Identified! SC - Coward, Fem UP61586, 20-35, skull found , 10 Oct 2019 *Nancy Ann Pritchard*

[JerseyGirl]

They were discovered by deer hunters on West Old Number 4 Highway just off Highway 52.

The possible remains appear to have been in the area for a while.

The remains are being processed and will be sent to Charleston for an autopsy and to help with the identification.

Deputies investigate possible human remains found in Florence County

Florence County Deputies investigating after possible human remains found by hunters

 

[Romulus]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

While preparing the property for hunting season, the skull was located at a tree line on a dirt access road. Further search revealed remaining skeleton and clothing. Ultimately, near complete skeleton was recovered.

 

[KatzEye]

How do I submit a person for comparison to NAMUS ? All I have are a couple of MSM articles. Do I just send an email with the info I have ? This will be the first time I have done this. Thank you to anyone who can advise.

 

[Melt71]

How do I submit a person for comparison to NAMUS ? All I have are a couple of MSM articles. Do I just send an email with the info I have ? This will be the first time I have done this. Thank you to anyone who can advise.

Click on the person's NAMUS link and there will be a NAMUS contact and perhaps law enforcement or medical examiner contacts listed there.

 

[Gardener1850]

Dec 31 2019

FLORENCE, S.C. — Investigators continue to work to identify the skeletal remains that were found in October off Old No. 4 Highway near U.S. 52 south of Florence. That work won’t stop until the remains have been identified.

Almost three months on, investigators know more than they did but not whose remains they are.

[...]

Based on the assessments, he said the remains are probably a Caucasian female, 4-foot-10 to 5-2 tall who was 35 to 50 years old.

And while that is more information than they had initially, von Lutcken emphasized that this is all “probably” and that Caucasian covers a broad range of ethnicities from Asian Indian to Hispanic and many ethnicities between.

“She had on shorts. We’re thinking she was placed there in the warmer months,” he said. “Based on skeletalization, the root growth, the bones, the debris, they’re saying she’s been there six months to three years.

“The area where she was found is an area that, I won’t say is traveled regularly, but is used. There were people there in the spring and never saw her there. With the heat and the humidity and all the environmental conditions you have to take into account, the insects, the predation, we’re going with the six month period as about right. Spring.”

“Anything we had local has been ruled out. Even the surrounding area, the Pee Dee area. Chesterfield has one missing, but this is female and theirs is male,” he said.

Read more: Florence County skeletal remains focus of ongoing investigation

BBM

 

[YaYa_521]

Imo, Nancy's physical descriptors, missing date (spring 2018) and location (2 1/2 hrs/car missing) all seem close to the UID's information. The suspicious circumstances surrounding her disappearance make me think these could be her remains.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Nancy Troche-Garcia – The Charley Project
NC - NC - Nancy Troche-Garcia, 28, Asheboro, 19 May 2018


Also, I found this tidbit of interesting info. Was this call to someone in S. Carolina? BBM

Asheboro Police puzzled by woman's disappearance

Court orders for Garcia’s bank and phone records were requested and police found that she had made a few calls after her disappearance, including calls to an out-of-state number.

 

[iulia]

Skeletal remains discovered in a field in Florence County have been identified as a missing 55-year-old woman, coroner Keith von Lutcken said Tuesday.
[...]
According to von Lutcken, the remains were identified as Nancy Ann Pritchard, of Florence.


Skeletal remains found in Florence County identified as missing woman, coroner says