Identified! OR - Sweet Home - 'Swamp Mountain Doe' - Am Ind/Native/WhtFem 18-40 - UP7765 - Jul'76 Marion McWhorter

[MadMcGoo]

Re: Eileen Francis Hynson

We received a response from law enforcement concerning this match:

RULED OUT: Oregon State Police From LE: "This is an unlikely match, as both the MP and UP have DNA uploaded into the national DNA database. However, we cannot exclude the MP officially because only the biological brother has been tested; we've been told by the University of North Texas not to add exclusions if only one relative is in the database. So, it's possible but unlikely."

Best,
Mary Bell
Doe Network

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Swamp Mountain Jane Doe has not been identified for 45 years.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The identity of a woman who was found dead in Linn County nearly 46 years ago remains a mystery. Tribal police in Warm Springs are hoping someone can help figure out who she is.
Warm Springs Tribal Police Department said Thursday it is trying to assist the Oregon State Forensic Anthropologist in identifying the woman. Genetic testing found she had both Native American and Northern European ancestry.
Her skeletal remains were found by a moss hunter on July 24, 1976. But according to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), she could have died anytime between 1966 and 1976.

The remains were found about five miles northwest of Cascadia, according to a map on NamUs.

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The NamUs database says she was somewhere between 18 and 40 years old with an estimated height of 5 feet tall. She was believed to have brown hair. DNA testing determined with a high potential for accuracy that her eyes were brown or hazel.
A yellow and tan leather strip with two metal rings about 2 inches in diameter was found near her body. There was also a black and white decorative strip with seed beads designed to look like two birds and two diamond shapes that may have been attached to the leather strip.

This beaded item was found with the body of a female found in Linn County in 1976. (Credit: Warm Springs Tribal Police Department).

A platform-style sandal with an approximately 2 inch heel and a single white strap with basket weave section attached to base was also found on the body.

The sandal was found on the body of a woman whose remains were found in Linn County, Oregon, in July 1976.

A leather coat with fringe and a pair of Levi’s blue jeans were found near the body.
Anyone who has even a guess of who this person is is asked to call Warm Springs Tribal Police at 541-553-2202 or respond on their Facebook post.

Warm Springs PD asks help identifying woman's body found 46 years ago

The identity of a woman who was found dead in Linn County nearly 46 years ago remains a mystery. Tribal police in Warm Springs are hoping someone can help figure

centraloregondaily.com

 

[theshadow45]

Swamp Mountain Jane Doe has been unidentified for 46 years today.

 

[Melt71]

Currently Rule-Outs as of 6/16/2021:
Denise Sheehy 07/07/1970 Queens NY
Lynda Hanley 11/04/1971 Providence RI
Karen Lee 05/26/1977 Washington OR
Vicki Hollar 08/20/1973 Lane OR
Georgann Hawkins 06/11/1974 King WA
Debra Pscholka 06/05/1971 Riverside CA
Niki Britten 07/16/1969 Linn OR
Virginia Erickson 10/21/1973 Linn OR
Rita Jolly 06/29/1973 Clackamas OR
Martha Morrison 09/01/1974 Multnomah OR
Suzanne Justis 11/05/1973 Multnomah OR
Madeline Babcock 06/30/1968 Los Angeles CA

MP30894 Cindy Moore May 23rd, 1985 Oakland MI

has been added to the ruleouts (although disappearing almost a decade later..).

Now 15 Ruleouts in Namus since the list was last posted here in September 2021. Newest additions are:

Janice Hannigan MP30849 3/1/1971 Yakima WA
Sherry Roach MP6579 6/8/1976 San Mateo CA

Plus Eileen Francis Hynson who is a likely ruleout according to Oregon State Police (via Doe Network) in post #201 above.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Thinking of Swamp Mountain Jane Doe.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Thinking of Swamp Mountain Jane Doe.

 

[subaw0067]

Could be Sonia Kay Redbird? I know the distance is far, but she was last seen sometime in 1975 traveling between Anadarko, OK and Dallas, TX. She was 19 years old and approximately 5'0". She was a member of the Kiowa tribe and the beadwork belt(?) does look like one a native american artisan would make.

