CA CA - San Clemente, Orange County, BlkFem UP7682, 17 - 23, "Multiple narrow 18-inch braids," April'93

[ChatteringBirds]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

No Reconstruction Available

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP7682
Female, Black / African American
Date Body Found: April 6, 1993
Location Found: San Clemente, California

Case Numbers:
NCMEC Number: 1184206
ME/C Case Number:
93-02213-SU

Estimated Age Range (Years):
17-23
Estimated Year of Death: 1993
Estimated PMI: 4 Weeks
Height: 5' 4"(64 inches) , Estimated
Weight: 110 lbs, Estimated

Circumstances of Recovery
LOCATION FOUND: Brushy area - East of N/B I-5, north of Avenida Pico, San Clemente

Orange County Sheriff-Coroner website:
http://ocsd.org/divisions/prof/coroner/ud/jane/9302213su

Condition of Remains: Not recognizable

Circumstance Notes
San Clemente PD was absorbed by Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department

Hair Color: Brown
Head Hair Description:
The hair is long, with multiple narrow braids, 18 inches in length, dark brown in color.

Clothing
A large size 42-44 black super tee Jerzees shirt.

Medium size 32-34 red Spalding sport shorts.

Small blue, initials B.U.M. equipment shorts.

Medium "Boundary Waters" gray sweat pants.

Blue tank top

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Her profile on Doe Network:
1404UFCA

Cause of Death: Accidental

Identifiers
Dentals: Available. natural space between upper front teeth, corrected with PFM jackets.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Available.

Circumstances of Discovery:
The decedent was located in a brushy area, east of northbound San Diego (I-5) Freeway, north of Avenida Pico, in San Clemente, California on April 6, 1993.

The body was discovered about 19.45 by a homeowner who lives in a nearby housing tract. A fence separates the freeway from the residential area and the body was on the same side as the housing tract...

An autopsy did not reveal any obvious signs of trauma. Her manner of death is listed as accidental.

 

[Goecke]

No trauma, but an accidental death? The only thing I can think of is an overdose; it doesn't sound like she was hit by a car.

 

[cenazoic]

Strange she’s got on so many bottom pieces (2 shorts, 1 sweatpants).

The Boundary Waters are in northern Minnesota.

 

[cenazoic]

Sharice Lorraine Pollard went missing from Minneapolis in 1992.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Can anyone see if there are any rule-outs?

I notice she had dental work. Someone out there knows or knew this woman.

 

[Caring1]

2 exclusions for UP7682:

Serina Carrera CA
Elsa Wind NV

 

[ChatteringBirds]

2 exclusions for UP7682:

Serina Carrera CA
Elsa Wind NV

@Caring1 Thank you.

Elsa's case is really awful. She is still listed in the databases as missing and has a thread here.
Serina is not listed in NamUs.

 

[carbuff]

Strange she’s got on so many bottom pieces (2 shorts, 1 sweatpants).

The Boundary Waters are in northern Minnesota.

That jumped out to me, too. Not a place most people know about unless they're into canoeing, hiking, hunting and fishing, general outdoors stuff. But there also seems to be a clothing company called Boundary Waters. I don't know whether the company is connected to Minnesota or they just want the wilderness-associated name. It might be nothing, but it's probably worth looking into missing women with a Minnesota connection.

It's pretty common around here (New England) for runners to wear two pairs of shorts, usually one snug fitting (like hamstring tights or something like that) under a looser pair. Then when she finished she might have thrown on the t-shirt and sweatpants to be warmer, or to look more presentable for stopping somewhere.

 

[cenazoic]

Not sure if the sweatpants have “Boundary Waters” written on them, or if that’s the brand.

there also seems to be a clothing company called Boundary Waters

If the brand, it was trademarked to Dayton’s, a Minneapolis department store. In use 1983-1992.

 

[carbuff]

Not sure if the sweatpants have “Boundary Waters” written on them, or if that’s the brand.



If the brand, it was trademarked to Dayton’s, a Minneapolis department store. In use 1983-1992.

So in either case it's a Minnesota reference. Though I imagine the clothing was available in other parts of the country.

 

[branmuffin]

Don't know if anyone has accessed this site but it's all about missing/murdered black women/girls.

Missing Archives • Page 4 of 29 • Our Black Girls

 

[HopeRains]

Identifiers
Dentals: Available. natural space between upper front teeth, corrected with PFM jackets.

From https://www.animated-teeth.com/dental_crowns/t6_dental_crowns_types.html

1. Porcelain-fused-to-metal (“PFM”) – This kind of crown represents a hybrid construction where porcelain is fused as a covering over a metal substructure that encases the tooth. These crowns can provide both good aesthetics and strength.
   The latest generation of metal-ceramic crowns utilizes the pressed-over-metal (POM), or pressed-to-metal (PTM), fabrication method.
   

 

[cvaldez1975]

No trauma, but an accidental death? The only thing I can think of is an overdose; it doesn't sound like she was hit by a car.

or someone dumped her, maybe she was too decomposed to see the trauma.

 

[carbuff]

No trauma, but an accidental death? The only thing I can think of is an overdose; it doesn't sound like she was hit by a car.

Maybe hyper- or hypothermia? A medical incident (stroke, heart attack, asthma attack, cause obscured by decomposition)?

 

[annemc2]

Maybe hyper- or hypothermia? A medical incident (stroke, heart attack, asthma attack, cause obscured by decomposition)?

That would be my guess - something related to exercise? The clothing items are all mid range "sporting" brands. She wasn't wearing expensive specialized running gear but she wasn't wearing just any random shorts and t-shirt. Everything she's got on points to her doing some kind of workout.

eta: no shoes? And she appears to have taken really good care of herself with the dental work and hairstyle.

 

[Goecke]

I would think that a medical incident (related to exercise or not) would be classified as a natural death, not an accidental one? But I'm not 100% sure.
But hyper or hypothermia could be a possibility... Is there a way to know what the weather was like when she was found?

 

[carbuff]

That would be my guess - something related to exercise? The clothing items are all mid range "sporting" brands. She wasn't wearing expensive specialized running gear but she wasn't wearing just any random shorts and t-shirt. Everything she's got on points to her doing some kind of workout.

eta: no shoes? And she appears to have taken really good care of herself with the dental work and hairstyle.

It's the kind of outfit I'd be wearing after a workout. Tank top and layered shorts for the gym, throw on t-shirt and sweatpants for the drive/walk/ride home.

 

[HopeRains]

I would think that a medical incident (related to exercise or not) would be classified as a natural death, not an accidental one? But I'm not 100% sure.
But hyper or hypothermia could be a possibility... Is there a way to know what the weather was like when she was found?

As reported ~ 40 miles away at Santa Ana airport:

 

[HopeRains]

If I'm doing this correctly, below is general area of the location of her remains. Noting her age and the close proximity of San Clemente High School (0pened in ~1980).