NM NM - Albuquerque, UnkRace/AgeFem, UP11145, bones in field, metal ring w/design, Jan'13

[iulia]

NamUs is back up.

The Resolved UP cases for New Mexico also went down by one case.

 

[Romulus]

Unidentified Person/NamUs #UP11145
Female, Uncertain
Date Body Found: January 9, 2013
Location Found: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Estimated Age Range--

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

Vital Statistics
Estimated age: Unknown Age
Approximate Height: cannot estimate
Approximate Weight: cannot estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Scars and marks: nothing

Clothing & Accessories
Clothing: nothing
Jewerly: nothing
Footwear: nothing
Accessories: possible white metal ring with design

Identifiers
Fingerprints: Fingerprint information is not available
Dentals: Dental information / charting is available and entered
DNA: Sample submitted-tests complete

Case History: A man who recently got a DUI was walking through a field to locate his car at impound and located a bone. He picked it up and continued walking. He saw another bone further in the field and then saw one sticking out of the ground.

 

[PinkButtercup]

Identified as Terry Matthews by APD and FBI

Terry got married in February of 2006 and was last seen that same summer. She was never reported missing.

APD and FBI utilize genealogy to identify two women whose remains were found in 1994 and 2013

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Sincere condolences to her family.

It's good to see they are using genetic geneology successfully. It must he a shock for some of the families, though .

 

[MarziPanda]

That link says that forensic anthropologists estimated she was 40-60 years old (which is correct, Terry was 54). It's a bit frustrating that it seems that information was never uploaded anywhere, not in NAMUS or anything as far as I can see. Her ruleouts were children (according to post #4 here, so that was the case at least in 2019).

It wouldn't have made much of a difference I suspect, as she wasn't reported missing, but still.

RIP Terry.

 

[dotr]

After a decade, Albuquerque Jane Doe (2013) is Identified

Albuquerque Police Department, UNM Office of the Medical Examiner, & FBI Leverage Othram’s Forensic Sequencing Platform to Identify a 2013 Jane Doe

dnasolves.com

''In September 2022, the Albuquerque Police Department, working with the Office of the Medical Examiner at the University of New Mexico, submitted forensic evidence to Othram. Upon receipt of the evidence at Othram's laboratory in The Woodlands, Texas, Othram scientists successfully developed a DNA extract from the evidence. A comprehensive DNA profile for the woman was built using Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing®. Upon completion of the process, the profile was delivered to investigators with the Albuquerque Police Department’s Cold Case Unit and the FBI’s forensic genetic genealogy team.

Using new leads, investigators located family members in Albuquerque who assisted in identifying the woman as 54-year-old Terry Matthews.Terry was married in February of 2006 and was last seen that same summer. Terry was never reported missing, and her case has since been handed back over to Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office.

Any information on the 2013 case of Terry Matthews can be submitted anonymously to the Albuquerque Metro Crime Stoppers at (5050)-843-STOP or p3tips.com/531''