Identified! KY - Clay Co, WhtFem Adult, UP80865, in flooded field, (2nd skull found), Mar'21 - Makayla Collett

[Romulus]

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP80865
Unsure, Uncertain
Date Body Found: March 22, 2021
Location Found: Clay County, Kentucky
Estimated Age Range--

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Circumstances of Recovery: Skull found in previously flooded field. No other skeletal remains recovered.

 

[iulia]

It looks like this is the second skull found in the area in March 2021.

Second skull found on Red Bird, Ky. 66

For the second time in a little over two weeks a human skull has been found in the Red Bird community along South Ky. 66.

Detectives with the Kentucky State Police were back at the scene Tuesday using cadaver dogs to help search a field at the junction of Gilbert’s Creek and Little Creek near Ky. 66. Monday night at 7:51 p.m. law enforcement was called to the scene after a human skull was reportedly found in the field by children playing.
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The second skull was found approximately two miles downriver from the first one. Sources at the scene say recent flooding may have brought both skulls to the surface which enabled them to be found. Both were located near the Red Bird River and found after flooding in the area.

 

[BrownBear]

UP80865 is now listed in NamUs as Female, White / Caucasian

 

[YaYa_521]

Rest in peace, Makayla.

Human skull found after flood identified
SBM

The coroner’s office identified the skull found as that of 21-year-old Makayla Collett, who went missing in October 2020.

Found Deceased - KY - Makayla Collett, 21, Hyden, 24 Oct 2020

 

[MadMcGoo]

Rest peacefully now Makayla.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Sincere condolences to her family.