OR OR - Multnomah Co., UncFem, 20 - 80, UP14698, Nov'87

[SimsGuy67]

Apologies if this case has a thread. I couldn't find it.

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Case Numbers​

NCMEC Number --
ME/C Case Number 78-9991

Demographics​

Biological Sex Female
Race / Ethnicity Uncertain
Possible First Name --
Possible Middle Name --
Possible Last Name--
Nickname/Alias--
Estimated Age Group Adult
Estimated Age Range (Years) 20-80
Estimated Year of Death --
Estimated PMI --
Height Cannot Estimate
Weight Cannot Estimate

Circumstances​

TypeUnidentified Deceased
Date Body Found November 6, 1987
NamUs Case Created January 25, 2016
ME/C QA Reviewed --

Location Found Map​

Location Oregon
County Multnomah County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped) --
Found On Tribal Land --
Circumstances of Recovery Skull and mandible of an adult female discovered.

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Details of Recovery​

Inventory of Remains
Torso not recovered
One or more limbs not recovered
One or both hands not recovered
Condition of Remains
Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

Physical Description​

Hair Color Unknown
Head Hair Description --
Body Hair Description --
Facial Hair Description --
Left Eye Color Unknown
Right Eye Color Unknown
Eye Description --

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Distinctive Physical Features​

No Known Information

Clothing and Accessories​

No Information Entered​

I've suggested this woman could be the skull of a possible Green River victim, found or not. No rule-outs are posted.

 

[SimsGuy67]

I looked through the Green River missing persons list for any women matching the age and found five possibilities:

Louise Marie Sanders

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Patricia Anne Osborn

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Linda Louise Jackson

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Keli Kay McGinness

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Tonya Lee Clemmons

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These are all the suspected victims I could find from the 80s who were adults. Louise and Tonya match best, given they're the only ones in the age range, while the rest are slightly younger.

 

[theshadow45]

Following.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Rosie Mae Pilcher?

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[SimsGuy67]

It's very possible that this woman could be in NamUs as a missing person, but the scarcity of this case means this woman could be anyone.

 

[theshadow45]

Multnomah County Jane Doe has been unidentified for 37 years today.

 

[iulia]

I'm not sure when this changed but her NamUs profile now says her date of recovery is November 6, 1978.

 

[Caring1]

I'm not sure when this changed but her NamUs profile now says her date of recovery is November 6, 1978.

That’s a pretty critical transposition. Big difference, 9 years.

 

[SimsGuy67]

I'm not sure when this changed but her NamUs profile now says her date of recovery is November 6, 1978.

I believe the new date is correct, as the case number is 78-9991, which makes a lot more sense with this new date. I assume it was an error from whoever put the case in NamUs.

However, I still couldn't find any newspaper records of a skull found in Oregon in November 1978, so still no luck. At the very least, it narrows down the number of women this could be. After looking through NamUs, I've decided to list thirteen possibilities here.

Floy Benett:

Floy Jean Bennett – The Charley Project

Roxanne Sims:

Roxanne Marie Sims – The Charley Project

Cherril Miller:

Cherril Sue Miller – The Charley Project

Lynne Brown: (While Lynne is a likely fugitive, fugitives dying and remaining unidentified because they were hiding their identity isn't unheard of, and she's likely in NamUs and the Doe Network for this reason)

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=5104DFOR

Barbara Bryson:

Barbara Ann Bryson – The Charley Project

Deborah Tomlinson:

Deborah Lee Tomlinson – The Charley Project

Virginia Erickson:

Virginia Ackley Erickson – The Charley Project

Kim Charleson:

Kim Charleson – The Charley Project

Vicki Hollar:

Vicki Lynn Hollar – The Charley Project

Suzanne Justis:

Suzanne Rae Justis – The Charley Project

Rita Jolly:

Rita Lorraine Jolly – The Charley Project

Cindy King

Cindy Irene King – The Charley Project

Benita Chamberlin

Benita Gay Chamberlin – The Charley Project