CA CA - McFarland, WhtFem 18-30, UP57064, white metal ring with clear stones, July'82

[HmmMysterious]

I sent in Denise Beaudin as a candidate for McFarland Jane Doe.

 

[HmmMysterious]

The NamUs file was modified today, but nothing was changed. Denise Beausin hasn't been ruled out yet. The only exclusion is Sherry Roach.

 

[Romulus]

NamUs #UP57064
Body discovered: July 6, 1982, McFarland, California (Kern County)
Sex: Female
Race/ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Age range: 18-30

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/57064

Estimated height: 5'1-5'4
Estimated weight: 120-140 lbs
Estimated year of death: 1982
Condition of remains: Unrecognizable, near complete or complete skeleton
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Unknown

Clothing: White skirt with red flowers and a zipper at the back and pockets at sides, red underwear, burnt orange colored sweater with label "Calif. Frank Lee", long sleeve red and white striped sweater, label "Andy's Junior", all size medium on the body
Jewelry: white metal ring with clear stones on the body

Circumstances of Recovery: Female decedent found in a grave in the foothills east of McFarland.

 

[Caring1]

1 Missing Person Exclusion

 

[Aurora90]

bumping for this Jane Doe <3

 

[erlysunsets]

Diana Ladene Munyon
DLC: May 1, 1982
Missing from: Fontana, CA (~3hrs from where the UID was found)
Missing age: 16
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 105lbs
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Circumstances: Left home in Fulton, Mississippi, in 1981. Last contact with family was in Fontana, California, in May of 1982. Called in to Green River investigation because of background and resemblance to reconstruction of unidentified victim.

Jennie Ellen Burkart
DLC: March 29, 1982
Missing from: Santa Paula, CA (2hrs from where the UID was found)
Missing age: 27
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 125lbs
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Blue
Circumstances: Jennie was last seen in Santa Paula, California dropping her boyfriend off on 3/29/1982.

Graciela Maldonado
DLC: January 1, 1982 (approx.)
Missing from: Sacramento, CA (~4 hours from where the UID was found)
Missing age: 28
Height: 5'0"-5'3"
Weight: 130-140lbs
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Brown
Circumstances: Subject moved around frequently and known to travel between Sacramento and Berkley, CA. Family lost contact with subject sometime in 1982. DLC is estimated.

Mary Jo Lee Long
DLC: December 27, 1981
Missing from: Gardena, CA (~2.5 hours from where the UID was found)
Missing age: 17
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 115lbs
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Circumstances: Mary was last seen on December 27, 1981.

Corrine Anita Hagler
DLC: October 1, 1981
Missing from: Burbank, CA (~2 hours from where the UID was found)
Missing age: 18
Height: 5'3"-5'5"
Weight: 130-160lbs
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Hazel
Circumstances: Last seen at home address. Father reported that she left home, possibly for Texas.

i think Diana makes a lot of sense for this doe. her page on the charley project says she may have been traveling to washington from fontana, so it’s a very real possibility she traveled through mcfarland on her way there

 

[HopeRains]

I'm going to do some speculating given jewelry and circumstances of recovery that this lady was engaged/married (ring with white stones). Ring was found on the body but case file does not specify particularly which hand. Remains were buried, which to me implies some semblance of familiarity with whomever buried her.

I'd also say this lady was quite coordinated with her clothing. Red and white everything, down to her underwear, except for the "burnt orange" sweater. The sweater is a California label, Joe-Lee, perhaps picked up because the weather was chillier than expected (?). The only thing I really found on Andy's Juniors were etsy listings and patent info as linked to a company out of New Jersey (Ardence).

I wonder if she was with her person (or someone she knew in some capacity) travelling, perhaps even over Valentine's weekend or on Valentine's Day (a Sunday) dressed in her red and white when she met her end here?

The town of McFarland, as of last census, was a town of 12,000 people. Not big. Her remains were located buried in the foothills east of town.

 

[erlysunsets]

I'm going to do some speculating given jewelry and circumstances of recovery that this lady was engaged/married (ring with white stones). Ring was found on the body but case file does not specify particularly which hand. Remains were buried, which to me implies some semblance of familiarity with whomever buried her.

I'd also say this lady was quite coordinated with her clothing. Red and white everything, down to her underwear, except for the "burnt orange" sweater. The sweater is a California label, Joe-Lee, perhaps picked up because the weather was chillier than expected (?). The only thing I really found on Andy's Juniors were etsy listings and patent info as linked to a company out of New Jersey (Ardence).

I wonder if she was with her person (or someone she knew in some capacity) travelling, perhaps even over Valentine's weekend or on Valentine's Day (a Sunday) dressed in her red and white when she met her end here?

The town of McFarland, as of last census, was a town of 12,000 people. Not big. Her remains were located buried in the foothills east of town.

that's a good point about the sweater potentially being an indicator of the time this person expired. when i was looking at this before i thought that Diana Munyon was a good fit, who was last heard from in May of 1982 in Fontana, CA, so I looked up weather data for that month/year and the average temperature in California at that time was about 60 degrees. that's chillier than i would expect it to be, honestly. Diana was also from Mississippi so it would make sense that she wouldn't be familiar with CA weather/know what to expect.