OR OR - Linn Co, Hwy 20, GRAPHIC, WhtFem 18-99, UP7776, Partial skeletal, Apr'78

[John/Jane Doe]

Ginny Erickson seems like a very good possibility for this Jane Doe.

1940DFOR - Virginia Erickson

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Virginia Ackley Erickson – The Charley Project

 

[Melt71]

According to Doe Network the upper jaw (maxilla) of UFOR865 was not located. The photo of Snow Creek Jane Doe on oregonlive.com clearly shows both the upper jaw/maxilla and lower jaw/mandible present, ie a complete cranium.

Are there two cases or is the information on Doe Network wrong?

I was wondering the same thing... ETA: The way it reads, maybe it means the records for the upper jaw can not be located?

@Dr. Nici Vance is there any possibility the presence of /lack of jaw could be clarified?

 

[heartanium]

28 April 1978, The Albany Democrat-Herald, pg 3

29 April 1978, The Albany Democrat Herlad, pg 3

4 May 1978, The Albany Democrat-Herlad, pg 2

This one's cut off unfortunately

19 July 1978, The Albany Democrat-Herlad, pg 3

 

[theshadow45]

Snow Creek Jane Doe has been unidentified for 45 years today.

 

[HmmMysterious]

I really hope the skull wasn't cremated or lost. Genetic genealogy is probably the only way to identify this woman.

 

[theshadow45]

Snow Creek Jane Doe has been unidentified for 46 years today.

 

[carbuff]

One exclusion:

MP7780 Rita Jolly The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Last seen 06/29/1973
Clackamas OR

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Rita Jolly is still the only exclusion.

 

[theshadow45]

Snow Creek Jane Doe has been unidentified for 47 years today.

 

[Susikatze]

Long shot, but maybe Patricia Otto? I know, she is suspected to be another JD but timeline fits and the skull features and dentition (if you imagine the teeth that fell out postmortem) would also fit well.

 

[The4TierBridge]

Long shot, but maybe Patricia Otto? I know, she is suspected to be another JD but timeline fits and the skull features and dentition (if you imagine the teeth that fell out postmortem) would also fit well.

She doesn't have dental charts available though, right? That's why she can't be compared to the Finley Creek one.

 

[Susikatze]

She doesn't have dental charts available though, right? That's why she can't be compared to the Finley Creek one.

PO has dentals available that are derived from an old x ray of her

 

[The4TierBridge]

This new article about the identification of Swamp Mountain Jane Doe says that a forensic physician at the medical examiner's office possibly threw this woman's bones in the trash after he decided the case was impossible to solve, but that the sheriff's office hasn't been able to confirm this with 100% certainty and is still looking for her remains in their evidence storage. That would explain the lack of details some people were discussing earlier.

Highway 20 cold case solved: DNA identifies ‘Swamp Mountain Doe’ as missing woman from mid-70s

Now, five decades later, the woman long known by investigators as Swamp Mountain Doe has a name: Marion Vinetta Nagle McWhorter.

www.oregonlive.com