ID ID, Bonner County, Unk sex/race/age, UP11450, skull found in pack river, Sep'85

[DS2021]

NamUs #UP11450

Case Information
Case Numbers
NCMEC Number--
ME/C Case Number07-015268
Demographics
Sex Unsure
Race / Ethnicity Uncertain
Possible First Name--
Possible Middle Name--
Possible Last Name--
Nickname/Alias--
Estimated Age Group Adult
Estimated Age Range (Years)21
Estimated Year of Death--
Estimated PMI--
Height Cannot Estimate
Weight Cannot Estimate
Circumstances
Type Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found September 1, 1985
NamUs Case Created July 24, 2013
ME/C QA Reviewed--
Location Found Map
Location Bonner county, Idaho
County Bonner County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)--
Found On Tribal Land--
Circumstances of Recovery-Skull was found in Pack River are in Sept. 1985
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
Physical Description
Hair Color Unknown
Head Hair Description--
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description--
Left Eye Color Unknown
Right Eye Color Unknown
Eye Description--
Distinctive Physical Features
No Known Information
Clothing and Accessories
No Information Entered
Rule Outs

MP2152 Nancy Rose 05/04/1980 Bonner ID

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[BrownBear]

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

 

[heartanium]

Looks like there's lots of back and forth on if this is a female or male skull from the initial media coverage.

19 September 1985, The Spokesman Review, pg 16

"[Black] said the skull was discovered in an empty field about 200 to 300 yards from the river. animals could have carried the skull to the field, he speculated."

"The sheriff's department believe the death occurred about 10 years ago."

"The skull had three remaining teeth, all with fillings."

24 September 1985, The Spokeman Review, pg 9

25 September 1985, The South Idaho Press, pg 3

14 Nov 1985, The Spokeman Review, pg 3

This is the last article I can find. From Namus it looks like the gender is still unknown, but from the earlier reports it looks like we may be looking at someone who died around 1975, was white, in their early 20's, and had dental work done.

 

[DS2021]

Rougly 24 years of age is an extremely specific estimate. I wonder what brought them to that conclusion

 

[SimsGuy67]

This case made me think of the unidentified hitchhiker Ted Bundy murdered and dumped in a river in Idaho in '74.

Ted Bundy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[subaw0067]

This case made me think of the unidentified hitchhiker Ted Bundy murdered and dumped in a river in Idaho in '74.

Ted Bundy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Bonner is almost to Canada, about an 18 hour drive from Bundy's victims in Southern Idaho. It's not impossible, but highly unlikely IMO. I think this is probably one of the several overdue hikers/hunters in the area.

 

[SimsGuy67]

Bonner is almost to Canada, about an 18 hour drive from Bundy's victims in Southern Idaho. It's not impossible, but highly unlikely IMO. I think this is probably one of the several overdue hikers/hunters in the area.

Yeah, I just thought I'd bring it up because it's the only Doe in the area that even had a chance of matching.

 

[subaw0067]

Yeah, I just thought I'd bring it up because it's the only Doe in the area that even had a chance of matching.

I grew up near Bonner. Theres a lot of bones in those woods.