CANADA Canada - Saskatoon, WhtFem 498UFSK, early 1900s murder victim, Jun'06

[JovanSrna]

I seriously doubt that they will ever identify her. The closest they will come is maybe a familial line identification via mtdna. They will be able to put a last name to her, probably never a first name. Too much time has passed.

2012 was a lifetime ago.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Phenomenal genealogical work.

Her name was Alice Spence: DNA identifies century-old Saskatoon body of 'woman in the well'

After a decades-long investigation into mysterious historical remains, 'the woman in the well' finally has her name again.

thestarphoenix.com

On Monday morning, 19 years to the day since Alice was buried in an unnamed grave in Woodlawn Cemetery, her great-granddaughter C C was finally able to close this chapter of her family’s history.
“My grandmother Idella, who was Alice’s daughter, never spoke about her family,” said C. “She was orphaned at the age of 17, and like so many who have experienced such loss, she chose not to dwell on the past. For decades, we had no idea of the incredible story that surrounded her mother Alice.
C said she, along with her daughters and granddaughter, are talking to a stonemason about getting a new headstone made for Alice’s grave.

 

[Blurgle]

I have been following this case since I first read of it in 2006. I'm so happy they identified her, but how sad that she died leaving a daughter. I guess that at this late date we can't know for certain that her husband was the perpetrator, but if so...if he'd only waited a few years she would have been free.

Phenomenal genealogical work.

Her name was Alice Spence: DNA identifies century-old Saskatoon body of 'woman in the well'

After a decades-long investigation into mysterious historical remains, 'the woman in the well' finally has her name again.

thestarphoenix.com

On Monday morning, 19 years to the day since Alice was buried in an unnamed grave in Woodlawn Cemetery, her great-granddaughter C C was finally able to close this chapter of her family’s history.
“My grandmother Idella, who was Alice’s daughter, never spoke about her family,” said C. “She was orphaned at the age of 17, and like so many who have experienced such loss, she chose not to dwell on the past. For decades, we had no idea of the incredible story that surrounded her mother Alice.
C said she, along with her daughters and granddaughter, are talking to a stonemason about getting a new headstone made for Alice’s grave.

C C looks remarkably like the clay reconstruction of her great-grandmother.