NM NM - Newkirk, WhtFem, 20's, UP138109, strangled and beaten, found hanging from tree, gave birth shorly before death, March'75

[Rush4087]

I wonder if the promotional tee shirts were worn only by the recruiters, or if they were handed out as freebies by the recruiters to anybody who walked by? Who knows, maybe both..

Warning possible rabbit hole:

If they were worn only by recruiters, one obvious question is: could she have recently been hired as a “civilian employee” recruiter by the Air Force?

According to the 2/9/75 Bridgeport Post article (btw, great sleuthing @heartanium), there was an Air Force Recruiting Detachment (402) in Scottsdale, AZ.

It’s definitely a long shot as I doubt she would have been employed as an Air Force civilian employee recruiter while pregnant, but who knows, depending on when she delivered (I think I read that autopsy indicated she had given birth at least two weeks before she was found, could she have looked for a job and been hired as a recruiter in the approx one month window between 2/10/75 (guess at early delivery date) and 3/10/75 (two weeks before she was found on Tuesday March 25, 1975?

I admit this is way out there, but if she was a recent hire by Air Force Recruiting Detachment 402 in Scottsdale, maybe the USAF Recruiting Dept has a record of hires or employees in that small window if time.

All of this of course goes out the window if the “Super Jobs in the Air Force” tee shirts were just giveaways…

If they were just giveaways, she could’ve picked one up from any recruiting “booth” (I guess I’ll call them). I don’t think the civilian employee recruiters worked at the main recruiting station/office so much. I think they were out setting up tables or booths at at locations like high schools, colleges, shopping centers - anyplace were you might find military age recruits (mostly men I would think back then). They were always in my high school cafeteria

So sad there is so little info to go on. RIP

 

[madamx]

UP138109 - 8

Clipping found in Albuquerque Journal published in Albuquerque, New Mexico on 4/4/1975. UP138109 - 8

www.newspapers.com

This article reports Nancy was traveling around with a companion. She must have been "missing" or family felt she was due to limited to no contact. Because the victim was beaten, this can distort facial features, and brother-in-law made an honest mistake...

Nancy Marie Her shape if face her eyebrows and nose remind me if the UID

 

[heartanium]

A long shot, but does anybody know if any evidence is still available, or if there might be DNA?

I'm not 100% sure about this but I think that the policy for New Mexico at this time was to bury unidentified bodies instead of cremating them. If there's no DNA or other identifiers available they should be able to exhume her to test.

 

[LucyOso]

I'm not 100% sure about this but I think that the policy for New Mexico at this time was to bury unidentified bodies instead of cremating them. If there's no DNA or other identifiers available they should be able to exhume her to test.

Agree. And Test the infant found to see if it is hers as well.

 

[airportwoman]

It's possible that the baby and its mother (and possibly even father) were identified, and she wasn't the mother.