Identified! NC- Wayne Co., BlkFem, 22-33, 421UFNC, skull near Neuse river, Dec'01 - Felicia Coleman

[Moonwalker9]

Felicia Dishelle Coleman – The Charley Project
Missing Person Case

• Missing Since11/09/2001
• Missing FromGoldsboro, North Carolina
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• Date of Birth02/07/1978 (40)
• Age23 years old
• Height and Weight5'0, 140 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA black coat, jeans and black sneakers.
• Medical ConditionsColeman has an unspecified medical condition. She is classified as disabled.
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsAfrican-American female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Coleman wears eyeglasses. She is missing five teeth.

Details of Disappearance
Coleman was last seen in Goldsboro, North Carolina on November 9, 2001. She was near Holly Street and Carolina Street at the time of her disappearance. She has never been heard from again.

There has not been activity on Coleman's bank account since her disappearance. She left behind three children, regularly visited one of her children who was in the hospital, and kept in close contact with her loved ones prior to her disappearance. Her case remains unsolved and foul play is possible.

 

[aThousandYearsWide]

421UFNC - Unidentified Female

Date of Discovery: December 7, 2001
Location of Discovery: Southern part of Wayne County near the Neuse River, North Carolina
Estimated Date of Death: 3 months prior to discovery
State of Remains: Not stated
Cause of Death: Foul play contributed to the victim's death

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 22-33 years
Race: Black
Gender: Female
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers
Dentals: Available. (Partial); Lower mandible not recovered; restorations noted in 2, 3, 14, 15
Fingerprints: Not available
DNA: Not available

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery
A hunter discovered the victim's skull just a few yards from the Neuse River. While there are not many houses around the area where the skull was found, it is far from remote. Bill Lane Boulevard, a busy shortcut around Goldsboro, is just a few feet away.The model's chin may look slightly different because the victim's skull was damaged.Initially the victim was listed as male, however, DNA has confirmed the remains to be female.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Wayne County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Detective Division
Agency Phone Number: 919-731-1480
Agency Case Number: 01-9919

Agency Name: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 919-966-2253

Agency Name: Crime Stoppers
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 919-735-2255

NamUs Case Number: UP #6213 Former Case Number: 421UMNC

Information Source(s)
NamUs
Wayne County Sheriff's Office
WRAL.com

421UFNC

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
I honestly can't tell if she resembles the recon or not.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
I honestly can't tell if she resembles the recon or not.

Are you (or anyone here) able to go into the NamUs case for the unidentified female found and see if LN is on the ruled-out list? I can't get into the rule-outs, and I agree with the dates, age, location (state) matching, she should be submitted if not ruled-out. MOO.

(Edited initials. Sorry for the initial mistake.)

 

[YaYa_521]

Are you (or anyone here) able to go into the NamUs case for the unidentified female found and see if LN is on the ruled-out list? I can't get into the rule-outs, and I agree with the dates, age, location (state) matching, she should be submitted if not ruled-out. MOO.

(Edited initials. Sorry for the initial mistake.)

Exclusions:
- Roy Brooks -- -- FL
MP111 Felicia Coleman 11/09/2001 Wayne NC
MP1613 Timeka Pridgen 05/11/2001 Lenoir NC
MP1609 Terence Washington 11/14/2001 Fairfax VA

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
This MP was added to NAMUS today and reminded me of this UID.

 

[jexpar]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
This MP was added to NAMUS today and reminded me of this UID.

I was just looking at this UID as Ms. Perry also. I think the UID has much higher cheekbones, but there's no profile picture of Ms. Perry to really be sure. It's definitely worth looking into!

 

[ChatteringBirds]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
I honestly can't tell if she resembles the recon or not.

So it appears LN isn't on the rule-outs list. It seems like she should be, both from North Carolina and 2001, or am I missing something?

It's frustrating if they couldn't get this Doe's DNA.

 

[jexpar]

I'm wondering if the reason they originally thought the UID was male (since they only had the skull) is because of the prominent brow ridge. That's usually the most obvious difference between a male and female skull. So maybe we need to be looking for a female with an unusually prominent brow ridge.

 

[PommyMommy]

JUL 23, 2021
GPD: Remains Identified As Person Missing Since 2001 | Goldsboro Daily News
On December 6 of 2001, according to the report filed with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, human remains were located in the Bill Lane Boulevard area of Wayne County by hunters surveying the area for the hunting season. The remains were sent to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner for analysis. The initial analysis classified the remains as being from a younger black male. This classification of the remains did not match any existing missing person or death investigation. Wayne County detectives continued the investigation but were unable to identify the remains or identify any other evidence related to the human remains.

