Identified! MO - Kansas City, Missouri River, WhtFem 0 yrs, UP5298, buried in sand & caught on a pile of logs, red shirt, checkered pants, Aug'83 - Thelma Hill

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The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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NamUs #UP5298
NamUs Case Created June 4, 2009
ME/C Case Number 83-ME-341

Female, White / Caucasian
Date Body Found August 14, 1983
Estimated Year of Death 1982-1983
Estimated PMI1 Years
Inventory of Remains All parts recovered
Condition of Remains Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Location Found Kansas City, Missouri
Estimated Age Range 0 Years (IBM - *Note adult exclusion below*)
Height Cannot Estimate
Weight Cannot Estimate
Hair Color Unknown
Head Hair Description Dark
Eye Color--

Clothing - Red shirt, checked pants - On the Body


Circumstances of Recovery - Finder discovered the subject while looking for fishing worms along the south bank of the Missouri River. The subject was partially buried in sand and caught on a pile of logs. No ID or valuables were found on the subject. The subject was transported to the Medical Examiners Office. The MEO was located in TMC-W hospital at that time.

Circumstance Notes​

- Cold Case squad handles unidentified cases for KCMO Police Dept.

1 Exclusion:

NamUs # MP219
Cynthia Allegro, Female, White / Caucasian (IBM - *Missing Age 31*)
Date of Last Contact February 12, 1982
State MO County Jackson
 
"Body found on Missouri River sand bar," Kansas City Star, 15 August 1983, 8A.

A body was discovered Sunday night on a Missouri River sand bar, Kansas City police said.

Homicide Sgt. John Dawson said the body appeared to be that of a man.

"I'd say by the amount of decomposition, it was in the water a long period of time," Sgt. Dawson said. A fisherman found the body near 2300 Riverfront Drive about 7 p.m., he said.


"Police on both sides of state line find bodies," Kansas City Times, 15 August 1983, C11.

The Kansas City police found a body floating in the river near 2300 Riverfront Road about 7:30 p.m., said Detective Judy Riebesell of the homicide unit. But she said the cause of death could not be determined, and the body could not be identified until an autopsy is completed.

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"Body found on Missouri River sand bar," Kansas City Star, 15 August 1983, 8A.

A body was discovered Sunday night on a Missouri River sand bar, Kansas City police said.

Homicide Sgt. John Dawson said the body appeared to be that of a man.

"I'd say by the amount of decomposition, it was in the water a long period of time," Sgt. Dawson said. A fisherman found the body near 2300 Riverfront Drive about 7 p.m., he said.


"Police on both sides of state line find bodies," Kansas City Times, 15 August 1983, C11.

The Kansas City police found a body floating in the river near 2300 Riverfront Road about 7:30 p.m., said Detective Judy Riebesell of the homicide unit. But she said the cause of death could not be determined, and the body could not be identified until an autopsy is completed.
Possibly Kansas City Jane - Newspapers.com™
I found an article about the other woman, idk if she's still unidentified.
 
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The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

*NO IMAGES*

NamUs #UP5298
NamUs Case Created June 4, 2009
ME/C Case Number 83-ME-341

Female, White / Caucasian

Estimated Age Range 0 Years (IBM - *Note adult exclusion below*)
Height Cannot Estimate
Weight Cannot Estimate
Hair Color Unknown
Head Hair Description Dark
Eye Color--

Clothing - Red shirt, checked pants - On the Body


Circumstances of Recovery - Finder discovered the subject while looking for fishing worms along the south bank of the Missouri River. The subject was partially buried in sand and caught on a pile of logs. No ID or valuables were found on the subject. The subject was transported to the Medical Examiners Office. The MEO was located in TMC-W hospital at that time.

Circumstance Notes​

- Cold Case squad handles unidentified cases for KCMO Police Dept.

1 Exclusion:

NamUs # MP219
Cynthia Allegro, Female, White / Caucasian (IBM - *Missing Age 31*)
Date of Last Contact February 12, 1982
State MO County Jackson
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I'm confused -- estimated age of 0, but LE specifies there's no ID.

Can't estimate the height, but all parts recovered.

The lone exclusion is an adult.

Okay, so this probably isn't an infant, the estimated age is a typo.

Why didn't anyone estimate the height?

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Identified as Thelma Hill by Othram.

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Thelma (Horlock) Hill was born in Toronto, Canada on February 18, 1927. She was married to WIlliam Hill and had three children.

 
Per a family tree on Ancestry dot com, about 1950 she lived in Ames, Iowa; was married and working as a waitress. Her husband's name was William Vernon Hill. Then by 9/17/1952, she was living at 3433 Wyoming, Kansas City, MO. That address appears to have been a trailer park at the time, per a search of that address on newspapers dot com. Still trying to track where she went after that decade.

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