TX TX - Wise Co, UnkFem 13-35, UP4028, buried skeletal, PMI 5-15 yrs, blk hair, Jun'89

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Female, Uncertain
Date Found: June 9, 1989
Location Found: Wise County, Texas
Estimated Age Range: 13-35 Years

Case Information

Case Numbers
NCMEC Number: --
ME/C Case Number: 890025

Demographics
Sex: Female
Race / Ethnicity: Uncertain
Possible First Name: --
Possible Middle Name: --
Possible Last Name: --
Possible Nickname: --

Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range (Years): 13-35
Estimated Year of Death: 1975-1985
Estimated PMI: 5 Years

Height: 5' 2"(62 inches) , Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate

Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Found: June 9, 1989
NamUs Case Created: October 15, 2008
ME/C QA Reviewed: --

Location Found Map
General Location: -- Texas
County: Wise County
GPS Coordinates: --

Circumstances of Recovery:
REMAINS BURIED A MINIMUM 0F 5-6 YEARS

Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

Physical Description
Hair Color: Black
Head Hair Description: Black
Body Hair Description: --
Facial Hair Description: --

Left Eye Color: Unknown or Missing
Right Eye Color: Unknown or Missing
Eye Description: Unknown

Distinctive Physical Features
No Information Entered

Clothing and Accessories
No Information Entered


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I came across this Jane Doe when she was suggested as a possible match to Dorothy Richardson in the latter's thread. Same post says Jane Doe has DNA available, and dentals would be entered later (the post was from 2017, so it's not unlikely dentals are already in).

 

[RookieInvestigator]

MP8651
Sharon Zelinski McCully
White / Caucasian
Last Contact: December 11, 1984
Missing From: Austin, Texas
Hair: Brown

**The hair color looks dark to me, but the UIDs profile says her hair was black...So I'm not to sure...

 

[Melt71]

No manual ruleout listed against this UID in Sharon McCully's file (above post).

Maybe Shonna Danette Wesley (middle name as Danette in Namus, Dannette in Charley Project)? She was 16yo and went missing in TX in May 1981? 3828DFTX - Shonna Danette Wesley (doenetwork.org) and www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/27571?nav and Wise County is only a 1 hour drive from her missing location - Dallas. No ruleout against this case is listed in Shonna's Namus file, though she has been compared to quite a few others.

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[cheemsg]

Found a couple articles about it, she's actually believed to be black.
Article clipped from Fort Worth Star-Telegram

 

[theshadow45]

Following.

 

[theshadow45]

The 35th anniversary of Wise County Jane Doe’s discovery passed recently.

 

[kenndrao]

Was jane doe pregnant??

 

[theshadow45]

Wise County Jane Doe has been unidentified for 36 years today.

 

[snooptroop88]

Wondering if that might be Sharon Baldeagle, abducted from South Dakota in September 1984. On September 18 12 yo Sharon and a friend were hitchhiking near Casper, WY. They were picked up by Royal Russell Long and taken to his home in Evansville, WY. Long tied the girls up at gunpoint. The friend was able to escape and went for help, but in the meantime, Long was able to flee, he was later arrested in Albuquerque, NM. Sharon wasn’t with him and denied knowing her whereabouts. Long pleaded guilty to kidnapping and was sentenced to two life terms, now dead. Sharon's never been seen again.

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So he'd have been in Albuquerque when LE caught up with him. He'd fled from WY about the 19th of September, and he was apprehended in Albuquerque on Sept 26th, giving him a full week. It's 10 hours from Evansville WY to Albuquerque. It's about 8 1/2 hours from Albuquerque to Wise County.

I think that's quite possible. Checking for Sharon Baldeagle exclusions. Not seeing anything, maybe I just didn't check in the right places. If she's not already excluded, that possibly could be her, jmo. The suspect in the case was a carnival/fair worker who did rodeos. Texas has plenty of them. Found article on Long that notes he'd been at one point in Corpus Christi:

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www.oklahoman.com

And seeing this at Doe Network: Long was arrested a week later in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He maintained he drove Sharon to Cheyenne and found her another ride to Texas. He denied knowing her whereabouts. He died in prison in 1993 and never changed his story about what happened to Sharon.

167DFSD - Sharon Baldeagle

www.doenetwork.org