Goldsboro woman's remains identified after 20 years :: WRAL.com
[...]

A new investigator took over the case in 2020, and obtained a DNA sample from Coleman's family and entered it into the National Missing Unidentified Persons System. A year later, NAMUS reached out to the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and said that the body found in 2001 was Coleman's.

The Goldsboro Police Department is still investigating her death.

 

[Al Ka]

Goldsboro woman's remains identified after 20 years

A Goldsboro woman missing for nearly 20 years has been found after human remains discovered less than a month after she was last seen alive have finally been identified.

Felicia Coleman was reported missing to Goldsboro police on November 12, 2001.

Three weeks later, remains were found in the Bill Lane Boulevard area of Wayne County by hunters.

Coleman was a 23-year-old Black woman, and medical examiners initially said the remains belonged to a younger Black man.

In 2011, the Medical Examiner’s Office revised their findings to show that DNA testing indicated the remains actually were from a Black woman in her mid to late 20s. Wayne County detectives suspended their investigation due to a lack of leads.

Goldsboro police say in June 2020, Investigator James Sturgill began looking into Coleman’s disappearance as a cold case. Sturgill got DNA from the family and entered it into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.

Yesterday, Sturgill was notified the family’s DNA matched that from the remains found in Wayne County by the hunters.

Police said they are still investigating how the woman died in 2001.

Missing Goldsboro woman’s remains identified 20 years later
Goldsboro woman's remains identified after 20 years :: WRAL.com

 

[Al Ka]

Felicia Dishelle Coleman

• 

Coleman, circa 2001

• Missing Since 11/09/2001
• Missing From Goldsboro, North Carolina
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race Black
• Date of Birth 02/07/1978 (43)
• Age 23 years old
• Height and Weight 5'0, 140 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A black coat, jeans and black sneakers.
• Medical Conditions Coleman has an unspecified medical condition. She is classified as disabled.
• Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Coleman wears eyeglasses. She is missing five teeth.

Details of Disappearance
Coleman was last seen in Goldsboro, North Carolina on November 9, 2001. She was near Holly Street and Carolina Street at the time of her disappearance. She has never been heard from again.

There has not been activity on Coleman's bank account since her disappearance. She left behind three children, regularly visited one of her children who was in the hospital, and kept in close contact with her loved ones prior to her disappearance. Her case remains unsolved and foul play is possible.

Link to her Charley Project profile - Felicia Dishelle Coleman – The Charley Project

Other photos of Felicia Coleman

Also to note Felicia was on NamUs ruled out list for this Jane Doe. As rule out was prior to 2020 when her DNA was obtained from her family, I assume she was ruled out just based on dentals. We also have to remember that it was only partial skull found and lower jaw/mandible was missing. (But still...)

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Rest in peace, Felicia Coleman.

 

[Friday Fan]

There was a police report filed when she went missing....

This is what gets me about these cases....There was an actual police report...
I know there was a mix up with the sex, but geesh......

The sex was updated in 2011...meanwhile a police report on disappearance of Felicia Coleman from Nov 12, 2001 in the same county is getting dusty or forgotten or something.....

 

[Susikatze]

And she disappeared from very close.

 

[mlhenn]

Felicia Dishelle Coleman – The Charley Project

Details of Disappearance
Coleman disappeared from Goldsboro, North Carolina on November 9, 2001. Less than a month later, hunters found her remains in the the area of Bill Lane Boulevard in Wayne County, North Carolina. However, the body was initially thought to be a man's. It wasn't identified as Coleman until 2021. Her death is under investigation.

 

[cvaldez1975]

Exclusions:
- Roy Brooks -- -- FL
MP111 Felicia Coleman 11/09/2001 Wayne NC
MP1613 Timeka Pridgen 05/11/2001 Lenoir NC
MP1609 Terence Washington 11/14/2001 Fairfax VA

she was on the exclusions just last year.

 

[YaYa_521]

she was on the exclusions just last year.

This makes me mad, sad, and confused, more than a tad.

Rest in peace, Felicia. You deserved better, thrice.

 

[YaYa_521]

There was a police report filed when she went missing....

This is what gets me about these cases....There was an actual police report...
I know there was a mix up with the sex, but geesh......

The sex was updated in 2011...meanwhile a police report on disappearance of Felicia Coleman from Nov 12, 2001 in the same county is getting dusty or forgotten or something.....

Perhaps someone should look into the "or something".

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I am so curious by what means she was previously ruled-out. How did that happen and how often might that happen?

Sincere condolences to her family and friends.