Identified! CT - Stonington (Ledyard), WhtFem UP8909, 18-30, JNHS 1917 Class Ring, Lady Clairol hair roller set, May'74 - Linda Sue Childers

[Alleykins]

Ah, sorry about that! I thought you were mentioning it as a possibility.

No worries. It was in reference to another post.

 

[lallaland]

Jim Ned CISD

Disappearance of Joanne Elaine Coughlin - Wikipedia
This girl looks so right! she was even an actress!

 

[fred&edna]

Disappearance of Joanne Elaine Coughlin - Wikipedia
This girl looks so right! she was even an actress!

Good suggestion and welcome to Websleuths @lallaland - but this Ledyard UID was actually murdered before 1974, so she couldn't be Joanne. (See post #3 which includes a link to the news report). It's a confusing case. So keep looking for a possible match!

 

[canteloupe]

I'm not well-read on this case, but I ran across something in my real-world work that reminded me of this signet ring.

In the interwar period, the Jewish Hospital School of Nursing (now the Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College) had an overlaid script positioning similar to the ring, where the J is superimposed on the H. Here's an example on a graduation pin from 1934.

I don't know if rings were customary for nursing graduates, as there's more importance (at least in the historical record) placed on the pinning and caping ceremonies.

Unfortunately, what is now Goldfarb was one of several (unrelated) schools of nursing that shared the same name in the same time period. Another JHSN existed in Louisville, KY (1909 to ~1945), but their records were lost in 1937 when the Ohio River flooded. There's also the JHSN in Cincinnati, OH that (I think?) merged with the University of Cincinnati.

I don't know that this information will be of any use, but thought that I'd file it here just in case.

 

[AutumnEveHodge]

Hello. I just came across this missing girl this morning. Interestingly she was friends with a wife of a murderer. And there was a bank robbery by him in NJ
The fits the discription and also has the spots on her cheek.

 

[MadMcGoo]

Hello. I just came across this missing girl this morning. Interestingly she was friends with a wife of a murderer. And there was a bank robbery by him in NJ
The fits the discription and also has the spots on her cheek.

Darlene Polizzi – The Charley Project

Darlene Polizzi Has Been Missing 50 Years Can You Help? | www.youcansolvethiscoldcase.com

She does resemble the sketch. Also interesting, she has a ring hanging from a necklace. Looks like there’s a cross also hanging with it. I can’t tell if it might be this ring...

 

[fred&edna]

Hello. I just came across this missing girl this morning. Interestingly she was friends with a wife of a murderer. And there was a bank robbery by him in NJ
The fits the discription and also has the spots on her cheek.

I always suspected the spouse in Darlene's case (but I'm not sure why). Also, again we need the UID's DNA to compare to Darlene.

CT - CT - Ledyard, WhtFem UP8909, 18-30, JNHS 1917 Class Ring, May'74

 

[jexpar]

That would be crazy if she is wearing the same ring in that picture, and the ring she is wearing does look like a class ring, but it looks like that ring has a squarish setting. JMO

 

[Tabirey]

Darlene Polizzi – The Charley Project

Darlene Polizzi Has Been Missing 50 Years Can You Help? | www.youcansolvethiscoldcase.com

She does resemble the sketch. Also interesting, she has a ring hanging from a necklace. Looks like there’s a cross also hanging with it. I can’t tell if it might be this ring...

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Just for comparison, I put the rings in question together. They do look similar and Darlene's stats do line up with the UIDS

 

[Tabirey]

I would love to see a better recon of this UID so we could do a better comparison with Darlene. I do think things line up enough to submit her as a possible match.

 

[AutumnEveHodge]

Wow I have researched that ring for days and couldn't see it in the picture I need to keep my glasses on

 

[annemc2]

Her Charley Project page says "Polizzi apparently took several clothing items with her, but she left behind the rest of her personal belongings, including her jewelry."

I wonder if this means that she left all of her jewelry behind (i.e. not planning to run off and eventually sell it) or just left behind the jewelry she wore daily (wedding ring taken off to do dishes, etc).

 

[AutumnEveHodge]

Her Charley Project page says "Polizzi apparently took several clothing items with her, but she left behind the rest of her personal belongings, including her jewelry."

I wonder if this means that she left all of her jewelry behind (i.e. not planning to run off and eventually sell it) or just left behind the jewelry she wore daily (wedding ring taken off to do dishes, etc).

Right. And like a husband knows what all a wife has anyways. I will submit it if you all think it's a possibility. I'm new to this case and you all know alot more then I

 

[AutumnEveHodge]

Yes I am a hillbilly lol. What caught my eye was the doe said possible family in WV.

 

[Tabirey]

Wow I have researched that ring for days and couldn't see it in the picture I need to keep my glasses on

LOL I couldn't tell until I cropped Darlene's ring and rotated the UID's ring. I think I need a prescription update on my glasses!

 

[Tabirey]

Right. And like a husband knows what all a wife has anyways. I will submit it if you all think it's a possibility. I'm new to this case and you all know alot more then I

I definitely think you should submit. What little info we have does line up.

 

[fred&edna]

Yes I am a hillbilly lol. What caught my eye was the doe said possible family in WV.

Do you know anything about Darlene's family that lived in WV? IIRC, (and it's been years since I did research) she was born in Germany (and moved to the US with her mother who had remarried a gentleman who lovingly adopted Darlene). *My memory ain't what it used to be so don't take any of this as fact*

 

[fred&edna]

On second thought I likely have my cases mixed-up so discount my previous post. It's too late for me to edit. Sorry!

 

[AutumnEveHodge]

I submitted to the case owner on NamUs. Hopefully they will reply.

 

[AutumnEveHodge]

Her Charley Project page says "Polizzi apparently took several clothing items with her, but she left behind the rest of her personal belongings, including her jewelry."

I wonder if this means that she left all of her jewelry behind (i.e. not planning to run off and eventually sell it) or just left behind the jewelry she wore daily (wedding ring taken off to do dishes, etc).

If she had the ring on her neck like on the picture I doupt she left it