Identified! NV - Henderson, 'Arroyo Grande', WhtFem UP46, "S" tattoo, Oct'80*GRAPHIC* - Tammy Corrine Terrell

[Roselvr]

Rainwater turned Patricia Taylor in a long time ago; its why they're checking.

Doesn't CODIS auto check for associations?

They have to be at the same level of CODIS to be auto checked from what I'm told because there was one match that wasn't. I'm on my cell so can't grab the case; it turned out to be a woman from CA named Rita
We were all scratching our heads with it

 

[Alleykins]

They have to be at the same level of CODIS to be auto checked

That makes sense. According to Patricia's sister, the next step is to put their DNA in CODIS, that's in the works. Not sure how long a match/rule out takes, though, once it's submitted. I have one case in MA that I turned in and was told they were running the UID's DNA right now. What really stinks is that he was only recently put into NamUs, but he was discovered in 1991. The MP went missing in 1986 and I wonder why it wasn't checked back in 1991. He had to be on their MP list when they found the remains. He was from 3 hours or so away in the same state from where the body was found, so it wasn't like he wasn't on the radar, so to speak. It might not be him, but he resembles the UID.

 

[rainwater]

"unofficially" might just mean that Patricia's family has decided it is not her. Her family has been looking for Patricia since about 1994. They can find no trace of her on any type of social media, but there are millions of people not on social media. If Patricia is alive and living under a married name, it would be very difficult to trace her.

 

[carbuff]

That makes sense. According to Patricia's sister, the next step is to put their DNA in CODIS, that's in the works. Not sure how long a match/rule out takes, though, once it's submitted. I have one case in MA that I turned in and was told they were running the UID's DNA right now. What really stinks is that he was only recently put into NamUs, but he was discovered in 1991. The MP went missing in 1986 and I wonder why it wasn't checked back in 1991. He had to be on their MP list when they found the remains. He was from 3 hours or so away in the same state from where the body was found, so it wasn't like he wasn't on the radar, so to speak. It might not be him, but he resembles the UID.

If it's an older MA case the three most likely explanations are:

1. budget
2. turf (like jurisdictional blindness only worse because it's deliberate)
3. police corruption on one or both ends, possibly related to either 1 or 2.

Is this the guy whose remains were found in the woods outside of Lowell MA?

 

[Alleykins]

No, it this one was found in the harbor, near Thompson Island, NamUs case 14794, found 12/04/1991.

 

[carbuff]

No, it this one was found in the harbor, near Thompson Island, NamUs case 14794, found 12/04/1991.

I don't think I remember hearing about him.

 

[Alleykins]

It looks like MA and NY are playing catch up. They've added a few new cases to NamUs since the first of the year.

 

[carbuff]

Yes, until recently, MA would only put a missing persons case in the national database if there was a specific reason to think the person had left the state. But most of the police corruption is in the past and a new generation of LE has come up knowing about newer techniques and approaches, and more used to cooperation. I'm not saying it's perfect but it's a few steps in the right direction

I think the recent success in locating Baby Bella and a couple of other less prominent cases have given an big push to the effort.

 

[Alleykins]

Does Mass have a cold case unit? Maine is developing one as we speak, I don't think it's up and running yet.

 

[carbuff]

Does Mass have a cold case unit? Maine is developing one as we speak, I don't think it's up and running yet.

Not at the state level that I'm aware of, though Boston PD does, and several districts or sheriff's departments have investigators permanently assigned to cold cases without a formal cold case division. There has been talk and efforts to fund a state-wide division, but I don't think the legislature took any action.

New Hampshire has had an active cold case unit for at least 10 years and they have cracked several cases. I think Vermont does too.

 

[Alleykins]

It's been a tough sell and a challenge to get funding but I think in the end, the legislature supported it and it's now being assembled. It's not like we have a lot of unsolved murders/MPs, etc, but we do have some high profile cases, like Ayla Reynolds and the recent arrest for Joyce McLain's murder. I think all states should have one so everything is centrally located.

 

[dotr]

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...1477642&highlight=coldcase+maine#post11477642
Cold Case Websites

 

[Alleykins]

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...1477642&highlight=coldcase+maine#post11477642
Cold Case Websites

Thanks, Dotr. Once I have a link to the Maine Cold Case Unit, I will update it there.

 

[dotr]

Thanks, Dotr. Once I have a link to the Maine Cold Case Unit, I will update it there.

Wondering if they have it up and running yet?
https://www.policeone.com/grants/ar...d-case-squad-could-come-from-new-DOJ-grants//

Funding for Maine cold case squad could come from new DOJ grants

Apr 17, 2014

AUGUSTA, Maine — Attorney General Janet Mills is working with Rep. Mike Michaud to find federal funding for the creation of a cold case squad in Maine aimed at solving more than 100 open homicide cases.

http://www.pressherald.com/interactive/maine_cold_case_deaths_searchable_map/

Maine has over 120 cold cases involving unsolved homicides and missing persons dating back to 1953. Databases maintained by the Maine State Police and police departments in Portland and Bangor, which have their own homicide units, include about 80 of those, although they exclude some missing persons cases and unattended death cases that have not been declared homicides. Below is information on some of the cases in those agencies' files

 

[JayFletcher6493]

I know the heights off but has Roxanne Sims been submitted?
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/13086/474

 

[Alleykins]

I don't think it's officially up and running yet because those sources are still from the Maine State PD and the Bangor PD. I know they've hired some people and it sounds like its organized but the unsolved murders, disappearances and UID's are still being listed under the MSP.
http://www.pressherald.com/2015/11/10/lt-love-to-lead-maine-cold-case-unit/

 

[Alleykins]

I noticed a new entry on AGJD's rule out list, for a Marilyn Milligan, but there's a star next to her name? Never seen that before. I did a quick search and found someone looking for her on a site looking for lost people, and that she went missing from MO in 1977, but I couldn't find her listed in NamUs or on here. Anyone know anything about this MP by chance?

 

[carbuff]

I think the star means the person isn't in Namus. Mary Frances Gregory, a Canadian woman, is listed that way in a couple of places.

Marilyn Milligan with that birth date is listed as dying in Lexington MO at age 11 (June 1977), so apparently it was a child abduction or something. But I can't find any newspaper articles or anything. I have no idea why family members might have thought she might be AGJD.

 

[Alleykins]

The only thing I found was an entry by a relative on Zabasearch, but there were no details.

 

[carbuff]

It's so sad reading zabasearch, all those people who have come disconnected from friends and family