RI RI - Barrington, WhtFem 20-40, UP12660, early nutritional stress, May'98

[Romulus]

NamUs UP Case 12660

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/12660?page=case_information

Unidentified White female
* Found May 5, 1998 in Bristol County, RI
* Estimated Year of Death: 2 years

Vital Statistics
* Estimated age: 25-40 years old
* Approximate Height: 60' estimate
* Distinguishing Characteristics: Skeletal findings: Periods of starvation/nutritional stress occurring between ages 1-1/2 and 4 yrs.
* Dentals: Dental information / charting is available and entered
* Clothing/Jewelry: nothing
* DNA: sample available - not yet submitted


Case History: Questionable if bone came from this area since dirt, and gravel were brought from another site which itself came from somewhere else. Secondary burial. Possibly an anatomic specimen, possible from burial or dragged by animal.

 

[Tony1902]

Will they do isotopes? One hopes.

Not that it's likely, but having known friends of my deaceased Mom who gave their remains over for medical research, I would assume, within HIPPA guidelines, that there's no way to ascertain who was used for research post-mortem? But they'd be in a body farm, one would suppose? Not in one of my closets?

 

[Romulus]

Nothing profile compatible on Namus with word nutritional stress; this is hard to resolve.

 

[cvaldez1975]

I recall one where they suspected starvation.

 

[Romulus]

I recall one where they suspected starvation.

What case?

 

[cvaldez1975]

Not sure. Sometimes I get confused between things I saw here and doe. I do recall a woman found that they think may have starved and may have been special needs.

What case?

 

[EmmaliLucia]

But she was starved when she was a toddler, we don't know if she starved to death.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

But she was starved when she was a toddler, we don't know if she starved to death.

We can't be certain that she was starved as a toddler.

Nutritional stress is defined as "the stress of inadequate nutrition of total nutrients" in http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/nutritional+stress.

It could mean other things, such as a diet lacking in specific minerals, or being weaned onto a vegan diet. It might mean that her parents were not capable of looking after her properly, for example if they both had learning disabilities or problems with drink or drugs or had really cranky ideas about nutrition or diet, or the family had simply gone through a period of extreme poverty. It might also mean a young single mother without adequate support weaning her kid without anyone to teach her how to feed her properly.

What's interesting is that sometime around the age of 4 her situation seems to have changed. Perhaps she was taken into care or her parents split up, for instance.

 

[Romulus]

Only April Pennington ruled out! Bump for this case!

 

[Melt71]

No updates to this Namus case since late 2018. www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/12660?nav

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP12660 Female, White / Caucasian
Date Body Found May 5, 1998
Location Found Barrington, Rhode Island
Estimated Age Range 20-40 Years
Case Numbers
ME/C Case Number 1744-98
Demographics
Sex Female
Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian
Estimated Age GroupAdult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range (Years)20-40
Estimated Year of Death--
Estimated PMI 2 Years
Height 5' 0"(60 inches) , Estimated
Weight Cannot Estimate
Location Found Map
Location Barrington, Rhode Island
County Bristol County
Circumstances of Recovery Questionable if bone came from this area since dirt, and gravel were brought from another site which itself came from somewhere else. Secondary burial. Possibly an anatomic specimen, possible from burial or dragged by animal.
Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains
Head not recovered
Torso not recovered
One or more limbs not recovered
One or both hands not recovered
Condition of Remains Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

 

[Melt71]

Looking further than RI and CT (border is very close to Barrington), MA is also not far.

Melissa Fadden missing from Lowell MA in March 1997 (14 mo before these remains were found), so PMI is a bit short and she is younger than the age estimate though I note no skull/dentals were found www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/4663?nav

Robin Veudreuil missing from Worcester MA (a 1-hour drive from Barrington) since April 1995 and fits the height estimate. Has a history of hitchhiking with long-distance truckers but was reported by her family to "possibly' be headed in the other direction. www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/9869?nav

 

[YaYa_521]

Only April Pennington ruled out! Bump for this case!

She's still the only exclusion.
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/12660/details?page=case_information

 

[BrownBear]

April Pennington is still the only exclusion.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)