LA LA - Arabi, WhtFem 50-60, UP14672, Katrina victim, 'Joseph Kohn High School' chain, scar, Sep '05 (Dorothy Virginia Driggers Taquino)

[BrownBear]

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP14672

Demographics
Sex Female
Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group Adult
Estimated Age Range (Years) 50-60
Height 5' 3"(63 inches) , Measured
Weight Cannot Estimate

Circumstances
Date Body Found September 12, 2005
Location Arabi, Louisiana
County St. Bernard Parish
Circumstances of Recovery Katrina victim.
Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains All parts recovered
Condition of Remains Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction

Physical Description
Hair Color White
Head Hair Description Medium 4-8"
Distinctive Physical Features
Scar/mark 4 1/2" scar in center of abdomen

Clothing and Accessories
Clothing white panties On the Body

Jewelry yellow metal chain metal /w Joseph Kohn High School On the Body

 

[Warwick1991]

Arabi is a small town, and Joseph Kohn Jr High School was in New Orleans. This woman should be identifiable. What is really needed is a list of the missing from Katrina to work with.

 

[BrownBear]

Arabi is a small town, and Joseph Kohn Jr High School was in New Orleans. This woman should be identifiable. What is really needed is a list of the missing from Katrina to work with.

I know, I could only find two on NamUs who went missing just before Katrina

MP5949 Roy Allen Clark last known to be on a boat in Port Eads, Louisiana on August 28, 2005, attempting to leave the area before Hurricane Katrina hit; however, he has not been heard from since the hurricane.

MP74345 Louis Lopez Last seen in the 500 block E. Louisiana State Drive, in Kenner, prior to Hurricane Katrina.

 

[DS2021]

11 Facts About Hurricane Katrina

Only 12.5 percent of e-waste is currently recycled.

www.dosomething.org

705 people are reported as still missing as a result of Hurricane Katrina

 

[ms_writer]

Arabi is a small town, and Joseph Kohn Jr High School was in New Orleans. This woman should be identifiable. What is really needed is a list of the missing from Katrina to work with.

I can no longer find a list of Katrina missing (there used to be on one the Louisiana Health and Human Services website). I checked the LA missing persons repository, and couldn't find anyone reported missing who remotely matches her description during the months after Katrina. I wonder if she was missing before Katrina, or sadly maybe never reported missing at all.

 

[Warwick1991]

Perhaps Joseph Kohn yearbooks would help, with a few years corresponding with the deceased woman’s age. Depending on the size of the school, a list could be generated. With a lot of checking, a much narrower list of possibilities might emerge. It is a lot of work though.

It would also be helpful to know where the woman was found, and whether she drifted to that location, or was deposited there by floodwaters. If her location implied that she lived or worked in Arabi, that too should narrow the possibilities.

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[The4TierBridge]

Identified as 81-yo-old Dorothy Virginia Driggers Taquino: WWL Louisiana investigation leads officials to identify unknown Katrina victim after 20 years

 

[subaw0067]

Wow. She was found *in her own home*.

 

[Susikatze]

Wow. She was found *in her own home*.

How did they not identify her earlier? I understand there was a severe backlog of cases but that would have been simple.

jmoo

 

[NoseyDetective]

I don't understand how she wasn't identified sooner. She had an identifiable piece of jewelry and was found in her own home. Why didn't her niece and nephew provide more DNA?

 

[NoseyDetective]

Arabi is a small town, and Joseph Kohn Jr High School was in New Orleans. This woman should be identifiable. What is really needed is a list of the missing from Katrina to work with.

I never understood why 20 yrs later there is still no database of those still missing from the storm. Surely, loved ones have reported family and friends not found or identified since then.

 

[DS2021]

I never understood why 20 yrs later there is still no database of those still missing from the storm. Surely, loved ones have reported family and friends not found or identified since then.

Louisiana Family Assistance

the most up to date list afiak. its from late 06.

 

[DS2021]

Louisiana Family Assistance

the most up to date list afiak. its from late 06.

I should add that over the year or so of investigation that had occurred prior to this list, over 1400 missing persons reports were redirected to departments in other states after it was determined the missing person wasnt from Louisiana.



Im sure most of them were found, but id imagine its quite possible that some of them are katrina victims, and may still be missing to this day

Louisiana Family Assistance

 

[Teche]

Wow. She was found *in her own home*.

I’m glad that she has finally been identified.
I bet many of the homes in Arabie we destroyed and others were moved by the flooding and winds. The broken water pumps caused much of the flooding and destruction. New Orleans is below sea level.

My nephew and his family lived in a section of Lake View subdivision. His and his neighbor’s houses received little damage, however the majority homes on his street were destroyed.