NC NC - Onslow Co, Bear Island, UnkRace (poss Blk) Fem 30-70, UP2809, bone in sandbar, Aug'97

[aThousandYearsWide]

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP2809 Female, Uncertain
Date Body Found August 3, 1997
Location Found Onslow County, North Carolina
Case Information
Case Numbers
NCMEC Number--
ME/C Case Number 97-5661
Demographics
Sex Female
Race / Ethnicity Uncertain
Estimated Age Group Adult
Estimated Age Range (Years) 30-70
Estimated Year of Death 0-1997
Height 5' 4"(64 inches) , Estimated
Weight Cannot Estimate
Circumstances
Type Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found August 3, 1997
NamUs Case Created November 19, 2008
ME/C QA Reviewed November 20, 2008
Location Found Map
Location North Carolina
County Onslow County
Circumstances of Recovery
Two jet skiers found a left femur sticking out of a sandbar just off the tip of Bear Island. Additional remains were not recovered.
Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains Head not recovered Torso not recovered One or more limbs not recovered One or both hands not recovered
Condition of Remains Not recognizable - Partial remains with soft tissues
Circumstance Notes
Per UNT, The mtDNA haplotype of our case 11-1333 is most similar to profiles found in the African American database. This haplotype is not represented in the database, but the population with profiles that are most similar to this one is the African American population

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Pamela Palmer, missing from Raleigh the year prior. Not sure about the match circumstantially but otherwise, it seems possible.

 

[YaYa_521]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
3 Exclusions:
MP2479 Pamela Palmer 10/01/1996 Wake NC
MP7584 Parley Pate 02/09/1993 Wake NC
MP3059 Elizabeth Rogers 03/18/1983 Wake NC