Identified! PA - Stoneycreek, WhtFem 20-40, UP16596, burned in tractor trailer accident, Oct'87 - Linda Jean McClure

[ifindedout]

Linda McClure reminds me of Springhill Jane Doe who was also killed in a truck accident the year before in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, roughly an hour away.

Her thread:

PA - PA - Uniontown, WhtFem 30-45, UP16509, in big rig accident, cigs, keychain, clothes, jewelry, May'86

The article on this is subscription only, and the available info provides nothing as to vital stats. But there is a very clear postmortem of the victim. https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/16509?nav Police seek answers about woman's life, death POLICE SEEK ANSWERS ABOUT...

www.websleuths.com

 

[othram]

Well done, @othram ! Given the state of her remains, I really had doubts she'd be identified. You truly pulled off a miracle. Thank you!

Our pleasure! We don't want to leave any case behind!

 

[WingsOverTX]

Never reported missing? That's sad. So happy she has her name back. Thank you @othram

RIP, Linda.

 

[iamshadow21]

Sleep well, Linda.

 

[Bit of hope]

Amazing work! Thanks to all who made this possible. RIP Linda.

ps. I notified the mods that this Jane Doe is identified.

 

[chaddylex]

It makes me sad that she was never reported missing. I don't live too far from Somerset (40 minutes) and where she went missing from Indiana PA.

 

[MadMcGoo]

Rest peacefully now Linda.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Over the years, multiple attempts were made to identify her – including a DNA laboratory test in 2019 – “but it didn’t provide good enough results” to help investigators close the case, Snyder said.

But the emergence of genome-sequencing technology provided a breakthrough last year, he said. Genomes are DNA instructions found in human cells – their genetic information.

The sample was tested in August by Texas-based Othram Inc., a private forensics-focused laboratory that helps law enforcement officials across the U.S. solve cases, their website shows. Snyder said the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission paid for the test.

The results provided enough DNA details to link the woman to western Pennsylvania, he added.

Troopers: DNA identifies woman killed in 1987 Pa. Turnpike wreck

Advances in DNA testing allowed state troopers to solve a 35-year-old cold case – identifying a woman who died in a crash in 1987 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Somerset

www.moultrieobserver.com

@othram We are so proud of you!

 

[Friday Fan]

It makes me sad that she was never reported missing. I don't live too far from Somerset (40 minutes) and where she went missing from Indiana PA.

The distance from where she was from and where she died in the accident was only 35 miles....