Identified! OH - Troy, Miami Co., 'Buckskin Girl' WhtFem 133UFOH, 15-25, Apr'81 - Marcia King

[nanny2five]

when i read through this thread the other day i thought the confusion about the "plate" might have been because someone in the story called a braid a "plait" ?

eta thats what my grandma called a braid

 

[carbuff]

when i read through this thread the other day i thought the confusion about the "plate" might have been because someone in the story called a braid a "plait" ?

eta thats what my grandma called a braid

That's a good thought. I've heard that usage before.

 

[Bewildered]

Does anyone know about the following information or the website it came from? I find this information very confusing and if this was something kept from the public then LE is more inept than I know them to be.
Describing the physical appearance of the "Buckskin Girl"



What does the word "plate" mean? I have only heard it in reference to 'dental plate' as in false teeth.
http://www.unidentified-persons.org/pg21.html

Perhaps the word "plate" was used instead of "flipper." When I was about 17, I lost a front tooth. My orthodontist made me a dental flipper which was just a pink acrylic plate with a single false tooth attached. He even stuck a bracket to the front of the tooth since I had braces at the time. A flipper is one of the least expensive ways to replace a missing tooth. If Buckskin girl was not missing any teeth, then perhaps this "plate" was actually just a retainer. My flipper took the place of a retainer after my braces were removed.

 

[chaddylex]

I was looking at NAMUS to see if they had any new missing people cases added that would compare to the Buckskin Girl. I found a girl Nancy Dubois or Nancy Rose, missing from Idaho since May 4, 1980. Nancy's height, weight and hair color are spot on as the Buckskin girl. Nancy's profile does not have a picture and they offer little about the circumstances of her disappearance. She is also not on the Rule out list that was just updated last month. https://identifyus.org/cases/4790

With very little to go on about Nancy, do you think it's worth it to submit?

 

[CarlK90245]

I was looking at NAMUS to see if they had any new missing people cases added that would compare to the Buckskin Girl. I found a girl Nancy Dubois or Nancy Rose, missing from Idaho since May 4, 1980. Nancy's height, weight and hair color are spot on as the Buckskin girl. Nancy's profile does not have a picture and they offer little about the circumstances of her disappearance. She is also not on the Rule out list that was just updated last month. https://identifyus.org/cases/4790

With very little to go on about Nancy, do you think it's worth it to submit?

I wonder if you might get additional info on Nancy Dubois Rose by sending an e-mail to the Sandpoint ID PD. Probably not, but it might be worth a try.

BTW, you left out the link to her NamUs page.
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/2152/56

ETA: I left a message with Eloise Skinner, who is listed as a contact in NamUs.

 

[CarlK90245]

Sandpoint ID is a ski town that relies entirely on tourism for its economic well-being.

http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/idaho/sandpoint

There is nothing on the circumstances of Nancy Rose's disappearance.

I am wondering if this was a case of someone who was lost skiing, or perhaps was buried in an avalanche.

 

[carbuff]

The Idaho Missing Persons clearinghouse lists the contact as Bonner County Sheriff's office @ (208)263-8417. (Nancy's entry). There's also Eloise M. Skinner, the Clearinghouse Manager, at [email protected].

The clearinghouse listing doesn't have much more information except an indication Nancy Rose also uses the name Nancy Morton. Her date of birth is 1950, last seen in 1980, which would make her just a little older than the top age for our UID.

P.S. My dad and his parents lived in Sandpoint for several years right after WWII. Pretty place.

 

[chaddylex]

I wonder if you might get additional info on Nancy Dubois Rose by sending an e-mail to the Sandpoint ID PD. Probably not, but it might be worth a try.

BTW, you left out the link to her NamUs page.
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/2152/56

ETA: I left a message with Eloise Skinner, who is listed as a contact in NamUs.

Thanks Carl, you're the man! I hate making phone calls! Thanks for adding Nancy's Namus Link.

 

[chaddylex]

The Idaho Missing Persons clearinghouse lists the contact as Bonner County Sheriff's office @ (208)263-8417. (Nancy's entry). There's also Eloise M. Skinner, the Clearinghouse Manager, at [email protected].

The clearinghouse listing doesn't have much more information except an indication Nancy Rose also uses the name Nancy Morton. Her date of birth is 1950, last seen in 1980, which would make her just a little older than the top age for our UID.

