TX TX-Dallas, BlkFem, 35-50, UP104544, Found in vacant field, Oct '87

[phantomstrider]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)​

Date Body Found October 23, 1987​

Location Found Dallas, Texas​

Estimated Age Range 35-50 years​

Sex Female​

Race/Ethnicity Black/African American​

Estimated Age Group Adult- Pre 50​

Height 5'5"-5'6" (65-66 inches), Estimated​

Weight 120-140 lbs, Estimated​

Location Dallas, Texas 75241​

County Dallas County​

Found On Tribal Land No​

Circumstances of Recovery Skeletonized body discovered in a vacant field.​

Condition of Remains Not recognizable- Near complete or complete skeleton​

Hair Color Black​

Head Hair Description black, kinky hair​

Eye Color Unknown​

Clothing Orange sleeveless "Sasson: sundress size 10/11 with a high elasticized waist immediately under the bust line, no sash or belt but loops for one. White bra torn in front, brand "Vassarette", size 34D.​

 

[HopeRains]

Public Exclusions on Namus:

 

[wdmcmahan]

Myrtle Ann Hudson? Height is off by a bit…

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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[wdmcmahan]

Shonna Danette Wesley
Height matches

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

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[wdmcmahan]

Sheila Cooks missing from Austin

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

 

[wdmcmahan]

I’d like opinions on the 3 mp’s I posted. Myrtle’s height is off by a few inches, but the uid is skeletonized.

These are the only three that made sense within the search parameters I used in Namus, but I only searched within Texas.

I wonder how close the body was found to major highways or interstates…

 

[DS2021]

How far away is this from the killing fields?

 

[wdmcmahan]

How far away is this from the killing fields?

It’s hard to know, since it just states the skeletonized remains were found in a vacant field. There is a zip code listed, however. I’m going to look that up.

I wonder who the vacant field belonged to and who found the remains. Were the remains hidden or dumped in plain sight?

 

[wdmcmahan]

Here is a map of the zip code 75241. It is very developed today, I wonder what it was like in the 80s.
I-45 and I-20 both run through this area.

 

[wdmcmahan]

How far away is this from the killing fields?

Looks like the killing fields were near League City, 25 miles SE of Houston, so not near where this UID was found.

 

[DS2021]

Here is a map of the zip code 75241. It is very developed today, I wonder what it was like in the 80s.
I-45 and I-20 both run through this area.

Sounds like this is a killing fields case to me personally. I wish we had more info and a sketch

 

[wdmcmahan]

The killing fields (League City) and zip code 75241 are about 250 miles apart when I entered them on Google maps. However, I-45 does go straight through both…

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I’d like opinions on the 3 mp’s I posted.

JMO: I think the height difference is too big for Myrtle, making a match improbable (but not impossible). However the date/age/state are close enough matches.

I think the other 2 ladies are too young.

We should look at women missing from other states. It's sad that there are no exclusions, and I wonder if this Jane-Doe has identifiers available, especially DNA.