NJ NJ - Pohatcong, UncFem 18-99, UP16743, wht sock w/yellow/green band, Sz 9 white Reebok, May'17

[Gardener1850]

Case Circumstances: Found by a resident on the Delaware River, Pohatcong, New Jersey.

Age: 18-99

Clothing:
White ankle sock with yellow/green band.


The shoe is a Reebok sneaker with shoelace.
Attached to top of shoelace is a white metal "R".
Numbers stamped on sole of sneaker - "18 . 06 . 13" or "8 . 06 . 13".
Sneaker measures 10 inches in length.
No treads on sole of sneaker.

https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/16743

[h=1]Police investigating after remains of foot found inside sneaker in New Jersey[/h]A sneaker with a human foot was found on River Road in Pohatcong Township.

Investigators say the foot was inside a woman's size 9 white Reebok sneaker.

The remains are only skeletal.

http://abc7ny.com/news/police-inves...s-of-foot-found-inside-sneaker-in-nj/2026214/

 

[Melt71]

If that is a date on the bottom of the shoe then we are looking for someone who lost a leg from mid-2013 until when the shoe and skeletal bone was found in May 2017.

The Delaware River flows south, according to a net search.

If that is a date on the shoes then 18.06.13 would be 18 June written the English way Day/Month/Year. Namus also says it could read 8.06.13 which could then be August 6 or 8 June depending on the dating system. Or maybe it's just a serial number and not a date at all?

I mapped the 20 MPs from NJ in the period mid-2013 to May 2017 and none came from an area that was on the river.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Recovered Human Remains​

On May 21, 2017 the Pohatcong Twp Police Departmentwere dispatched to the 300 block of River Road for a reported found sneaker with a foot located inside of the sneaker. The sneaker was found on the bank of the Delaware River and had been concealed in brush and debris. The sneaker was a woman’s size 7 Reebok sneaker that contained a gray colored crew sock and exposed lower leg bones. A search of the area proved to be negative for any other human remains. The Morris County Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an examination of the recovered foot/leg bones. The bones were then transferred to the New Jersey State Police Anthropology Unit.

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www.wcpo-nj.us

 

[BrownBear]

Updated Namus link

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[iulia]

Her NamUs page has been removed. Ramapo College IGG Center was working on her case, hopefully they have identified her.

 

[iulia]

Resolved Cases

www.ramapo.edu

[March 25, 2025] “Warren County Foot Jane Doe” has been successfully identified as Maria Quinones Garcia.

In 2017, a single foot inside a sock and shoe were found in the Delaware River in Pohatcong Township, New Jersey. Authorities identified the remains as belonging to a female, but were unable to determine her age or identify her using traditional methods of investigation.

The New Jersey State Police Cold Case Unit referred this case for investigative genetic genealogy at Ramapo College IGG Center in 2023, and in Spring of 2024 students in the IGG Certificate Program performed research in an effort to identify Warren County Foot Jane Doe.

The students’ extensive research led to the candidate Maria Quinones Garcia, who had gone missing from Allentown, Pennsylvania in 2014. Confirmatory DNA testing of Maria’s children provided a positive identification, providing answers to her loved ones after more than ten years.

More information about this case can be found here.

 

[iulia]

Maria's WS thread:

Found Deceased Thread 'PA - Maria Quinones-Garcia, 56, Allentown, 17 May 2014'

Jan 7, 2015

Maria Quinones-Garcia - Female / 53 Years Old - 4' 11" - 115 Lbs.

The City of Allentown, Lehigh County, is in South-Eastern, PA.

Day 236

Tue., Jan. 6th, via Los2188: http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regio...-to-hope-missing-woman-will-be-found/30566776 :

Includes Photo

[ Awaiting: Eye Color - Hair Color - Distinguishing Characteristics ]

Allentown Police Department - (610) 437-7751

[ Awaiting Law Enforcement’s Inclusion with PA’s 253 at U.S. Dept. Of Justice
NamUs, National Missing...

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and her NamUs profile which is still up for now:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

 

[Aegon_the_Conqueror]

Wow, washed up a stone's throw from me. Wonder what happened. Unfortunately any cause of death will probably be impossible in this case.