FL FL - Lakeland, BlkFem UP7558, 20-50, skull only, 14 Aug '99

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#UP7558 Female, Black / African American
Case Numbers ME/C Case Number 1999-10-FA-406
Demographics
Sex Female
Race / Ethnicity Black / African American
Estimated Age Range (Years) 20-50
Estimated PMI 0 Years
Height Cannot Estimate
Weight Cannot Estimate
Circumstances
Type Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found August 14, 1999
NamUs Case Created August 12, 2010
Location Found Map
Location Lakeland, Florida
CountyPolk County
Circumstances of Recovery Human skull found at Mcintosh Power Plant in a large pile of garbage. Mandible is missing.
Details of Recovery - 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
 
I'm wondering about Gwendolyn Murray-Smith as a possible match - she was just listed in Namus this week and I cannot see her on DoeNetwork or CharleyProject, so information seems limited to Namus. She went missing from Lakeland in 1990.
www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/fl-gwendolyn-elizabeth-murray-smith-37-lakeland-1-january-1990.519217/
www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/68374?nav
I came here to say the same thing...hopefully the local law enforcement agencies are looking into a possible match.
 
This seems like a case that could be helped by a reconstruction.
Her mandible has never been found. Although I have seen cases where the mandible has never been found and still had a reconstruction, since we don’t know the face shape the reconstructions are often inaccurate, leading them to go unidentified for longer.
 
I'm wondering about Gwendolyn Murray-Smith as a possible match - she was just listed in Namus this week and I cannot see her on DoeNetwork or CharleyProject, so information seems limited to Namus. She went missing from Lakeland in 1990.
www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/fl-gwendolyn-elizabeth-murray-smith-37-lakeland-1-january-1990.519217/
www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/68374?nav

The DNA from her children were compared to the DNA developed from the remains. It was not a match.

Ms Murray-Smith is now showing in Namus as the only rule-out for this unidentified woman.
 

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