VA VA - Zuni, WhtFem 50-55, UP136606, passenger in MVA, Jul'49

[Romulus]

Unidentified Person/NamUs #UP136606
Female, White/Caucasian
Date Body Found: July 10, 1949
Location Found: Zuni, Virginia
Estimated Age Range: 50-55 Years
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 60
Estimated Age Range (Years): 50-55
Estimated Year of Death--
Estimated PMI: 15 Minutes
Height: Cannot Estimate
Weight: Cannot Estimate

Location: Zuni, Virginia
County: Southampton County

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Circumstances of Recovery: Passenger of a tractor trailer involved in a motor vehicle accident.

 

[DS2021]

This article claims she was a hitchiker picked up in petersburg, about 40 miles from Zuni

This article estimates she was between the ages of 18 and 25.

Im not seeing any strong potentials in namus

Zuni Jane Doe

Clipping found in The Virginian-Pilot published in Norfolk, Virginia on 7/12/1949. Zuni Jane Doe

www.newspapers.com

 

[victoriarobinson642]

This article claims she was a hitchiker picked up in petersburg, about 40 miles from Zuni

This article estimates she was between the ages of 18 and 25.

Im not seeing any strong potentials in namus

Zuni Jane Doe

Clipping found in The Virginian-Pilot published in Norfolk, Virginia on 7/12/1949. Zuni Jane Doe

www.newspapers.com

I'm no anthropologist but I feel like there's a pretty big difference between young adult vs middle aged.

 

[Catlady_Ellen]

I’ve read as many newsarticles as I could find. She was a hitchhiker going to Norfolk and was picked up by a 23-year old trucker at the intersection of Route 301 and 460. He picked her up at around 3:30am and they had a short conversation but she fell asleep before he learned her name or what she was going to do in Norfolk. Unfortunately the trucker fell asleep while he was driving and rear-ended a car, the truck flipped over and caught on fire. He made it out, she didn’t, though he tried to go back and save her.

While Namus estimates her as 50 - 55, the medical examiner estimated her to be 18 - 25 (as mentioned earlier by someone else), and the trucker said she seemed to be 30 - 35. The newspapers also give a physical description:

Race: White
Hair: Brown
Height: 5 ft 2 in
Age: early 30’s?
Clothes: White blouse and black skirt
Other: she seemed to have a problem with her right leg, she walked as if it was stiff at the joint. She said it was due to a broken leg. She had a small frame

I hope she gets identified, despite the case being 76 years old there might still be living people who knew her and wonder where she went