Identified! CA - L.A. Griffith Park, WhtFem 725UFCA, 20-28, @Picnic Table, Jun'68 Cheryl McMillan

[Fairy1]

What do you all think of Anita Kay Drake?

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/d/drake_anita.html

Carl - can you possibly do a side-by-side? I tried and failed!

 

[amputate]

I have always been very interested in Donnis Redman's case.I've always thought Little Miss X found in Arizona was Donnis Redman.But I also agree this Jane Doe looks very much like Donnis.Have they ruled these two out as a match with DNA.

IIRC, didn't Donnis have blue or green eyes? JD's eyes were brown

 

[Ms Suzanne]

IIRC, didn't Donnis have blue or green eyes? JD's eyes were brown

Donnis had blue eyes I believe.But I really don't go by eye color with a Jane Doe any more.I just thought she looked like her.

 

[CarlK90245]

Carl - can you possibly do a side-by-side? I tried and failed!

I'm in Michigan until the 20th. All I have is my iPhone, so I can't post images.

 

[carbuff]

I'm in Michigan until the 20th. All I have is my iPhone, so I can't post images.

I'll get it later this evening, after I get back from golf league.

 

[carbuff]

Okay, here's our Jane Doe with Anita Drake. Very strong resemblance, in my not-very-expert opinion.

If the Christmas calls that were mentioned were Anita, that would fit with the time line. She went missing before Christmas in 1963, so five Christmases would be 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967. GPJD died before another Christmas came around.

 

[Fairy1]

Thank you so much, carbuff!

 

[carbuff]

Thank you so much, carbuff!

No problem

 

[Fairy1]

I really believe this might be a good possible - though it could be really difficult to confirm. Thoughts?

 

[FiveFelines]

Okay, here's our Jane Doe with Anita Drake. Very strong resemblance, in my not-very-expert opinion.

If the Christmas calls that were mentioned were Anita, that would fit with the time line. She went missing before Christmas in 1963, so five Christmases would be 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967. GPJD died before another Christmas came around.

The nose/mouth area looks quite similar to me.

 

[Fairy1]

Bump. Can I get some eyes on this comparison? Carl? I believe this may be Anita.

 

[Fairy1]

:bump:

 

[EffyElsewhere]

Hi Fairy1, I certainly see a resemblance between the two. Also the timeline as when Anita stopped calling home seems plausible to me. Interesting possibility!

 

[amputate]

Has anyone submitted Anita as a possible match?

 

[Fairy1]

I haven't submitted Anita - was hoping more folks would weigh in as to whether it's worthwhile.

 

[amputate]

I think the face is very similar except for the nose, but if Jane Doe was facedown on a picnic table could that have "smushed" her nose?

 

[mmtp777]

The nose look a little off when you compare those two pictures but much closer when you look at her other pictures and the actual PM. I think you should submit it.

 

[CarlK90245]

I haven't had time in the past few weeks to reply to anyone's possible match suggestions.

But I do think that there is enough of a resemblance between GPJD and Anita Drake that it would be worth looking into. Hopefully there are fingerprints or dentals on Anita, as I don't think there is any DNA on GPJD.

 

[madamx]

I haven't had time in the past few weeks to reply to anyone's possible match suggestions.

But I do think that there is enough of a resemblance between GPJD and Anita Drake that it would be worth looking into. Hopefully there are fingerprints or dentals on Anita, as I don't think there is any DNA on GPJD.

I have been thinking Anita Drake myself since I saw the woman's photo until i came across this photo which is one of the unidentified photos found in William Richard Bradfords possession. He said he was a modeling photographer and took photos of women in swimsuits and little outfits..kill them and dump their bodies in different places.. which made me think of this Cherryl Miller and her bikini. photo #21 in the collection of the unidentified women looks like Cherryl to me. hope this helps.. but we still dont know who she is!!
http://crime.about.com/od/missing/ig/50missingwomen/missingwomen21.htm

 

[madamx]

I have been trying to post the photo of William Richard Bradfords # 21 blonde model alone instead of the link but I have been unable to. Also I read alot of these images of Bradfords were cropped and edited to just frame the Faces of the women. It would be interesting to see if the woman in the shot is wearing the same Bikini. Sadly the photo is so cropped you cannot really tell alot about the location