Identified! AZ - Tucson, WhtFem UP10566, 18-22, in desert, Apr'81 - Brenda Gerow

[Roselvr]

I think she's going to be another that has not been reported missing due to being classified a "runaway" or adult that walked away. I could be wrong; not that familiar with the case. Has anyone dropped the image in google? I'm not gonna be near a computer today

Stopped home to pick up daughter & grandson, having a quick cup of coffee before we go; according to google the only similar image is in the news article.

We're in the process of updating her album on Never Forget Me; going to add the photo to it. Pima County Arizona April 8, 1981
Never Forget Me - posted December 6 ·
Please, do you know the name of the blonde girl in this photo? Her identity might solve a cold case and help to get a child home. Thank you Jacy for the heads up about this story.
Police seek info in cold case murder with Mass. ties
CHELMSFORD, Mass. —Chelmsford police are asking for the public's help in identifying a woman believed to be the victim in a 1981 cold case killing.
Police released a photo Friday depicting a blonde woman they believe was taken in the Chelmsford area between 1979 and 1981. The woman could be the victim in a 1981 Arizona homicide in which victim and suspect have yet to be identified, according to police.

The photo was recently found in possession of John Kalhauser, a convicted murderer, who refused to identify the woman pictured, according to police.

Kalhauser lived in Tyngsboro at the time the photo is believed to have been taken, and possibly has information about the Arizona cold case, according to police.

 

[dizzigirl1]

I do tend to agree that it is probably someone unreported or an ex. On the charley project link above its the first black & white shot i had originally seen for Lisa that made me do the double take. I have so much to learn about "dropping images into google" I read about that existing only in the last couple of days. I have a macbook pro & it doesn't let me do things like a PC does. I feel like a beginner in technology.

 

[Roselvr]

I do tend to agree that it is probably someone unreported or an ex. On the charley project link above its the first black & white shot i had originally seen for Lisa that made me do the double take. I have so much to learn about "dropping images into google" I read about that existing only in the last couple of days. I have a macbook pro & it doesn't let me do things like a PC does. I feel like a beginner in technology.

I'm on an older Mac mini. Normally a windows user; I use it for surfing. Open google images. See the camera icon? Click on it. You can either copy & paste the image URL or save the image; then get it there one of 2 ways. Upload; or don't click the camera icon. Open the folder where you saved it; then left click the image to grab it; then drag it into the box you would type in

 

[dizzigirl1]

Ty

 

[traacker13]

I would have no way of explaining how she would end up here (in the U.S.) but when I saw this photo I was shocked at how much she resembled this Jane Doe.

Elizabeth Herfort went missing from Australia in June 1980
She was 18 years old, 5' 3" with light brown hair
http://doenetwork.org/cases/46dfact.html

A few interesting quotes I found while reading through this post is the mention of the brand "Chain Reaction" being found on a UID in the Belanglo forest in NSW Australia by dizzigirl1 back in 2013. This intrigued me as this is the same brand that this UID's blouse was. It would be interesting to know if "Chain Reaction" is/was a popular brand of clothing made in Australia or worn in Australia. FiveFelines also recently suggested that this UID was from outside the U.S.

WDYT?

 

[scrambledeggs]

I can definitely see the resemblance but can't get my head around how she would have ended up overseas.

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[traacker13]

I shouldve been more clear. The UID was wearing a blouse from Chain Reaction. Someone mentioned that the same brand (Chain Reaction) was found on a UID in Australia so I began to wonder if this brand may be exclusive to Australia. IDK

 

[traacker13]

I agree. I have no idea how she would've ended up so far from Australia....

 

[carbuff]

Her route as described on her Doenet page could lead to the airport: https://goo.gl/maps/u6V0x. It's only about fifteen minutes driving. So if she had a passport and any money, she could have made it to the US quite easily.

Starting point on that map is approximate; since Google didn't recognize Australian National University Bar, I used the gift shop instead.

 

[poppygirl]

It was probably easier to travel from Australia to the U.S. in the early 80s than it is today.

Interestingly, we had a real missing person case at work a few years ago. A coworker just disappeared - his parents were frantic, police were involved. He turned up months later...he'd has a personally traumatic incident in his life and had thrown some clothes into a book bag, gone to the airport and took the first flight out of the country - which happened to be to New Zealand.

