NM NM - Taos, WhtFem 21-51, UP146825, skull in property, Canadian passport for female, March 2025 (Fiana Kim D. Scarlet Haarsma)

[CastleCat16]

Okay, I'm going to try this again.

The circumstances of recovery from the original post include a couple of items I haven't seen discussed yet:

Circumstances of Recovery: Neighbor was walking on neighboring property and found skull, properties miles apart; hadn't seen female neighbor in 2 years; trailer door ripped/wide open; journal found outside complaining of neighbor, Canadian passport for female found outside

Is the neighbor that found the skull the same neighbor that was complained about in the found journal? Was the neighbor trespassing because they hadn't seen the female neighbor, or were they just trespassing? What were the complaints in the journal? Trespassing?

How long did it seem the found items had been outside? How long had the skull been outside.

Is it possible Fiana's name change(s) came with significant lifestyle change(s)?

One of my thoughts is that potentially this journal entry was written by the person who murdered our doe, and that the 'neighbour' they were complaining about is the neighbour who hadn't been seen in ages not the neighbour who discovered the skull.

Unfortunately, the correlation between the neighbour, the skull, the female neighbour they hadn't seen in ages, the neighbour mentioned in the journal and the passport isn't stated, so we can only speculate. I would have thought that if the neighbour recognised the woman in the passport photo as their neighbour, they would have said so and this would be indicated in the report, which to me suggests the skull/female neighbour/passport holder may not all be the same person.

It's frustrating that there is so much info in this case which normally would lead to a quick identification (address, neighbours, potential skull for recon, potential ID, possible motivation for murder which could raise suspects) but a lack of clarity and specifics publicly available means from a non-LE perspective looking in its quite difficult to understand the case. Certainly, the implication everyone appears to be operating on is that the passport woman and the doe are the same person (hence why the photo is put as the 'profile pic' of the case), but there's nowhere actually concretely confirming that fact.

As for the latter point:
I think, given the fact that we can only locate a NM PO box registered under a F.D. Haarsma/ Kim Haarsma and that some others managed to locate Airbnb (or Canadian equivalent) reviews by an account called Fiana D, it could be extrapolated that she was potentially travelling with a partner (maybe living in a van etc.?) and had no fixed address, instead occasionally booking into airbnb's in New Mexico.

The lack of other sources mentioning Fiana/Kim or any of her immediate family [if this Kim is the daughter of Ken and Joyce identified above] could also point to a significant lifestyle change - perhaps a break from the church which appears central to a lot of potential relatives lives (found references to Kim being part of the Calgary Christ Moravian church congregation when younger, whilst some of her father's siblings and children appear linked to the Mennonites). If the immediate family all changed their names and/or moved away and went no contact with other relatives that could explain why it's difficult to locate any trace of them online.

 

[Aurora90]

Okay, I'm going to try this again.

The circumstances of recovery from the original post include a couple of items I haven't seen discussed yet:

Circumstances of Recovery: Neighbor was walking on neighboring property and found skull, properties miles apart; hadn't seen female neighbor in 2 years; trailer door ripped/wide open; journal found outside complaining of neighbor, Canadian passport for female found outside

Is the neighbor that found the skull the same neighbor that was complained about in the found journal? Was the neighbor trespassing because they hadn't seen the female neighbor, or were they just trespassing? What were the complaints in the journal? Trespassing?

How long did it seem the found items had been outside? How long had the skull been outside.

Is it possible Fiana's name change(s) came with significant lifestyle change(s)?

I am commenting on the above bolded and underlined that I highlighted for my reply.


I actually think the same. And I wonder if it’s possible that both came hand-in-hand.

I was looking at other people who were missing from the same area of New Mexico and found a woman named Deborah Gaudet.

Check out this great interview with Deborah Gaudet on Media Hill at the Sacred Stone Camp just five miles outside the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. We discussed why Deborah was there, fighting to protect the water.

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This is a video with said woman who is still missing, last seen in Taos, New Mexico.

Apparently, there’s an Ashram in Taos?

It appears there is a strong connection to certain indigenous culture and certain lifestyle specificities and I wonder if the name change came part and parcel with a connection to indigenous roots?

I’ve said before on other threads, but because indigenous folks have tribal beliefs/ways of living which differs from to colonial boundaries/colonial land restrictions, they can move quite freely within North America. If she is part indigenous, then that would also explain the possible connection to Canada and also the ability to move quite freely across the border. I think it would also explain possibly a name change and or spiritual connection to indigenous land?

I’m just spit balling here but as a user who lives in Calgary Alberta Canada, I think there has been a desire for reconciliation in the past 15 to 20 years (thank goodness, long overdue) I wonder if that plus potentially a death in the family could’ve accumulated into a desire to Connect to spirituality.

I also haven’t been able to find a thread for Deborah so if there is one, please let me know and if not, I’m happy to create one. I just need to head to the library because my laptop is currently busted right now.

 

[MissingFound]

The 1970 birthdate comes from the only located record of a Fiana Haarsma, which suggests she was born in April 1970 and lived close to Taos, New Mexico (hence the assumption that it may be the same woman). Of course, this would make her 55 this year, so it falls outside the suggested age range for the doe.

I'm finding it difficult to determine the age of the woman in the passport photo, especially since no further details have been provided. I would say the woman in the photo genuinely looks like she could be in her early 30s to late 40s, depending on how you look at it, but how old is the actual passport? The hair and other features don't immediately scream one specific era, so this could be a passport photo from this year or it could be from 20 years ago and out of date. I agree that it is odd/frustrating that more details have not been released especially as a passport would have quite significant identifying info on it.

Also, perhaps most notable, is the fact that we're all operating on the assumption that the passport belongs to the woman whose skull was found. Not only might the passport be a fake, but it may also not be the identity of the doe and/or the holder may be otherwise involved in the case

From the looks of it, this passport image displays a physical photo attached to the actual page. You can literally see how the facial image raises above the page.

According to Canada’s official website for “The Evolution of the Passport Photo”, Canada did away with these attached photographs in 2002, transitioning to the digitally embedded photos with a hologram. (Source: The evolution of the passport photo - Canada.ca)

I am also attaching a photo of a publicly available Canadian passport photo from 1998 and another available modern photo from 2024, of which you can see the digital and holographic change. (Also note how the modern photo shows a man smiling. So that doesn’t seem like an enforced rule, as others have pointed out).

TL;DR: This means that if the record of the 1970-born woman is the same person in this passport - which only could have existed in 2002 or earlier - then she would have been, at the OLDEST, 32 years old by the time the photo was taken.

 

[iulia]

Her NamUs page has been removed.

 

[iulia]

She was identified as F. Haarsma, b. 1969.

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[Melt71]

Ms Haarsmas is listed as Unclaimed on the Office of the Medical Examiner site listed above. @Aurora90 did you ever speak to authorities with your information, or get any indication that this was the right person?

 

[iulia]

Ms Haarsma is no longer listed as Unclaimed as of 09/26/2025.

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[Aurora90]

Ms Haarsmas is listed as Unclaimed on the Office of the Medical Examiner site listed above. @Aurora90 did you ever speak to authorities with your information, or get any indication that this was the right person?

Apologies, I was away for a while dealing with some heavy emotions and came back to hundreds and hundreds of notifications. I must have missed this. I did notify authorities back then, and someone messaged me stating they tried to send this info to her family members so I think folks were made aware. Likely waiting on her family in Canada. Things are extra sticky given the political climate between the two countries right now. (Us Canadians take our sovereignty very seriously!)

I wonder about the circumstances of her passing. Glad to hear she is no longer unclaimed.