FL FL-Miami, WhtFem, Adult- Pre 40, UP122392, Bone found in car by dive team, Jan '24

[phantomstrider]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Date Body Found January 5, 2024
Location Found Miami, Florida
ME/C Case Number 2024-0047
Biological Sex Female
Race/Ethnicity White/Caucasian
Estimated Age Group Adult - Pre 40
Heigh t5' 1"-5' 3"(61-63 inches), Estimated
Weight 105-115 lbs, Estimated
Location Miami, Florida 33175
County Miami-Dade County
Found On Tribal Land No
Circumstances of Recovery On January 05, 2024, an independent dive team discovered a car, a 1983 Plymouth Reliant in a canal at SW 51st ST & SW 131st AVE. The vehicle was pulled out and a single bone was found in the backseat. The car was transported to MEO.
Condition of Remains Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only
Hair Color Unknown
Left Eye Color Unknown
Right Eye Color Unknown
Other No clothing / chip coin (possible poker coin)
Near the Body

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Height and weight estimates, race, and female were determined from a single bone?

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I did a keyword search at NamUs.

Maureen S. "was last seen in Miami, driving a red 1983 Plymouth Reliant K" in 1985:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

Height and weight match.
Maybe they have already determined this is her, but it hasn't been finalized yet?

Sad outcome. May she rest in peace.

ETA: I should have read her Websleuths thread before commenting! Yes, she was found in January 2024...

 

[MagicCityMan]

I did a keyword search at NamUs.

Maureen S. "was last seen in Miami, driving a red 1983 Plymouth Reliant K" in 1985:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

Height and weight match.
Maybe they have already determined this is her, but it hasn't been finalized yet?

Sad outcome. May she rest in peace.

ETA: I should have read her Websleuths thread before commenting! Yes, she was found in January 2024...

Yes, this is going to be her. Apparently it isn't official yet though. Even though she explicitly expressed precisely what she was going to do, it took some 38 years to find her. The canals down here don't divulge their secrets too easily. This particular one I have driven by countless times.
The sonar teams doing this work are heroes in every sense of the word!

 

[iulia]

Her NamUs page has been removed.

Maureen Sherman's profile ( MP12413 ) was removed last week.