• #14,941
Yes iamshadow21…. I agree entirely. But sometimes older catalogues and imagery might still be available? And I added later…. (not thinking yet this morning)….. and snarast also noted, Bill Blass clothing was not inexpensive here and higher end clothing at that time. So was hoping something might be unusual enough or older fashion records or images might possibly exist? Just grasping at straws. MOO
oh they are around somewhere. But if it’s just buttons it might be hard to identify from the mags alone.

It’s a tough job, for sure.
 
  • #14,942
Someone mentioned LISK could be the person responsible for the deaths of four young women who were dumped near a motel in New Jersey in the mid-2000s. Has anyone linked this information?
 
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Someone mentioned LISK could be the person responsible for the deaths of four young women who were dumped near a motel in New Jersey in the mid-2000s. Has anyone linked this information?
Hes been eliminated as a suspect
 
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If anyone finds the ncmec page for them please post it here.
 
  • #14,945
Someone mentioned LISK could be the person responsible for the deaths of four young women who were dumped near a motel in New Jersey in the mid-2000s. Has anyone linked this information?
It's been gone over in The Killing Season series.

I personally don't think there is a connection. In my opinion, the signature was way too different. The only real commonality was the victims were vulnerable to a sexual predator.

MOO
 
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Doe was poss a sex worker, they may have spent time in NY prior to their death
I find this one of the clues less likely to bear fruit at this time, as it is likely that persons with missing relatives have no idea that their loved one was exploited by human traffickers.

I was happy that it was emphasized that Asian Doe may not be local or even a national.

Not saying it was related- but for example, Pak has a record of participating in trafficking people from China.

Also, so far, only Maureen and possibly Sandra were from Long Island...sad when two victims are a minority of the victims for which a suspect is charged.

It is a fat gray line between being a victim of human trafficking and engaging in sex work of free volition. Of course, the majority of trafficked persons made some their own choices, with different degrees of external pressure. But all persons in sex work where it is unregulated (ie illegal) are at least partially victims, IMO.

I do wish that Tierney chose the words that it was likely they were a victim of human trafficking, rather than involved in sex work. That gives surviving family a better framework to change their theory as to what happened.

For example-and this is a completely fictional scenario I'm inventing around the facts. Suppose this person was from a family that moved to NYC from China, perhaps a mother and child duo, to escape the rejection of other Chinese relatives. The child was very depressed. The mother knew that the rejection from relatives and the culture shock was unbearable. Meanwhile, the child was being used by traffickers, who seemed accepting to the child, compared to their family experience. Of course, the child said nothing to the mother. The mother thought the child went for long, solitary walks. Then, the child just disappeared. Trafficking never entered mother's mind. She thought the child died from suicide in the woods, and was just never found. Maybe she moved back to China.

There are a number of scenarios where a family might have a theory that they accept as fact as to what happened tothem, and that scenario might not involve that the person was trafficked.

MOO
 
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HQ Photos of the male depictions, along with the female depiction:
NCMU2005677c1.jpg
NCMU2005677x3.jpg
UP9355 NCMEC 3.jpeg

I'm so glad we finally have a better reconstruction, along with a female depiction too!
 
  • #14,951
Does anyone know if it's common in certain cultures to not report missing relatives who are sex workers and/or transgender sex workers due to them having already brought what they believe to be is dishonor to their family?
Asian Doe is "high Chinese descent"

Or not come forward when a body is found that could be your missing relative?

If that could be the case with missing SWs you hope friends/associates would come forward.
 
  • #14,952
Does anyone know if it's common in certain cultures to not report missing relatives who are sex workers and/or transgender sex workers due to them having already brought what they believe to be is dishonor to their family?
Asian Doe is "high Chinese descent"

Or not come forward when a body is found that could be your missing relative?

If that could be the case with missing SWs you hope friends/associates would come forward.
Han descent as in:

Or maybe I missed something?

Hopefully the focus on Asian Doe for the sake of justice will overpower any sense of regret or shame.
 
  • #14,953
I'm listening to Tierney now and got a bit teary eyed on all the effort they are putting into identifying Asian Doe.

Plus a $2,500 reward leading to his ID.(fingers crossed)
 
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Does anyone know if it's common in certain cultures to not report missing relatives who are sex workers and/or transgender sex workers due to them having already brought what they believe to be is dishonor to their family?
Asian Doe is "high Chinese descent"

Or not come forward when a body is found that could be your missing relative?