So...pretty easy to leave if you have a passport and some cash.

 

[carbuff]

People did travel in the 70's and 80's. They hitched rides through central Asia, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, joined communes in Idaho or New Mexico, lived on the beach in Barcelona, and did it all on far less money than you would think possible today. I had a friend who took off to Europe to meet the boy she had been a pen pal with for a couple of years, got there and found out he was an older man with a wife and two kids, went to Greece instead, and got a job waiting tables at a taverna in a tourist spot on an island somewhere. Yeah, technically she didn't have a work visa, but mostly nobody cared.

 

[traacker13]

Hmmm this is interesting. I didn't realize it was so easy to travel internationally back then...Thanks for the info!

 

[the_missing]

Not sure if this is any help, but Chain Reaction was an Australian outlet that isn't around anymore (phased out, according to this article). Here's an old website of theirs:

http://web.archive.org/web/20041015035728/http://www.chainreaction.com.au/

It's conceivable that she was Australian, or had bought that blouse in Australia, or had some link or another with Australia. I'm not sure if Chain Reaction was around in the early 1980s, though.

 

[traacker13]

Not sure if this is any help, but Chain Reaction was an Australian outlet that isn't around anymore (phased out, according to this article). Here's an old website of theirs:

http://web.archive.org/web/20041015035728/http://www.chainreaction.com.au/

It's conceivable that she was Australian, or had bought that blouse in Australia, or had some link or another with Australia. I'm not sure if Chain Reaction was around in the early 1980s, though.

Hmmm that is intriguing. Thanks for posting this. I emailed the Namus case manager to suggest this possible match today.

 

[carbuff]

Ruleouts as of 28 December 2014 https://identifyus.org/en/cases/10566:

Exclusions
The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent:

First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA

Tammy Akers 1962 Virginia
Marie Blee 1964 Colorado
Barbara Bruno 1961 New York
Carla Corley 1965 Alabama
Eva Debruhl 1962 South Carolina
Gina Hall 1962 Virginia
Cindy Haumann 1959 Arizona
Cynthia Leslie 1959 Arizona
Jackie Leslie 1961 Arizona
Lori Lloyd 1961 Ohio
Deborah McCall 1963 Illinois
Angela Meeker 1965 Washington
Mary Opitz 1963 Florida
Patricia Otto 1952 Idaho
Janel Peters 1960 California
Dean Pyle Peters 1966 Michigan
Angela Rader 1962 Virginia
Angela Ramsey 1961 Florida
Simone Ridinger 1960 Massachusetts
Diane Webb 1942 Arizona
Jennifer Wyant 1958 Tennessee

 

[carbuff]

View attachment 64995

Here's a close-up of the photo, next to the facial recon.

Never Forget Me posted this photo and request about a woman missing in 1978 who isn't in any missing persons reports. https://www.facebook.com/WeWontForg...047848367/1007564672590903/?type=1&permPage=1

According to the family's comments, she has a connection to Tyngsborough, MA, which is immediately adjacent to where they think this picture was taken.

Wonder what she would look like with her hair dyed blonde?

 

[carbuff]

There are rumors that the family of a Nashua woman thinks they recognized her in the photo, and they're now waiting for DNA results. The name isn't one I could find in any of the public missing databases. I'm reporting it as rumor, but it's being stated as fact in some local forums that don't qualify as MSM.

 

[FiveFelines]

There are rumors that the family of a Nashua woman thinks they recognized her in the photo, and they're now waiting for DNA results. The name isn't one I could find in any of the public missing databases. I'm reporting it as rumor, but it's being stated as fact in some local forums that don't qualify as MSM.

Yup. Was just coming here to say I've seen the same thing.

 

[SurfieTX]

Hmmm, I just ran across this thread. We used to live in New Mexico. In 80 or 81, we had a teen/young adult come and visit us who was from Australia. She looked a LOT like the girl in the picture. We have a picture of her, but I'm not sure if I have it or my brother does. I will look for it today and ask my mom about the circumstances regarding the visit. I was about 8, 9 or 10 and do not really remember the details surrounding it.

 

[skydelta3574]

To me, the only missing person who resembles the girl in the photo is Elizabeth Herfort. I'm interested in the recent rumors.