this is a murder victim. There is also no good way to say this as everything fits with everything so I will list all the matches I found.

Diane Webb
Dorothy Clitheroe
Patricia Chesher
Does anyone think I should email NamUs about any of these 3 matches?
 
  • #2
Found no thread for this one so I decided to make one!

NamUs Case Number: UP10219
ME/C Case Number: ME86-105
Unidentified Female
Sources: NamUs
General Information
Sex: Female
Race: Uncertain
DBF: October 18, 1986
DOD: 1936-1976
Found in: Bowie, Cochise County, Arizona
Estimated Age Range: 13-17
Estimated Height: Cannot Estimate
Estimated Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Features: Unknown/None (skeletal remains)
Clothing/Personal Items: None found at scene

Circumstances
Park ranger found human cranium.

Investigators
Bruce Anderson, Forensic Anthropologist
Phone: (520) 724-8600

Potential Matches I Found
I know this is very likely to be a woman trying to cross the Mexican border but we can't discount the possibility that this is a murder victim. There is also no good way to say this as everything fits with everything so I will list all the matches I found.

Diane Webb
Dorothy Clitheroe
Patricia Chesher
Does anyone think I should email NamUs about any of these 3 matches?
DOD was pre-1976. Crossing the border wasn’t a big deal then. In some places, people were coming and going. More likely might be the Native American community?

Do you have more info on find location?
 
  • #3
Diane Webb has some strangely conflicting/random info on the NamUs panel. At 17, she’s a wife. Her eyes are grey, but look violet. The size of a breast is provided.
The perp might be someone she’s hung out with and gave LE a random bunch of non-identifiers.
 
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Patricia Chesher is appallingly tiny, if that’s the real info. A Caucasian female at 12 years old who is only 4’ tall and weighs 86 pounds…

I would think the MP listing would pick out a 4’ skeleton, but maybe not.
 
  • #5
DOD was pre-1976. Crossing the border wasn’t a big deal then. In some places, people were coming and going. More likely might be the Native American community?

Do you have more info on find location?
No. All I know is that it was 2 hours away from the Mexican border.
 
  • #6
Patricia Chesher is appallingly tiny, if that’s the real info. A Caucasian female at 12 years old who is only 4’ tall and weighs 86 pounds…
I don't want to say anything but possibly malnourished? Apparently she had family who sexually abused her but don't quote me on that.
 
  • #7
Diane Webb has some strangely conflicting/random info on the NamUs panel. At 17, she’s a wife. Her eyes are grey, but look violet. The size of a breast is provided.
The perp might be someone she’s hung out with and gave LE a random bunch of non-identifiers.
Likely her husband gave that info.
 
  • #8
Found no thread for this one so I decided to make one!

NamUs Case Number: UP10219
ME/C Case Number: ME86-105
Unidentified Female
Sources: NamUs
General Information
Sex: Female
Race: Uncertain
DBF: October 18, 1986
DOD: 1936-1976
Found in: Bowie, Cochise County, Arizona
Estimated Age Range: 13-17
Estimated Height: Cannot Estimate
Estimated Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Features: Unknown/None (skeletal remains)
Clothing/Personal Items: None found at scene

Circumstances
Park ranger found human cranium.

Investigators
Bruce Anderson, Forensic Anthropologist
Phone: (520) 724-8600

Potential Matches I Found
I know this is very likely to be a woman trying to cross the Mexican border but we can't discount the possibility that this is a murder victim. There is also no good way to say this as everything fits with everything so I will list all the matches I found.

Diane Webb
Dorothy Clitheroe
Patricia Chesher
Does anyone think I should email NamUs about any of these 3 matches?
Dorothy Mildred Clitheroe seems to be the most likely match for this Jane Doe in my opinion.

Here is more information on Dorothy and the other 2 possible matches:


Dorothy Mildred Clitheroe
Dorothy Mildred Clitheroe – The Charley Project

AZ - AZ - Dorothy Clitheroe, 14, Phoenix, 20 Sept 1973


Diane Marie Webb
Diane Marie Webb – The Charley Project

AZ - AZ - Diane Webb, 18, Phoenix, 1960


Patricia Joan Chesher
Patricia Joan Chesher – The Charley Project

 
  • #9
Bowie Jane Doe has been unidentified for 36 years today.
 
  • #10
@Caring1 Hey could you post the current list of NamUs exclusions for this Jane Doe? I would greatly appreciate it.
 
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  • #12
Could this be Sherry Jean Pickle? If she was missing from Long Beach but believed to be in Borrego Springs with a "male companion", it's not out of the question for her body to be dumped further out into the desert in another state.
Also, Linda Ann Miller was en route to Guadalajara, MX from San Rafael, CA on a Greyhound bus. It's not unreasonable to think she may have met foul play somewhere along the way.
 
  • #13
Bowie Jane Doe has been unidentified for 37 years today.
 
  • #14
Bowie Jane Doe has been unidentified for 38 years today.
 
  • #15
There is now one exclusion.

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