CA CA- WhtFem, 54-64, UP4097, skeletal remains found in her home possibly "Lien Deyers Matthews". Feb 1988.

[cheemsg]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Estimated Age Group- Adult
Estimated Age Range (Years)- 54-64
Estimated Year of Death- 1987-1988

Circumstances​

Type- Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found- February 8, 1988
NamUs Case Created- September 10, 2008
ME/C QA Reviewed--

Location Found​

Location- California
County- Los Angeles County
Circumstances of Recovery- DECEDENT BELIEVED T0 BE MATTHEWS, LIEN DEYERS, F0UND INSIDE HER RESIDENCE

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Details of Recovery​

Inventory of Remains- All parts recovered
Condition of Remains- Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

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Distinctive Physical Features​

No Information Entered​

Clothing and Accessories​

Item
Description
Jewelry
RingY/M RI

 

[Tired Professor]

I’m guessing that this was during the time period where LA County cremated their UIDs and then threw the ashes into a mass grave together, leaving no hope for DNA. Maybe they can ID her by her ring like they did with another UID who was found in Griffith Park years ago.
I wonder why though, they have not concluded that this was the lady who owned the home?

 

[The4TierBridge]

I’m guessing that this was during the time period where LA County cremated their UIDs and then threw the ashes into a mass grave together, leaving no hope for DNA. Maybe they can ID her by her ring like they did with another UID who was found in Griffith Park years ago.
I wonder why though, they have not concluded that this was the lady who owned the home?

Los Angeles actually still cremates their Does and throws them in one shared grave space alongside the unclaimed bodies to this day, but the process has changed a lot (bodies are now retained for 3 years before cremation, multiple DNA samples are taken, ashes are interred somewhat separately from each other so that individual grave markers can be placed if next-of-kin wants to claim the remains, etc.)

This article about a John Doe in Los Angeles who was run over by a car that crashed into a cafe in 2014 goes into lots of detail about it: People cared for Tuan Nguyen in life but the homeless man’s body goes unclaimed

 

[madamx]

This is sad it reminds me of the story if Florence Bock in the Bronx… I don’t know how after 4 years they figured it was her other than it was remains of an old lady laying next to a cane in her house.

Found dead in house – 4 yrs. later

It should have been the first place they looked. Florence Bock, 83, had been missing for four years, but it wasn’t until Thursday that her body was found by workers – inside the Bronx r…

www.nydailynews.com