If that could be the case with missing SWs you hope friends/associates would come forward.
The whole point of having the two recons - which should have been done a decade ago - is that if this Doe was a sex worker, if they were transgender or gender diverse or femme, and if those things isolated them from birth family and culture... it wouldn't have isolated them from everyone. I noticed how often the language used in the press conference was heavily emphasising both family and friend connections for this Doe, with pretty equal weight. If they were a transgender sex worker isolated from family, they would have had friends. Even if this victim was trafficked - as most known Gilgo victims were to some degree - they would have had family they chose, not family they were born to. And those people may be reached with the newest recons, and with the outreach in multiple languages. It's very proactive and targeted to try and reach the most amount of people who could have known them. It's about damn time.

I'd like to see a similarly targeted approach for Lattingtown Jane Doe, who was also Asian, and is often loosely linked to the broader LISK case.

MOO
 
  • #14,956
The whole point of having the two recons - which should have been done a decade ago - is that if this Doe was a sex worker, if they were transgender or gender diverse or femme, and if those things isolated them from birth family and culture... it wouldn't have isolated them from everyone. I noticed how often the language used in the press conference was heavily emphasising both family and friend connections for this Doe, with pretty equal weight. If they were a transgender sex worker isolated from family, they would have had friends. Even if this victim was trafficked, as most known Gilgo victims were to some degree - they would have had family they chose, not family they were born to. And those people may be reached with the newest recons, and with the outreach in multiple languages. It's very proactive and targeted to try and reach the most amount of people who could have known them. It's about damn time.

MOO
You're damn right it's about "damn time".
Maybe the reward will be the determining factor for someone to now come forward.
Not everyone or every sex worker wants to get involved with a criminal investigation .
Today's presser was bitter-sweet.
 
  • #14,957
Besides RH's search for "Asian Twink" has any other Asian related evidence been made public?
 
  • #14,958
You're damn right it's about "damn time".
Maybe the reward will be the determining factor for someone to now come forward.
Not everyone or every sex worker wants to get involved with a criminal investigation .
Today's presser was bitter-sweet.
It might be, but the time could also be a factor.

Some who were in the area at the time might have left in the intervening years.
Some might have died.
Some might be in prison. (I imagine they will reach out to prisons with this recon, as they did when investigating RH.)
Some might have got out of bad or abusive situations or be in recovery from addiction and feel safe to talk whereas at the time of Asian Doe's disappearance or discovery, they didn't.
Some may have seen the original recon and not recognised them. I think the new one has a much higher likelihood of being accurate. It was done by NCMEC, directly working from the skull, and many of the NCMEC artists are top of the game with recons right now (not exclusively, Kelly from GBI absolutely gives them a run for their money, as do our very own Carl and Victoria.)

MOO
 
  • #14,959
It might be, but the time could also be a factor.

Some who were in the area at the time might have left in the intervening years.
Some might have died.
Some might be in prison. (I imagine they will reach out to prisons with this recon, as they did when investigating RH.)
Some might have got out of bad or abusive situations or be in recovery from addiction and feel safe to talk whereas at the time of Asian Doe's disappearance or discovery, they didn't.
Some may have seen the original recon and not recognised them. I think the new one has a much higher likelihood of being accurate. It was done by NCMEC, directly working from the skull, and many of the NCMEC artists are top of the game with recons right now (not exclusively, Kelly from GBI absolutely gives them a run for their money, as do our very own Carl and Victoria.)

MOO

Its very similar to the women sex workers who came forward to tell their stories of encounters with Rex H. Some are still in the business, others left and found other pursuits, started families, etc. Some were in jail, etc.

Rex H. has a very distinctive look and physical appearance. Some of these people from Asian Doe's community may remember encountering him in the past.
 
  • #14,960
Two things:
Clothing tags often contain style and lot numbers that relate to a date made.

If the short sleeved ribbed shirt was worn with the second shirt worn over it, as well as the wearing of pants v. a skirt or shorts, it might suggest that Asian Doe died during cool weather and not in the summer. And if those pants were made of heavy fabric v. a lightweight fabric, that would help to determine the season.
 

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