UNSOLVED LA - New Orleans, two bodies - 1 identified as Jean Stokes

[carbuff]

[video=twitter;923224652054515712]https://twitter.com/MichaelDeMocker/status/923224652054515712[/video]

http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orle...cle_00e25280-b99d-11e7-acdb-83ccd0c754a0.html

Police in New Orleans East found skeletal human remains near Irish Bayou on Wednesday, but they stopped short of saying whether they believe the discovery may be involved in the case of Jean Stokes, a 76-year-old New Orleans East woman who's been missing for two weeks.
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The grisly discovery Wednesday came a little less than a day after Stokes' abandoned SUV was found Tuesday in woods at the foot of a grass levee on the edge of a New Orleans East neighborhood roughly 10 miles away.
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Meanwhile, on Monday, another set of skeletal remains were found in the 15200 block of Chef Menteur Highway, or less than two miles from where Stokes' SUV turned up.

Ms. Stokes' thread is here: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?352833-LA-Jean-Stokes-76-New-Orleans-11-October-2017

 

[carbuff]

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/10/human_skeletal_remains_woods_n.html

Per this story, the remains found Monday were skeletal and there was a rope hanging from a tree, so not likely to be Ms. Stokes despite the proximity to where her car was found.

 

[carbuff]

WWL TV speculates it might be a child's skull: http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/report-human-remains-found-near-irish-bayou/486050912

 

[FlossyMay]

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/10/human_skeletal_remains_woods_n.html

Per this story, the remains found Monday were skeletal and there was a rope hanging from a tree, so not likely to be Ms. Stokes despite the proximity to where her car was found.

That sounds like a suicide to me. The body must have been there for awhile.

 

[carbuff]

That sounds like a suicide to me. The body must have been there for awhile.

Yeah, that's what it sounds like to me, too.

 

[FlossyMay]

Were these remains ever identified?

 

[FlossyMay]

Are these the same remains?

Skull recovered at Irish Bayou in late October belonged to missing woman Jean Stokes, NOPD confirms

 

[carbuff]

Yes, those are the remains from the first link in the first post.

I can't find an update about the other remains, but since it appears to have been a suicide, it's likely there wouldn't have been a public announcement.

Rest in peace, Ms. Stokes.

 

[madamx]

WWL TV speculates it might be a child's skull: Report: Human remains found near Irish Bayou

Any further info on the small skull they thought could be a child's skull? It's frustrating that there are rarely any updates from the media on unidentified bodies found.

 

[carbuff]

Any further info on the small skull they thought could be a child's skull? It's frustrating that there are rarely any updates from the media on unidentified bodies found.

I'm not one hundred per cent positive but I think that the small skull is the one they identified as Ms. Stokes. The addresses are the same, as are the date found and the circumstances.

 

[cybervampira]

76-year-old woman whose skull was found in Irish Bayou was shot to death: coroner

A 76-year-old woman reported missing in October 2017 was shot multiple times in the head, according to the Orleans Parish Coroner's office, which confirmed Tuesday (July 31) that Jean Stokes' skull was found by kayakers in the Irish Bayou in October 2017.

 

[MFH]

Who could do this to a 76 year old lady?? So sad. Has there been any info about the case? Are they looking for who shot her? I’m assuming not suicide since she as shot multiple times in her head.

 

[FlossyMay]

Who could do this to a 76 year old lady?? So sad. Has there been any info about the case? Are they looking for who shot her? I’m assuming not suicide since she as shot multiple times in her head.

Link to Jean's thread: Found Deceased - LA - Jean Stokes, 76, New Orleans, 11 Oct 2017

 

[carbuff]

The second decedent, with the noose nearby, isn't in Namus or anywhere else.