FL FL - Victoria Elizabeth Bowers, 17, Deltona, May 30, 1973

[Murkywaters]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Victoria Elizabeth Bowers left her home on foot on May, 30 1973 in Deltona, Florida. Victoria has a glass left eye.

 

[Murkywaters]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Case Information

Demographics
Missing Age: 17 Years
Current Age: 63 Years
First Name: Victoria
Middle Name: Elizabeth
Last Name: Bowers
Nickname/Alias--

Sex: Female
Height: 5' 3" (63 Inches)
Weight: 108 lbs
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact: May 30, 1973
NamUs Case Created: February 28, 2019
Last Known Location Map
Location: Deltona, Florida
County :Volusia County
Circumstances of Disappearance: She left her home on foot on May, 30 1973.

Physical Description
Hair Color: Brown
Head Hair: Description --
Body Hair: Description --
Facial Hair: Description --
Left Eye Color: Unknown or Missing
Right Eye Color: Blue
Distinctive Physical Features Other distinctive physical characteristic: Victim had a glass left eye

 

[Moonwalker9]

Victoria Elizabeth Bowers – The Charley Project
Victoria Elizabeth Bowers

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Victoria, circa 1973

• Missing Since05/30/1973
• Missing FromDeltona, Florida
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• Date of Birth08/29/1955 (63)
• Age17 years old
• Height and Weight5'3, 108 pounds
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Victoria has a glass left eye.

Details of Disappearance
Victoria was last seen in Deltona, Florida on May 30, 1973. She left home on foot and has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Published 5/30/2020

17-year-old Victoria Elizabeth Bowers walked out of her house in Deltona, Florida on May 30, 1973 and never returned. Victoria was 5'3, 108 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes; her left eye was a glass eye.
Few details are available about Victoria’s disappearance. Anyone with information should contact the Volusia County Sheriff's Office at 386-254-1537.

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[chaddylex]

I am wondering if this UID was every compared to Victoria The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Victoria has no exclusions listed on her NamUs profile. We also don't know if they have DNA in NamUs for Victoria.

Victoria went missing May 30, 1973 - UID found August 22, 1973
Victoria was 17 when she went missing - UID is believed to be between 13-18
Both listed as having brown hair
Height is within range.

I also did a search - Deltona FL is only about 26 minutes away from where the UID was found in Altamonte Springs, Florida

I would have think this would have been compared - but I have seen stranger things happen.

 

[chaddylex]

I am wondering if this UID was every compared to Victoria The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Victoria has no exclusions listed on her NamUs profile. We also don't know if they have DNA in NamUs for Victoria.

Victoria went missing May 30, 1973 - UID found August 22, 1973
Victoria was 17 when she went missing - UID is believed to be between 13-18
Both listed as having brown hair
Height is within range.

I also did a search - Deltona FL is only about 26 minutes away from where the UID was found in Altamonte Springs, Florida

I would have think this would have been compared - but I have seen stranger things happen.

Victoria was ruled out as being the Altamonte Springs Jane Doe shortly after I turned it in.

 

[chaddylex]

I submitted the possible match of Victoria possibly being North Palm Beach Jane Doe who was found in 1974 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

I received an email back from the Volusia Sheriff's Dept (who is handling Victoria's case)
Thank you for the idea regarding the unidentified found down in Palm Beach. I will reach out to the appropriate people to make sure we get her compared to Victoria. If anything comes of it I will let you know.
Thanks again for being interested in helping out.

Here is a side by side of the two.

 

[chaddylex]

I submitted the possible match of Victoria possibly being North Palm Beach Jane Doe who was found in 1974 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

I received an email back from the Volusia Sheriff's Dept (who is handling Victoria's case)
Thank you for the idea regarding the unidentified found down in Palm Beach. I will reach out to the appropriate people to make sure we get her compared to Victoria. If anything comes of it I will let you know.
Thanks again for being interested in helping out.

Here is a side by side of the two.

The Volusia Sheriff's Dept emailed me back yesterday to let me know that Victoria has been ruled out as being Palm Beach Jane Doe.

I also asked the detective if he knows anything else about her disappearance and he said:
There are no details other than leaving home suddenly one day and never being seen since.

 

[PayrollNerd]

The Volusia Sheriff's Dept emailed me back yesterday to let me know that Victoria has been ruled out as being Palm Beach Jane Doe.

I also asked the detective if he knows anything else about her disappearance and he said:
There are no details other than leaving home suddenly one day and never being seen since.

That’s great that he responded timely. I think the key here is going to be her glass eye. That’s so rare that any UID with that feature would be identified quickly. At least that would be my assumption.

 

[chaddylex]

That’s great that he responded timely. I think the key here is going to be her glass eye. That’s so rare that any UID with that feature would be identified quickly. At least that would be my assumption.

I agree with you. Heck she could even still be alive. Since she went missing in 1973, I am wondering if that's why they don't have a lot on file about her disappearance. (but she wasn't entered into NamUs until 2019.) I should have asked the Detective if he knew of when the missing person's report was filed.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

@Caring1 Hey could you post the current list of NamUs exclusions for Victoria Elizabeth Bowers? I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[Caring1]

@Caring1 Hey could you post the current list of NamUs exclusions for Victoria Elizabeth Bowers? I would greatly appreciate it.

3 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[EuropeanSearcher]

I have always thought that one of Alcala's pictures was of a girl with a "strange left eye", someone thinks Victoria to be similar?

Serial killer Rodney Alcala's photographs: Do you recognize anyone?

If you have any information, contact HBPD Sgt. Sam Shepherd at (714) 536-5947

abcnews.go.com

I am referring to the 15th girl, with only the left eye visible in the picture.

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[Heelermom2024]

I have always thought that one of Alcala's pictures was of a girl with a "strange left eye", someone thinks Victoria to be similar?

Serial killer Rodney Alcala's photographs: Do you recognize anyone?

If you have any information, contact HBPD Sgt. Sam Shepherd at (714) 536-5947

abcnews.go.com

I am referring to the 15th girl, with only the left eye visible in the picture.

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You know what? you might be right.When I compare the missing photo of V.E.Bowers to the photo you mentioned its very similar.The eyebrows are the same, the dimples are the same. Just wished the young lady in the photo you mentioned would have smiled with teeth showing.

 

[Otterly]

Victoria was added to the Doe Network today:

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=5122DFFL