SOLVED MA - Jane Britton, 22, Harvard student, Cambridge, 7 Jan 1969

[Pink Panther]

RMG and Janes' boyfriend's future wife both in here:

http://www.esaf-archeology.org/Bull43_1984.pdf

 

[Pink Panther]

Bump.

 

[Pink Panther]

Hey Tony! Maybe you're drinking too much tea and it's exciting you too much. Your messages are spilling out and it's time to clean up shop.

 

[scriptgirl]

A lot of weird things have happened at Harvard. At any university, crimes tend to be covered up. I hope this gets solved.

 

[Pink Panther]

In 1977 RMG apparently named the creek that springs from Ramah Quarry:

1) See below excerpt of RMG's Lithic Source Areas 1978 article.

2) RMG was the only person with Anne when she died at Ramah Bay in 1976 (see the Smithsonian article).

3) Anne Hilda Abraham's mother was named Hilda and she died in 1980. (Ambiguous if the creek was named for Anne or her mother.)
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RMG: Lithic Source Areas in Northern Labrador (1978)

*The fieldwork reported here was carried out during July and August, 1976, in conjunction with an archaeological expedition to northern Labrador directed by Dr. William Fitzhugh, Smithsonian Institution. (Footnote p. 37)

“Although Ramah chert was observed in outcrop on the south shore at the head of Ramah Bay (see Fig. 2), no debitage was encountered there. The principal workings are to be seen in a valley (glacial cirque) drained by Hilda’s Creek* and along the relatively steep slope of an east-facing hill trending in a northwesterly direction towards Roswell Harbor. Time and other considerations permitted only a cursory inspection of the workings north of Hilda’s Creek; however, several days were spent in the valley bottom searching through the enormous scatters of debitage…”

*Named for Anne Hilda Abraham who accompanied the writer to Ramah Bay. (p. 38-39)
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In addition:
1) In 1976 the RCMP did a brief investigation of Anne's disappearance, they were unaware of Jane Britton's case.

2) The 1977 Smithsonian Internal Review report was basically a whitewash.

3) Anne's parents attempted a case against Smithsonian but was blocked because Anne as a volunteer was considered a government employee.

4) Both the 1976 Smithsonian article and the naming of the creek were an attempt to appease Anne's family.

5) Not clear whether the name "Hilda's Creek" in RMG's scientific article was his idea or at behest of Smithsonian. (No mention in that article that Anne died at Ramah.)

So sorry not to see you posting anymore. Hoping to solve Jane's case soon!

Bump.

 

[Kaeru]

Hi Pink Panther et al, I'm here. So you say "Hoping to solve Jane's case soon!" -- I hope so because that could help immensely with Anne Abraham's case which is very personal for me.

Although I joined WS in January and made a few comments, I've read through this entire thread multiple times. At this point I wonder what has become of all the other key contributors? Has MAcoldcase, TtheBibliotaph83, Justice4Jane, Scrutin-eyes, Ausgirl, RichKelly all gone off-forum? (If so, Pink Panther please have them private message me.) Also thanks to December, Veldt, Basswod, Donamena, dotr for their comments and bumps for Jane and Anne. Meanwhile I continue to work with others outside this forum on Anne's 1976 case.

I am surprised that no one on this thread noticed the "additional point #2" in my February posting #756 (cited above):
> 2) The 1977 Smithsonian Internal Review report was basically a whitewash.<
That Report should not be confused with the 1976 Smithsonian article. The 1977 Report is 104 pages long and the "findings" are all based on RMG's account of events.

 

[dotr]

http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/so07/reverberations.asp

Memories of a missing scientist
I devoured the article on Torngat Mountains National Park by Jerry Kobalenko ("Between nanuk and the cold grey sea," May/June 2007). In the 1970s, I was a helicopter pilot and spent two tours of duty based in Goose Bay working for Universal Helicopters on various customer charters. This was such a great posting, because I got to see the fabulous northern Labrador landscape and meet many interesting residents. I still long to go back.

On one trip in late July 1976, I travelled north in my Bell 206 JetRanger through Nain to the abandoned DEW Line site on Cape Uivak at Saglek Bay. We stayed in an unused trailer on the site. Down the hill at the airstrip, a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter was based to service an offshore oil rig.

We were told that a Smithsonian archaeologist had gone missing. We used the two helicopters to search the Ramah Bay area, to no avail. The wind was so strong, I wouldn't have been flying if there hadn't been a life at risk. At one place I landed, my airspeed indicator was still showing gusts to 60 miles per hour. This trip pushed my flying skill to the limit. Until your article, I never knew the name of the missing archaeologist. I have always regretted that we could not find Anne Abraham.

On this and other trips to the area, I did not see any polar bears from the air. I give more credence to the theory that she may have slipped and fallen. One morning, we woke to find about a centimetre of ice coating the entire helicopter. This was the middle of summer. As Kobalenko says, northern Labrador is not an area without hazards for the traveller.

