Identified! CO-Weld County, WhtFem, Adult-Pre30, UP98434, Skeleton found on river by hunters, Nov '73 - Roxanne Colleen Leadbeater

[Caring1]

Yesterday was the anniversary of when JD was found.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

 

[Susikatze]

Actually, I don't think Dennise is Jane Doe. The Weld County Sheriff's Office says she was dead several months, meaning she likely died in 1973.

Cold Case Files

The Weld County Sheriff’s Office’s Investigations Unit has a dedicated cold case detective on staff who investigates unsolved crimes.

www.weldsheriff.com

This means little. It was partial skeletal remains. Can easily be a murder 12 years past.
Only thing that makes it unlikely is the big distance.

 

[Caring1]

This means little. It was partial skeletal remains. Can easily be a murder 12 years past.
Only thing that makes it unlikely is the big distance.

Not this case specifically but in general, I no longer use distance as a contributing factor unless there is solid evidence that MP has been disposed of nearby. There have been a few ‘solved cold cases’ where remains have been discovered very far from where they were reported missing or last seen.

 

[Susikatze]

Not this case specifically but in general, I no longer use distance as a contributing factor unless there is solid evidence that MP has been disposed of nearby. There have been a few ‘solved cold cases’ where remains have been discovered very far from where they were reported missing or last seen.

Thai is true but in this case it is extremely unlikely. The perpetrator was found 4 hours after the assault. No time to take a body 500 miles away.

 

[Caring1]

Identified as Roxanne Colleen Leadbeater from Los Angeles, CA. She was 15 at the time she went missing.

December 5, 2024

DENVER (KDVR) — The body of a woman found dead near Platteville over 50 years ago in November 1973 has been identified as Roxanne Colleen Leadbeater, according to the Weld County Sheriff’s Office.

She was previously only known as “Jane Doe 1973” after the year in which she was found.

https://kdvr.com/news/local/woman-found-dead-in-colorado-over-51-years-ago-finally-identified/

 

[HmmMysterious]

Rest in peace Roxanne.

Los Angeles to Platteville, Colorado is a 15 hour drive according to Google Maps. Roxanne went through four states including Colorado. It's a shame that both her immediate family are dead and that nobody seems to know anything about the circumstances of Roxanne's disappearance. Maybe a trucker is responsible.

 

[summergirl1]

Woman identified in 1973 Colorado cold case over 50 years later

The unidentified remains of a woman found in 1973 were officially identified and confirmed on Tuesday.

www.kktv.com

 

[youngsleuth95]

RIP, Roxanne.

 

[Blurgle]

Child identified, not woman. She was only fifteen.

 

[phantomstrider]

RIP Roxanne.

 

[Queena]

Child identified, not woman. She was only fifteen.

That was my reaction. A woman of 15? She was a baby.

Rest in peace. I'm glad that she has her name back and her family has closure.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

There are still some unanswered questions surrounding her disappearance. Because she went missing from the Los Angeles area and was found deceased in Weld County under what investigators said were suspicious circumstances, and her cause and manner of death are unknown, the case remains an active investigation.

"This is our oldest cold case; I am glad Roxanne has finally been identified, and some of her remaining family members have gotten answers about what happened to her. Going forward, I hope to discover what events led to her death, and how she ended up here," said Kastilahn in a statement

Remains from 1973 Colorado cold case identified, "suspicious circumstances" surrounding death

Weld County Sheriff's Office cold case detectives have identified the human remains discovered in 1973 as those of Roxanne Leadbeater.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Diavola]

Detectives have released a photo of Roxanne during the time she attended Will Roger’s Junior High from 1970 to 1971 in the hopes classmates, friends, neighbors, or acquaintances will come forward with any information about Roxanne’s life prior to her death.

WCSO urges anyone who had any sort of relationship with Roxanne or her family to come forward immediately, as these critical details could finally bring answers to her case.

WCSO seeks answers in 1973 cold case tied to Redondo Beach teen

The Weld County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) is seeking information on a 1973 cold case involving then 15-year-old Roxanne Leadbeater from Redondo Beach, California.

www.weldsheriff.com

 

[summergirl1]

Her brother Brian Leadbeater briefly mentioned in the article above died in 1984 when cops shot him after he went after them with a knife. That incident occurred after he tried to steal a older man's car in a mall parking lot.

In one article about the incident, his (and Roxanne's) mother basically described it as suicide by cop, as her son was troubled and suicidal. Later, though, she and her husband, Brian's father, sued the police for 10 million because they thought the incident didn't justify the use of 24 bullets, although they agreed Brian's death was basically intentional and not surprising. I didn't find the outcome of that, or maybe I haven't yet.

Roxanne was never mentioned. I guess her parents probably thought she was off living her life somewhere. They came across as loving and yet realistic about Brian's issues, albeit in denial (at least at one point) about some of the realities of the incident that led to his death.