 

[carbuff]

More links for Sonja:

Sonja Kay Redbird – The Charley Project

4369DFTX - Sonja Kay Redbird

TX - TX - Sonja Kay Redbird, 19, Dallas, 1975

NAMUS: https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/80933 --- Missing Age - 19 Years Current Age - 66 Years First Name - Sonja Middle Name - Kay Last Name - Redbird Nickname/Alias - Sonja or Sonya spelling of first name is not known Sex - Female Height - 5' 0" - 5' 4" (60 - 64 Inches) Weight -...

www.websleuths.com

She certainly could be a possibility. Namus indicates our Jane Doe could be mixed Native American. Distance isn't really a problem; Americans travel and move around a lot, and in the seventies it seems like everybody was on the road.

I wouldn't read too much into that belt/purse strap/whatever it was. Those beaded designs were very popular at the time.

 

[homecooked]

Hi there-

Is there a possibility this doe could be Roxanne Marie Sims (NamUs #MP13086)?

Side by side:

Sims:

• Age: 19 years old
• DLC: Sometime around 1977 (namus lists December 31, 1977 but that seems to be an approximation, could have disappeared earlier)
• Location: Portland, Oregon
• Height: 5’6
• Weight: 125lbs
• Hair: Light brown/Chestnut
• Eyes: Unknown
• Race: White
• Distinctive Physical Features: Horseshoe shaped scar to the right side of eye
• Clothing/Accessories: Often wore large, light brown “Afro” wig, a short, multi-patched faux fur jacket, and brown, wooden high-heel platform shoes

Doe:

• Age: 18-40 years old
• Date of Death: Between 1966 - 1976
• Location: Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon
• Body Discovered: July 24, 1976
• 5’0 (estimated)
• Weight: Unknown
• Hair: Brown
• Eyes: Brown/Hazel
• Race: White/Native American
• Clothing/Accessories: yellow/tan leather strip with two yellow metal rings (each measuring approximately 2 inches in diameter) -- black/white decorative strip composed of seed beads (background/base beads are black and two birds and two diamond shapes are created from the white beads) -- it appears the beaded section may have been attached to the leather strip, leather coat with fringe, levi blue denim jeans (29 inseam), white leather platform wooden sandal.

Doe and Sims have not been ruled out from each other's comparison lists. Sweet Home is approximately ~1:30-2 hours from Portland and is a straight shot down I-5 South. The faces look pretty similar to me as well. Unfortunately the height is the biggest thing off-putting me but the rest seem to match up pretty well.

 

[homecooked]

Media reports I could find for this Doe:

Clipped from The Oregon Statesman Journal, July 28, 1976, pg. 44

Clipped from The Oregon Statesman Journal, July 30, 1976, pg. 23

Clipped from The Albany Democrat-Herald, July 30, 1976, pg. 3

Clipped from The Corvallis Gazette-Times, August 3, 1976, pg. 15

Clipped from Greater Oregon Newspaper, August 4, 1976 pg 2

Clipped from The Capital Journal, August 6th, 1976, pg. 3

The mention of light brown hair, the suspected height, and the age range makes me suspect Roxanne a bit more.

 

[carbuff]

The detail about the shoes and jacket make me think Roxanne is a lot more likely than many of the other possibilities we've looked at.

 

[homecooked]

The detail about the shoes and jacket make me think Roxanne is a lot more likely than many of the other possibilities we've looked at.

Yeah, that's what got to me too. Even if we don't have a description of exactly what Roxanne was wearing, it sounds like the articles of clothing found with Doe would match her style

 

[homecooked]

Submitted Roxanne Sims as a possibility for this doe and Snow Creek Jane Doe (1978) via email to Dr. Vance at the Linn County Medical Examiner's Office.

 

[homecooked]

Roxanne Sims has been ruled out.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

@Caring1 Hey could you post the current NamUs exclusion list for Swamp Mountain Jane Doe?

 

[Caring1]

@Caring1 Hey could you post the current NamUs exclusion list for Swamp Mountain Jane Doe?

16 Missing Person Exclusions

 

[Caring1]

Teresa Kay Davis missing from Tacoma WA 11/1/73 is a possibility, although her height is listed at 5’6” and UID estimation is 5’0”.

She is not ruled out and I don’t see her mentioned previously.

Race / EthnicityAmerican Indian / Alaska Native

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

 

[Bit of hope]

16 Missing Person Exclusions

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I love the way this is presented. It's good to see the faces of all this missing girls to keep them remembered. Thank you.