Mike Ash
Grand Bend, Ont

 

[scriptgirl]

What does Anne Hilda Abraham have to do with this case?

 

[DonMitchell]

Because the someone who can't be named (the person with Anne when she disappeared) was also a grad student in the anthro dep't at the time Jane was killed. It must be stressed that no evidence ever came to light that he was in Cambridge in January 1969. I don't believe that anybody knows whether Lt. Joyce or any other detective explored this possible link.

 

[Hedwig]

I was wondering if anyone knows of any other archaeology related deaths--murders, accidents, even of relatives of archaeologists. Since that is the connection between Jane and Anne maybe there are other victims out there.

 

[December]

Should Anne have her own thread? I am asking. I do think there are links between the two cases, so I don't know.

These two cases are so sad. Two young women with so much potential just taken away from their loved ones.

I think there are individuals in both cases who have been handled with care. If one of these is a murderer, then he has taken that as his just due (murderers are arrogant). So, there are almost certainly more victims.

 

[Kaeru]

Anne was on her sixth Smithsonian expedition at age 19 and she knew the terrain was treacherous. She was a cautious and smart Discovery (Outward Bound) climbing instructor and she was certified by the Red Cross. She did not "just" simply fall. There are significant patterns and other cases that seem to intersect here.

 

[scriptgirl]

Who is Lt Joyce and yes, Anne should have her own thread. Her case, what little I know, reminds me of that scientist who was pushed into a water tank in Jersey

 

[December]

Who is Lt Joyce and yes, Anne should have her own thread. Her case, what little I know, reminds me of that scientist who was pushed into a water tank in Jersey

He was an investigator on Jane's case. Don Mitchell spoke to him several times about Jane.

 

[dotr]

Thread for Anne Abraham, hope to find some news items to get it started.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...abrador-August-6-1976&p=12480865#post12480865
Anne Hilda Abraham, missing, Ramah Bay, Labrador, August 6 1976

 

[DonMitchell]

Consider reading through this entire thread, scriptgirl. Lt Joyce is an important figure, and is discussed in quite a few posts. Had you done so, you would also have had your answer about Anne.

 

[Pink Panther]

Hi Pink Panther et al, I'm here. So you say "Hoping to solve Jane's case soon!" -- I hope so because that could help immensely with Anne Abraham's case which is very personal for me.

Although I joined WS in January and made a few comments, I've read through this entire thread multiple times. At this point I wonder what has become of all the other key contributors? Has MAcoldcase, TtheBibliotaph83, Justice4Jane, Scrutin-eyes, Ausgirl, RichKelly all gone off-forum? (If so, Pink Panther please have them private message me.) Also thanks to December, Veldt, Basswod, Donamena, dotr for their comments and bumps for Jane and Anne. Meanwhile I continue to work with others outside this forum on Anne's 1976 case.

I am surprised that no one on this thread noticed the "additional point #2" in my February posting #756 (cited above):
> 2) The 1977 Smithsonian Internal Review report was basically a whitewash.<
That Report should not be confused with the 1976 Smithsonian article. The 1977 Report is 104 pages long and the "findings" are all based on RMG's account of events.

Kaeru - your point #2 was not "un-noticed" but without information to add to it, what is one to say/comment? Regarding your request for me to have other web sleuth members private message you&#8230;I can't. That's not how it works. I don't know these people one on one. We are all here researching and posting and contributing what we can but we do not personally know one another. You can pm anyone that has contributed here who is still an active WS member. I hope you do and I hope you manage to get some information that we haven't garnered as yet. I really believe that Jane's case is still solvable and if Anne's case is solved along with it; that would be incredible.

 

[Pink Panther]

Because the someone who can't be named (the person with Anne when she disappeared) was also a grad student in the anthro dep't at the time Jane was killed. It must be stressed that no evidence ever came to light that he was in Cambridge in January 1969. I don't believe that anybody knows whether Lt. Joyce or any other detective explored this possible link.

Don&#8230; He was there. I have evidence. I thought I posted it. If I haven't I will go back and look for it&#8230;He was most definitely there.

 

[Pink Panther]

Anne was on her sixth Smithsonian expedition at age 19 and she knew the terrain was treacherous. She was a cautious and smart Discovery (Outward Bound) climbing instructor and she was certified by the Red Cross. She did not "just" simply fall. There are significant patterns and other cases that seem to intersect here.

Kaeru - Have you been in touch with anyone with authority about either Jane's or Anne's cases? Is someone looking into either of these women's untimely deaths?

 

[December]

Could some of the national park disappearances of young women be linked to them.

I didn't realize, for some reason, that research is conducted on these lands until I read about the disappearance of a geologist (a man, so not the same perpetrator, probably). Bringing in other linked cases besides Jane and Anne might give us more clues.