CA CA- Filmore, Wht or HispFem, 30-75, 514UFCA, found at summit of Grimes Canyon Road, expensive dental work, Jan 2000

[DS2021]

514UFCA - Unidentified Female​

Long-sleeved shirt, short-sleeved shirt, and a close up of the pattern of the short-sleeved shirt. These shirts were found with the decedent.

Date of Discovery: January 7, 2000
Location of Discovery: Fillmore, Ventura County, California
Estimated Date of Death: 1990-2000
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only
Cause of Death: Unknown

Physical Description​

Estimated Age: 30-75 years old
Race: White and/or Hispanic
Sex: Female
Height: 5'3" to 5'6"
Weight: 120 to 130 lbs.
Hair: Reddish-brown, straight, medium length
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Clothing found with the decedent suggests she may have had a slender build.

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available. Moderate to severe bone loss, possibly had gum surgery at one time. Quality of dental work is excellent and possibly recent (within 5 years). Expensive dental work that had been completed over the last five years, including crowns, fillings and a two-tooth bridge. Dental age estimated at 40+. Her dental work suggests she was not a transient.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Insufficient DNA for profiling.

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Cherokee brand denim jeans (approx. 30" waist); Knit t-shirt (size unknown); Green, short-sleeved, button-front shirt with open plaid design (size unknown); Tan, blue and burgundy long-sleeved, button-front shirt (size unknown); White elastic waistband underpants; and distinctive knee-high trouser socks with a black diamond pattern.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: A dark green backpack was located near the remains.

Circumstances of Discovery​

The woman's nearly complete skeleton was located by a geologist at the summit of Grimes Canyon Road in Fillmore, California.

Her remains are believed to have been brought to the site from another location.

Her dental work suggests she was not a transient.

Investigating Agency(s)​

Agency Name: Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Unknown
Agency Phone Number: 805-641-4400
Agency E-Mail: MEOAdmin(at)ventura.org
Agency Case Number: 0064-00

Agency Name: Ventura County Sheriff's Office - Major Crimes Investigations
Agency Contact Person: Unknown
Agency Phone Number: 805-383-8704
Agency E-Mail: Unknown
Agency Case Number: 00-3889

NCIC Case Number: U120001136
NamUs Case Number: UP559

Information Source(s)​

NamUs
Santa Paula Times

Admin Notes​

Added: 09/10/2007; Last Updated: 04/06/2022

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Theres a pretty significant PMI range on this case. Is anyone able to make a guess as to when this person died based off their clothing?

 

[DS2021]

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[buyerninety]

'Cherokee brand denim jeans', Wiki gives 1973 as 1st
beginning start year for that brand, grew hugely over
the following decades. The brand label would have
changed changed a bit over the years, too bad they
don't bother to picture it.

History of Cherokee Inc. – FundingUniverse

Explore the history, profile and timeline of Cherokee Inc.

www.fundinguniverse.com

Cherokee Avoids Pitfalls in Apparel Industry

When the boss sells most of his stock, why should anyone else want to buy it?

www.latimes.com

'Located by a geologist at the summit of Grimes Canyon
Road in Fillmore, California'.
But summit of Grimes Canyon Road appears to be a
road cutting, however just south of that there's an area
you could pull over at;

Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

goo.gl

and about at that area there used to be a dirt road
leading west off of Grimes Canyon Road in 1978 and
into 1980's;

NETRonline: Historic Aerials - Viewer

www.historicaerials.com

Plenty of large bushes to screen or to deposit a body
behind, off both sides of that area of Grimes Canyon Rd.

 

[iulia]

Her NamUs page has been removed.

 

[Otterly]

DoeNetwork page updated to identified today: 514UFCA

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Identified:

514UFCA

 

[HmmMysterious]

Identified as Linda Laverne Orndorff Charlesworth Burka who was born on September 25, 1947. Her last known residence was in Long Beach, California. Her cause of death is undetermined.

After 24 years, Ventura County Jane Doe (2000) is Identified

 

[Mary-Belle]

I haven’t found very much info on Linda. Like almost none.

What was her home life like? Did she work? Was she reported missing? How did she end up in a canyon, dead, in California. So many questions!

 

[tarabull]

I wonder if she had her dental work done in Mexico...

 

[victoriarobinson642]

I haven’t found very much info on Linda. Like almost none.

What was her home life like? Did she work? Was she reported missing? How did she end up in a canyon, dead, in California. So many questions!

All I could find (and confirm) was that she was from the East Coast of the US and most of her family still lived there at the time of her death. I don't know what brought her to SoCal but she was apparently living there for a bit.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Skeletal remains were sent to an Othram lab, where the company said its scientists developed a “comprehensive DNA profile.”

This profile was used to create investigative leads that were given to investigators, Othram said. This follow-up led investigators to the woman’s potential family members.

The remains were identified as Linda Orndorff, a Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office spokesperson confirmed in a Feb. 29 email to McClatchy News.

Orndorff, who would have been 52 at the time of her death, last lived in Long Beach, according to the company

https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article286122656.html