Identified! AZ - Kingman, Mohave Co, WhtFem 35-40, UP85987, Found on private ranch in a canvas sack with rope, Jan'71 - Colleen Audrey Rice

[doublestop]

How would they be able to specify 3 births? All Caesarian so three scars? or clearly one vaginal and two scars? They only mention one scar, and on her stomach, which is not the right place.

 

[dotr]

How would they be able to specify 3 births? All Caesarian so three scars? or clearly one vaginal and two scars? They only mention one scar, and on her stomach, which is not the right place.

Emergency Caesarians can result in a long scar on the stomach, often they deliver any future babies from the same spot, so only one scar. imo.

 

[dotr]

Mohave County Sheriff’s Office seeks donations for cold case

The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit is continuing its investigation into a 1971 cold case homicide and hoping to raise money to identify the victim.

kdminer.com

''In April 2022, SIU investigators reached out to Othram Inc. to determine if advanced DNA testing and Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing could help give insight into the identity of this woman and the circumstances surrounding her untimely death. MCSO has already committed $1,000 to the cause and is asking for assistance from the community to give her justice and provide closure to her family who has been looking for her.

A DNA profile has been successfully composed for Jane Doe, and the money collected will assist Othram Inc. in uploading the DNA profile into national databases to identify potential family members of the victim. Othram, Inc. has established a DNASolves crowd funding website to raise the remaining $6,500 to conduct the Investigative Genetic Genealogy.

“The hope is that the community will help finally give her a name,” MCSO wrote. The “Mohave County Jane Doe” DNASolves page is bit.ly/3B6gyxL.''

 

[John/Jane Doe]

This case has just been fully funded:

After 52 years, Mohave County Jane Doe (1971) is Identified

Mohave County Sheriff's Office and Othram Team to Identify 1971 Jane Doe

dnasolves.com

 

[John/Jane Doe]

https://www.facebook.com/100069347973777/posts/492757299712532

 

[John/Jane Doe]

After 52 years, Mohave County Jane Doe (1971) is Identified

Mohave County Sheriff's Office and Othram Team to Identify 1971 Jane Doe

dnasolves.com

 

[victoriarobinson642]

After 52 years, Mohave County Jane Doe (1971) is Identified

Mohave County Sheriff's Office and Othram Team to Identify 1971 Jane Doe

dnasolves.com

Colleen Audrey Rice was born on 3-17-31 in Portsmouth, Ohio, the daughter of James C. Rice and Flossie Truitt. She went to Portsmouth High School, from which an early photo of her was obtained (the main photo used in this story). She married William Davis in 1946 in Ohio. She was estranged from her family, so little is known of her life or how she came to be in Arizona. It is unknown if she had children as no records could be found. The investigation is ongoing into the suspect and/or suspects responsible for her death. The Mohave County Sheriff's Office continues to seek the public’s assistance with providing any information they may have on the later years of the victim’s life.

 

[MarziPanda]

Wow, she must have been really estranged from her family if they don't even know if she had children. Let's hope they can trace her life and figure out what happened to her. RIP Colleen.

 

[HmmMysterious]

She looks exactly like the sketch. They even got the nose angle correct. RIP Colleen.

 

[othram]

Thanks everyone for the support. This was a DNASolves crowdfund and we depended on all of you to help fund the work necessary to identify Colleen.

 

[iamshadow21]

Sleep well, Colleen.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

More photos of Colleen from Portsmouth Hs

 

[SimsGuy67]

I send by condolences to Colleen and her family. Thank you @othram for giving her her name back.

 

[phantomstrider]

https://www.facebook.com/100069347973777/posts/492757299712532

The sketch looks very similar to her. Good thing colleen got her name back.

 

[MadMcGoo]

Great work again Othram!

Rest peacefully now Colleen.

 

[cheemsg]

Shades of Ruth Terry to this ID, I wonder if she was an alias user too bc of the lack of info.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Her identity was confirmed through DNA testing of a relative, investigation into her family tree and contact with distant family relatives.

Rice, born March 17, 1931, in Portsmouth, Ohio, was the daughter of James C. Rice and Flossie Truitt. She went to Portsmouth High School and married William Davis in 1946 in Ohio.

However, she became estranged from her family. According to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office, little is known of her life, how she came to be in Arizona or if she had children.

On Jan. 23, 1971, Rice's body was found in on private property in the desert east of Highway 93 near Kingman.

She was found inside a loosely-woven white cotton canvas sack that had been tied at the top with a white cotton rope. The words “Deer-Pak Ames Harris Neville Co.,” were printed in green on the sack.

Victim identified in 52-year-old cold case

KINGMAN — A woman found dead in 1971 has finally been identified after DNA testing connected her to distant family relations.

mohavedailynews.com

 

[Beekarina]

Great work! The sketch really does resemble her too!

We have a family member who chose not to have any contact with us a few years ago. I'm reasonably sure they have not had more kids, but not 100% certain. I mean today, sure it is a little easier to keep tabs on people via social media, even if they want to be relatively private and not have contact with you anymore, but in the 50s, 60s, 70s, that was not an option. It must have been beyond frightening when people cut ties and/or took off. You certainly could not Google them or check Facebook to see if they were still OK--and just not interested in speaking with you for whatever reason. So sad.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Last year, authorities partnered with Othram Inc., to conduct advanced DNA testingand Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing in hopes that an identification could be made. The sheriff's office put in $1,000 and asked the public for help in raising the remaining $6,500 needed.

The funds were raised within five days.

Arizona cold case investigators identify woman found stuffed in canvas sack in desert over 50 years ago

A woman found in a sack in the Arizona desert more than 50 years ago has been identified, authorities said this week.

www.foxnews.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The sheriff's office committed $1,000 toward the cost, asking the community for assistance to provide both closure and justice to her family. A DNA Solves fundraiser was set up by Othram Inc. to help raise the remaining $6,500 to test her DNA, a goal that was reached in five days.

Woman found dead in 1971 identified 52 years later after community fundraiser for DNA testing

With the help of crowdfunded DNA testing, investigators identified Colleen Audrey Rice as the woman found dead in 1971 outside of Kingman, Arizona.

www.usatoday.com