Identified! MI - New Buffalo, WhtFem 40-60, UP8228, wig/extensions, porcelain bridge, hysterectomy, Apr'88 Dorothy Glanton.

[djanga]

Furthermore, the mistaken age estimate complicated research efforts. “At first, we thought we were looking for a daughter of Dorothy, based on the expected age of the deceased,” said team leader Lisa Needler. “When we narrowed our search directly to Dorothy, we were surprised to learn she would have been in her 70s at the time she was missing.”

While searching for proof of life for Dorothy, researchers found a heartbreaking clue – a newspaper advertisement placed in August 1988 by a relative on behalf of Dorothy’s elderly mother. “It said, “your mother is ill, lonely & afraid” and “she needs you desperately”,” said co-team leader Robin Espensen. “Unfortunately, Dorothy’s body had already been found a few months beforehand

New Buffalo Jane Doe 1988 | DNA Doe Project

dnadoeproject.org

 

[Carrera6]

https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2025/11/body-found-on-lake-michigan-shoreline-in-1988-identified-as-missing-chicago-woman.html

 

[djanga]

From Unidentified wiki

She was last seen leaving her home on the 4700 block of South Prairie Avenue in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, on December 9, 1987. She told a family member that she was going to a drug store, and was last seen wearing a blue hat and tan jacket.

She was reported missing the same day she disappeared, and her family published several newspaper ads seeking information on her whereabouts.

 

[The4TierBridge]

From Unidentified wiki

She was last seen leaving her home on the 4700 block of South Prairie Avenue in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, on December 9, 1987. She told a family member that she was going to a drug store, and was last seen wearing a blue hat and tan jacket.

She was reported missing the same day she disappeared, and her family published several newspaper ads seeking information on her whereabouts.

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That all comes from her NamUs as a missing person, where she was #MP124532: archive here - The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

She also had an MP thread here.

 

[Neverlostakways]

Looking at this case smh... It's like the detectives and medical examiners just guess at an age and race. From the pictures, she was a beautiful woman and she obviously carried that age well but these details could have stopped her family from suffering so many years! Just the description gave BIG clues that this wasn't a Caucasian.

"The woman appeared to be Caucasian and estimated to be between 43-53 years old. She was approximately 5’5” and 165 pounds with brown eyes and was wearing a brown wig with braided extensions." New Buffalo Jane Doe 1988 | DNA Doe Project