FL FL - Palm Beach Co, WhtFem UP772, 20-25, buried remains off Montoya Cir.S., Jan'78

[Romulus]

NamUs UP 772

https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/772

Unidentified Body/Remains (White Female)

Found January 18, 1979 in Palm Beach County, FL
Body Condition: Not recognizable - Partial remains with soft tissues
Probable year of death: 1978 to 1979


Vital Statistics
Estimated age: 20-25 (Adult - Pre 30)
Approximate Height: 64 estimate
Approximate Weight: cannot estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Scars and marks: female, @23 yoa,

Clothing & Accessories
Clothing: nothing
Jewerly: nothing
Footwear: nothing
Accessories: nothing

Identifiers
Fingerprints: Fingerprint information is available
Dentals: Dental information / charting is available
DNA: Sample is currently not available

Case History: Buried skeletal remains

 

[Romulus]

Bump!

 

[BrownBear]

Updated Namus link
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[PayrollNerd]

She must have been buried within a short period of time, like a month or so to still have soft tissue.

Condition of Remains Not recognizable - Partial remains with soft tissues

I wonder if this was based on her wisdom teeth descending or not.

Estimated Age Range (Years) 20-25

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[SimsGuy67]

Was she found in '78 or '79. NamUs and Doe Network say '78 but it seems the old page and this thread say '79.

Edited to say she was found in January 1978. This article seems to prove that. <removed screenshot>

Jan 19, 1978, page 19 - Fort Lauderdale News at Newspapers.com™

View the digital scanned newspaper from Fort Lauderdale News dated Jan 19, 1978, page 19.

www.newspapers.com

 

[theshadow45]

Palmetto Park Jane Doe has been unidentified for 46 years today.

 

[SimsGuy67]

Her NamUs page was updated in March to state she was found in January 1978. Can a mod like @MadMcGoo change the title to Jan'78 instead?

 

[theshadow45]

Palmetto Park Jane Doe has been unidentified for 47 years today.

 

[theshadow45]

Palmetto Park Jane Doe has been unidentified for 48 years today.

 

[HopeRains]

According to the article posted above,

While the listed PMI does not support such, and the article indicates authorities don't necessarily believe a link to Gerard Schaefer, just a few months later a skull was found in the same area by construction workers in Boca Del Mar.

Excerpt from larger article, Apr 23, 1978, Palm Beach Post, pg 268

That skull was positively identified as Leigh Hainline Bonadies

Excerpt from larger article, May 12, 1978, The Palm Beach Post, pg 1.