Identified! NC - Dunn, Easy St, WhtHisp Fem 17-24, UP6183, near labor camp, "ELLE" watch, green jeans, Jul'99 - Victoria Dolores Mejia Paredes

[aThousandYearsWide]

Roseanna Marie Forcum

Missing Since: August 12, 1998
Location Last Seen: St. Cloud, Aitkin County, Minnesota

Physical Description
Date of Birth: December 3, 1982
Age: 15 yrs old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 110 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Rose; Rosie
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Pierced ears.

 

[MadMcGoo]

Roseanna Marie Forcum

Missing Since: August 12, 1998
Location Last Seen: St. Cloud, Aitkin County, Minnesota

Physical Description
Date of Birth: December 3, 1982
Age: 15 yrs old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 110 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Rose; Rosie
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Pierced ears.

Wow! Very strong resemblance!

 

[Find Brenda]

Missing 21 years.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
I have no idea of why she'd be in NC, but I must say that Jenny Wilkens' stats line up with the UID's, even down to hair color.

 

[MadMcGoo]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
I have no idea of why she'd be in NC, but I must say that Jenny Wilkens' stats line up with the UID's, even down to hair color.

I was just looking at Jenny. Would be nice to have a pic (I’ll look), but yes her stats line up!

 

[Bit of hope]

Maybe I missed it, she was mentioned above and as far as I can see not on the exclusion lists posted (maybe there is a more recent one?) but was Christy Lyn Garard ever submitted?
Christy Lyn Garrard – The Charley Project

Also I thought Lisa Marie Shaw might be be a possible. She would have been 24 in 1999.
Lisa Marie Shaw – The Charley Project

She has red curly hair.

 

[LucyOso]

Her watch is an ELLE watch. Not LELLE. ELLE watch Paris. I am trying to research them, not a lot of info.

 

[aThousandYearsWide]

Her watch is an ELLE watch. Not LELLE. ELLE watch Paris. I am trying to research them, not a lot of info.

I was just about to post the same thing! I've known about this case forever and always knew it as a Elle watch.

 

[Caring1]

Below is a copy and paste of MadMcGoo’s list of rule outs dated Jan 2020. There have been 2 additions since and they have been added to the top of the list in bold:

MP281 Paula Merchant 01/03/1999 Richland SC
MP57431 Deanna Reed 08/01/1997 Dallas TX
MP22206 Elizabeth Sykora 07/02/1983 Granville NC
MP2538 Donna Barnhill 03/18/1981 Davidson NC
MP9167 Elizabeth Pratt 11/15/1980 Davidson NC
MP2482 Sandra Ross 01/08/1984 Wake NC
MP229 Christina Burnett-Pitts 12/23/1998 Butler MO
MP21511 Danielle Zacot 02/25/1999 Broward FL
MP4635 Juanita Nelson 12/14/1998 Santa Cruz CA
MP731 Cory Rubio 01/27/1999 Caddo LA
MP2413 Tiffany Sessions 02/09/1989 Alachua FL
MP8281 Cynthia Perry 06/17/1985 Wake NC
MP6723 Laura Thompson 01/07/1993 Lawrence PA
MP7306 Shannon Arif 03/17/1998 Montgomery TN
MP2 Suzanne Lyall 03/02/1998 Albany NY
MP974 Patricia Schmidt 06/04/1985 Henrico VA
MP1297 Brooke Henson 07/04/1999 Greenville SC
(same as the above list with the bolded names added to it)

 

[Caring1]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

No new rule outs.

 

[MadMcGoo]

204UFNC

www.doenetwork.org

Doe Network updated her profile last month so it now shows the correction. ETA: Also her race is now White and/or Hispanic.
Jewelry: Wearing an Elle analog watch with a yellow metal band on her left wrist.

Dentals : Available. She had good dental health and never had a cavity. No sign of stain, calculus or bone loss. Posterior mandibular teeth show extensive occlusal wear. Teeth #17 and 32 missing antemortem.
Fingerprints : Not available.
DNA : Available

 

[azure]

Her watch is an ELLE watch. Not LELLE. ELLE watch Paris. I am trying to research them, not a lot of info.

Lots of Elle watches on eBay, looks like a mid priced department store-type brand. Difficult to google because of the magazine-I wonder if the watches are related to the magazine?

 

[Bit of hope]

Maybe this girl, missing from Canada? Canada's Missing | Case details

Olimpia Mikszan was last seen on the morning of June 21, 1996, outside her residence in Abbotsford, British Columbia. She was living alone in a rental suite. Her vehicle and nearly all of her personal belongings were left at her residence. Olimpia had just completed high school. Olimpia was born in Poland, speaks fluent Polish and has a slight Polish accent when speaking English.

Missing from Abbotsford , British Columbia

Missing since June 21,1996
Year of birth 1978
Age at disappearance 18 (in 1999 approx. 21)
Gender Female
Bio group White
Eye colour Brown Hair Red, Curly, Long
Height 157cm / 5 ft 2 in
Weight 59kg / 130lb
Build Medium
Complexion Light/Fair

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The tipster told the sheriff's office that they believed the remains could be those of Victoria Dolores Mejia Paredes, known to have a daughter in California. When contacted, the daughter agreed to provide a DNA sample for kinship testing.

After 23 years, woman's remains found in Sampson County identified

In 1999, the remains of a young woman were found in a wooded area in northern Sampson County. For 23 years, her identity remained a mystery.

abc11.com

 

[HmmMysterious]

The tipster told the sheriff's office that they believed the remains could be those of Victoria Dolores Mejia Paredes, known to have a daughter in California. When contacted, the daughter agreed to provide a DNA sample for kinship testing.

After 23 years, woman's remains found in Sampson County identified

In 1999, the remains of a young woman were found in a wooded area in northern Sampson County. For 23 years, her identity remained a mystery.

abc11.com

Victoria left her native country of Honduras in January or February 1999 to be with her boyfriend, Vayardo Meza, in Rose Hill, North Carolina. Meza returned to Honduras in April 2000 and told Victoria's family that she had left him and didn't return. He died around 2000 or 2001. I would say there's your suspect right there.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

 

[John/Jane Doe]

23 years later, remains of woman identified but mystery continues

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — After remains were found in 1999, the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office has now learned who they belong to. On July 20, 1999, a 911 call was made reporting the disc…

www.cbs17.com

 

[Susikatze]

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Of all those recons, Carl nailed it!

 

[Susikatze]

Victoria left her native country of Honduras in January or February 1999 to be with her boyfriend, Vayardo Meza, in Rose Hill, North Carolina. Meza returned to Honduras in April 2000 and told Victoria's family that she had left him and didn't return. He died around 2000 or 2001. I would say there's your suspect right there.

That story really really never gets old...

He probably killed her and returned to Honduras to mask the crime. I wonder why he died so shortly after in 2000 or 2001 - suicide or something else? He was young.
Sad that Victoria will likely never get justice. But happy her daughter has answers now.

 

[HopeRains]

RIP Victoria.