I did see that Nancy was a little older than what the UID is listed as. When I looked at the side preview picture of the UID, I kind of thought she looked a little older than early 20's.. JMO

 

[carbuff]

I did see that Nancy was a little older than what the UID is listed as. When I looked at the side preview picture of the UID, I kind of thought she looked a little older than early 20's.. JMO

It's only a couple of years difference, so not enough to eliminate her just on that basis. Wish they had a picture, though.

 

[chaddylex]

I know... a picture would probably be a easy ruleout!

 

[CarlK90245]

Eloise Skinner called me back and said that I would have to contact the Bonner County Sheriff's office @ 208-263-8417.

I am heading out right now though, so I can't make that call today.

 

[chaddylex]

Eloise Skinner called me back and said that I would have to contact the Bonner County Sheriff's office @ 208-263-8417.

I am heading out right now though, so I can't make that call today.

If she would have given you an email address, I would have emailed her... I am too chicken to call. Thanks and if you don't want to call I guess I can. Either later on this evening or tomorrow...

 

[CarlK90245]

I left a voicemail message with Gary Johnson of the Bonner County Sheriff's Office, asking him if there is any additional information on the circumstances of Nancy Rose's disappearance, or any photos of Nancy that they could make available.

 

[tamar]

wanted to add this one:

 

[chaddylex]

I left a voicemail message with Gary Johnson of the Bonner County Sheriff's Office, asking him if there is any additional information on the circumstances of Nancy Rose's disappearance, or any photos of Nancy that they could make available.

Thanks for making the call. I took a 1/2 day of work so I could take my son to the doctor to see if he had strep throat...

Hopefully you will get a call back.

 

[tatertot]

I contacted a man who runs a Facebook page for Sandpoint High School's class of 1968, thinking if Nancy Dubois Rose/Morton was 30 in 1980, she likely would have attended around the same time as his class. He directed me to the class secretary, who said both she and her husband have been residents of Sandpoint since grade school but don't recognize anyone by those names. (I didn't refer to Websleuths in the message.)

I was hoping we could at least get an old yearbook photo of her, but she must have come to the area after high school, if she even was a resident at the time of her disappearance. I cannot find anything about the disappearance in the local newspapers on Google News Archive Search.

 

[tatertot]

The class secretary sent me another message from another Sandpoint graduate who later became sheriff:

"The only familiar person I can think of was Nancy Rose Martin, who drowned in upper Pack river that spring. I don't recall where she was from but she was never recovered. The Sheriff's office still has her file open and any covered human remains are checked against it. The huge hole where she went down, from a tipped over canoe, was 22 feet deep at that time. I worked on it at least once a week all summer. The hole filled with sand again by the time the water was low enough and slow enough for divers to work. Today the channel has changed and the river passes by about a hundred feet away from there. There is no question to the validity of the accident."

Very sad, and while she is highly unlikely to be BG, I'll keep looking for articles on NRM since her last name is different from what is listed on NamUs. It's good to know that she is still being compared against any UIDs in the river.

 

[chaddylex]

The class secretary sent me another message from another Sandpoint graduate who later became sheriff:

"The only familiar person I can think of was Nancy Rose Martin, who drowned in upper Pack river that spring. I don't recall where she was from but she was never recovered. The Sheriff's office still has her file open and any covered human remains are checked against it. The huge hole where she went down, from a tipped over canoe, was 22 feet deep at that time. I worked on it at least once a week all summer. The hole filled with sand again by the time the water was low enough and slow enough for divers to work. Today the channel has changed and the river passes by about a hundred feet away from there. There is no question to the validity of the accident."

Very sad, and while she is highly unlikely to be BG, I'll keep looking for articles on NRM since her last name is different from what is listed on NamUs. It's good to know that she is still being compared against any UIDs in the river.

You got to wonder if the girl the Sheriff is talking about and the Nancy in NamUS is the same person... How many Nancy Rose's go missing from the same town?

Thanks tatertot for contacting them on Facebook!!

 

[CarlK90245]

You got to wonder if the girl the Sheriff is talking about and the Nancy in NamUS is the same person... How many Nancy Rose's go missing from the same town?

Thanks tatertot for contacting them on Facebook!!

Looking back at the Nancy Rose's NamUs file, it says her Nickname/Alias is Nancy Dubois Morton, It's off by two vowels, but obviously the same person.