CA CA - Truckee, UnsUnc, Adolescent, UP55389, skull found on porch of summer home, May'81.

[Romulus]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Circumstances of Recovery: Reporting party located the skull on the back porch of their summer home. No additional remains were located.

 

[Nancy Drew RN]

News articles at the time believed the skull to be of a young individual, aged 8-16, and described it only as a partial skull. While NamUs says this occurred on 5/28/81, the articles state 5/23/81. UC-Davis anthropologists believed that death "could have occurred within the past few years." It was speculated that a dog or fisherman (?) had left the skull on the portch.

Truckee Skull 6/21/81 - Newspapers.com
Truckee Skull 6/24/81 - Newspapers.com

 

[heartanium]

Very little to go off of.

Unidentified Adolescent
UP55389
Date Found: May 28, 1981
Location Found: Truckee, Placer County, California
Sex: Unknown
Race: Unknown
Height: Unknown
Eyes: Unknown
Circumstances of Recovery - Reporting party located the skull on the back porch of their summer home. No additional remains were located.

Inventory of Remains:
Torso not recovered
One or more limbs not recovered
One or both hands not recovered

Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

Contact Information:
ME/C Case Number: SO-4214-81

Placer County Sheriff's Office- Coroner Division - (916) 409-8253​

Case Number: SO-4214-81

California Department of Justice - (916) 210-3119​

Megan Eschleman, Law Enforcement

No Exclusions on Namus

No PMI listed but maybe Winter of 1980? I am unsure if the home owners were there the summer before, but I assume they would have noticed a skull on their porch if they were.

 

[heartanium]

Closest match location wise:

James Dwyer Bordenkirche - MP3826



Location: Kings Beach (Lake Tahoe), California
D.L.C: June 12, 1965
Race: White
Age: 2
Height: 2'0"
Weight: 32lbs
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Circumstances: James was last seen on June 12, 1965. HIs nickname is Jamie. After a through search both on land and water Jamie was not located. family staying at a cabin near Lake Tahoe, CA and toddler walked off or was abducted.

Went missing ~20 mins away from Truckee

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Closest match location wise:

James Dwyer Bordenkirche - MP3826

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Location: Kings Beach (Lake Tahoe), California
D.L.C: June 12, 1965
Race: White
Age: 2
Height: 2'0"
Weight: 32lbs
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Circumstances: James was last seen on June 12, 1965. HIs nickname is Jamie. After a through search both on land and water Jamie was not located. family staying at a cabin near Lake Tahoe, CA and toddler walked off or was abducted.

Went missing ~20 mins away from Truckee

I found another possible match that might match:

Alma Violet Root – The Charley Project

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[NeverPersonal]

I found another possible match that might match:

Alma Violet Root – The Charley Project

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Wow. Everyone failed Alma. 14 years old with a 25 year old boyfriend... unbelievable.
I pray her sister Laura has found some sort of peace and joy in this life.

 

[heartanium]

I found another possible match that might match:

Alma Violet Root – The Charley Project

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Alma is probably the best match time/location wise. She went missing in in the Penryn/Auburn area, which is a straight drive to Truckee on Highway 80 going Eastbound. The drive is about 1hr 15mins. If this is Alma whoever killed her may have dumped her body in Truckee because it's an intersection for 3 major highways (Highway 80, 89, and 267).

I would definitely submit if you haven't.

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

I found another possible match that might match:

Alma Violet Root – The Charley Project

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Alma is probably the best match time/location wise. She went missing in in the Penryn/Auburn area, which is a straight drive to Truckee on Highway 80 going Eastbound. The drive is about 1hr 15mins. If this is Alma whoever killed her may have dumped her body in Truckee because it's an intersection for 3 major highways (Highway 80, 89, and 267).

I would definitely submit if you haven't.

I thought this Doe looked familiar, and it turned out I had already suggested them as a possible match in Alma's WS thread back in 2019. I can't remember if I submitted them, though; I guess it wouldn't hurt to submit again.

 

[sorcoy14]

I thought this Doe looked familiar, and it turned out I had already suggested them as a possible match in Alma's WS thread back in 2019. I can't remember if I submitted them, though; I guess it wouldn't hurt to submit again.

She isn’t ruled out so I would.

 

[iamshadow21]

Closest match location wise:

James Dwyer Bordenkirche - MP3826

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Location: Kings Beach (Lake Tahoe), California
D.L.C: June 12, 1965
Race: White
Age: 2
Height: 2'0"
Weight: 32lbs
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Circumstances: James was last seen on June 12, 1965. HIs nickname is Jamie. After a through search both on land and water Jamie was not located. family staying at a cabin near Lake Tahoe, CA and toddler walked off or was abducted.

Went missing ~20 mins away from Truckee

Babies' and toddlers' skulls look very different to adolescent skulls. A toddler's skull isn't fused the way an adolescent's is, the fontanelle would be open, and the teeth would be in the process of descending and would all be milk teeth.

 

[heartanium]

Babies' and toddlers' skulls look very different to adolescent skulls. A toddler's skull isn't fused the way an adolescent's is, the fontanelle would be open, and the teeth would be in the process of descending and would all be milk teeth.

Ah I see, I didn't know that! I completely had age range of an adolescents in my head mixed up. Thank you for letting me know.

 

[iamshadow21]

Ah I see, I didn't know that! I completely had age range of an adolescents in my head mixed up. Thank you for letting me know.

No problem! I'm just a bone nerd, not a specialist of any kind, but even with so many unknowns with this Doe, they'd be able to tell at a glance this wasn't James. Look up young kids' skulls one day if you want to learn more, they're very different to adults.

 

[breachtones]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Maybe it's a bit out there, but maybe Noel Davis? He went missing in 1915 from Washoe County, NV, whilst heading to the SF Bay Area. With how little information the coroner appeared to have been able to discern, it may have been a super old, super damaged skull.

 

[JusticeforViolet]

I thought this Doe looked familiar, and it turned out I had already suggested them as a possible match in Alma's WS thread back in 2019. I can't remember if I submitted them, though; I guess it wouldn't hurt to submit again.

I really appreciate all those who are working hard to put my aunt violet’s name out there. Our family struggled for years to find help. Her mother passed away only a few years ago without learning the fate of her daughter. I would love to see my mother Carol and aunt Laura get the closure they need

 

[ChatteringBirds]

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[Caring1]

@Caring1 Friend, my usual request please...

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