Identified! PA - Fort Indiantown Gap, WhtFem 12-20, 609UFPA, extensive dental work, covered w/ plastic, Oct'73 Ruth Elizabeth Brenneman

[SleutherGirl]

So she was found 50 miles away, shortly after she disappeared? This case was so solvable. SMH.

RIP to Miss Brenneman.

 

[HmmMysterious]

I'm so glad Ruth has her name back. But it makes me sad that she was simply on her way to school when a monster took her life. It's mind-blowing that Ruth was found so close to home. Police should have treated her disappearance as an emergency back in 1973.

 

[Richrd]

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IDENTIFIED - PA - Found October 1973 - Lebanon County *** Ruth Elizabeth Brennaman, 14 ***

26 November 1958 :: 10 October 1973
Only 14 Years, 10 Months​

ABC-27:

https://www.abc27.com/local-news/young-female-found-dead-in-lebanon-county-cold-case-to-be-identified/

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[Alleykins]

So she was found 50 miles away, shortly after she disappeared? This case was so solvable. SMH.

RIP to Miss Brenneman.

Agreed.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Remains found in Pennsylvania in 1973 are identified as a missing 14-year-old

State police said genetic genealogy helped determine the identity of the decomposed body that was discovered near Fort Indiantown Gap.

whyy.org

 

[CCJD]

Using 2 strands of rootless hair collected after exhumation, Astrea Forensics successfully sequenced the genome and delivered a SNP profile to Pennsylvania State Police investigators.

Ruth Brenneman's remains ID'd after 51 years — Astrea Forensics

Pennsylvania State Police identify remains of 14-year-old Ruth Elizabeth Brenneman, found in 1973 near Fort Indiantown Gap, through advanced DNA sequencing of rootless hair and genetic genealogy.

www.astreaforensics.com

 

[CCJD]

So she was found 50 miles away, shortly after she disappeared? This case was so solvable. SMH.

RIP to Miss Brenneman.

"Investigators are still trying to figure out if Ruth was reported missing at the time."

Police reveal identity of young girl whose remains were found in 1973

Up until now, the girl was only known to investigators as Jane Doe.

www.fox43.com

 

[Alleykins]

"Investigators are still trying to figure out if Ruth was reported missing at the time."

Police reveal identity of young girl whose remains were found in 1973

Up until now, the girl was only known to investigators as Jane Doe.

www.fox43.com

I caught that during the press conference. They stated they were looking into it, searching their cases files and old newspaper articles (paraphrased). I truly can't fathom not reporting a 14 yo missing.

 

[Deleted member 306806]

I caught that during the press conference. They stated they were looking into it, searching their cases files and old newspaper articles (paraphrased). I truly can't fathom not reporting a 14 yo missing.

Some agencies wouldn't take reports before a certain timeframe, would consider a minor as a runaway. Etc.

 

[Warwick1991]

Some agencies wouldn't take reports before a certain timeframe, would consider a minor as a runaway. Etc.

It could also indicate family involvement if no report was made.

 

[HmmMysterious]

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Ruth's family tried to report her missing only for police to dismiss her as a runaway.

How are we feeling about Ruth's facial reconstructions? I think the NCMEC one does resemble her slightly.

 

[SleutherGirl]

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Ruth's family tried to report her missing only for police to dismiss her as a runaway.

How are we feeling about Ruth's facial reconstructions? I think the NCMEC one does resemble her slightly.

It's interesting because on the one hand, it doesn't look much like her, and yet, the bone structure is spot on.

 

[SimsGuy67]

"Investigators are still trying to figure out if Ruth was reported missing at the time."

Police reveal identity of young girl whose remains were found in 1973

Up until now, the girl was only known to investigators as Jane Doe.

www.fox43.com

I looked through all the newspapers I can and there's no evidence of her disappearance. If she was reported missing, I feel LE at the time would've just assumed she was a runaway and threw the file into a locker, assuming she'd come home. If she wasn't reported missing, it'd shock me. How could you not report your 14-year-old relative missing after she left home for school and never came back?

Either way, rest in peace, Ruth.

 

[strawberry]

So she was found 50 miles away, shortly after she disappeared? This case was so solvable. SMH.

RIP to Miss Brenneman.

My thoughts exactly!! The 70s were such a different time. Missing teens often written off as runaways

 

[Bit of hope]

Poor girl. 51 years without a name. RIP Miss Brenneman. May LE find out who did this to her.

 

[Trino]

Lord help me to deciper this info from CNN. Her body was found under a tarp in the woods, she's 14 yrs old, and didn't return from schhol. And there is suspicion if it was homicide? What?

"Two game wardens discovered the decomposed remains under a plastic tarp and brush in a wooded area in Union Township on October 10, 1973."

"While there was “some level of suspicion” to her death, whether it was a homicide, is still pending through the coroner’s office, Pennsylvania State Police Sgt. Josh Lacey said Thursday."

 

[Deleted member 306806]

Lord help me to deciper this info from CNN. Her body was found under a tarp in the woods, and there is suspicion if it was homicide? What?

"Two game wardens discovered the decomposed remains under a plastic tarp and brush in a wooded area in Union Township on October 10, 1973."

"While there was “some level of suspicion” to her death, whether it was a homicide, is still pending through the coroner’s office, Pennsylvania State Police Sgt. Josh Lacey said Thursday."

Homicide as opposed to accidental death and then hiding the body. Overdose is probably the most common accidental death in a case like that.

 

[Trino]

Homicide as opposed to accidental death and then hiding the body. Overdose is probably the most common accidental death in a case like that

 

[Trino]

Her death was 1973. Doubtful middle school kids were yet into serious drug availability and overdoses. Not so easy to get much more than weed back then unless you had $$$ and connections. Let's recall too that she disappeared while returning from school. Wonder what the school admin and her friends had to say back then - guess that will remain an unknown. And who covered her with a tarp? How did she get deep into the woods coming home from school? Wouldn't you think someone would have, at least, buried her?

 

[CCJD]

Let's recall too that she disappeared while returning from school.

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She was last seen by her family at the beginning of the 1973 school year when she left for school one day and never returned home.
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Police reveal identity of young girl whose remains were found in 1973

Up until now, the girl was only known to investigators as Jane Doe.

www.fox43.com