Identified! NM - Albuquerque, WhtFem 25-35, UP2926, blonde, in motel room, 5 June 1991 * id'd March 2026 - Rebecca "Becca" Mallekoote (18)*

[Springrain]

I was NOT expecting this one! May Becca RIP at long last. I second the props to Ramapo College.

Interesting that she was in fact a Becca and that the age estimate was so off.

 

[iamshadow21]

I was NOT expecting this one! May Becca RIP at long last. I second the props to Ramapo College.

Interesting that she was in fact a Becca and that the age estimate was so off.

O/T it's amazing to see your icon change, after so long. It's been a great run of Doe identifications lately.

 

[itsdev]

I hope somehow, someway Becca knows that there’s a huge group of caring strangers who thought about her often during all of these years. RIP Becca

 

[Lebowski]

sad that apparently no one bothered to report her missing. I speculate she was not terribly close to her stepfather and half brother, and I'm not seeing any mention of bio mom or any full siblings. I feel sad for her because i infer a lonely life and of course for how it ended.

 

[RobertCatesby]

I hope somehow, someway Becca knows that there’s a huge group of caring strangers who thought about her often during all of these years. RIP Becca

It's insane to think about how much more attention and effort into getting answers was put in by random strangers on the internet over literal decades than her own family. Unfortunately, I think that this honestly isn't that uncommon in a lot of these cases. Grateful Doe comes to find, A lot of similarities there I've already noticed.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/albuquerque-police-identify-woman-found-dead-in-hotel-in-1991/

Finally she has been identified. I was really hoping she would be. Rest in peace, Becca.

 

[ivylambs]

I gasped!! I can’t believe it. We knew her name all along… rest in peace Becca <3

 

[Myrrh]

Very surprised to see her being identified! This year has already been great for Does finally getting their names back.

RIP Becca

 

[kforbes862]

I'm very happy that she is no longer nameless. I'm wondering how Ramapo was able to do genealogy for her when it seemed she had been cremated and there wasn't a way to get a sample.

 

[Alleykins]

This is great news.
RIP Becca.

 

[rose_quartz]

I'm very happy that she is no longer nameless. I'm wondering how Ramapo was able to do genealogy for her when it seemed she had been cremated and there wasn't a way to get a sample.

It appears ABQ PD did manage to take samples of DNA before cremation. Thank goodness!

 

[RyGuy611]

Rest well, Becca. You've earned it.