Identified! WA - Union Gap, NtvAmFem 26-40, 918UFWA, found on Tribal Land, clothes, "bowling-type" shoes, Feb 1988 (Rosia Evers aka Rosa Everts)

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After 37 Years, Washington's Parker Doe (1988) is Identified

Yakima County Sheriff's Office Teams with Othram to Identify a 1988 Homicide Victim

dnasolves.com

''"Othram scientists successfully developed a DNA extract from the provided evidence and then used Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing® to build a comprehensive DNA profile for the woman. Othram's in-house forensic genetic genealogy team used the profile in a genetic genealogy to begin to develop new investigative leads.

In the course of the wider investigation, detectives re-considered people who went missing during that era and were led to potential relatives of the woman. Reference DNA samples were collected from a relative and compared to the DNA profile of the unidentified woman. This investigation led to the positive identification of the woman, who is now known to be 31-year-old Rosa Elia Vargas Jimenez Everts from Toppenish, Washington. She was reported missing to the Toppenish Police in August of 1987.

On August 6th, 1987, Rosa Everts (AKA: Rosia Evers) was reported missing by a former roommate. The roommate hadn't seen her since December 1986 and believed she had returned to California until being told by a family member that Everts was not in California and had not been in communication with family. Over the years that followed, multiple officers and detectives worked on solving the disappearance of Rosa Everts. A missing person case was entered into NamUs as MP75229 with the name "Rosia Evers" in November of 2020. Several possibilities were investigated, including that Everts' disappearance could be related to the "Parker Doe" unidentified human remains case; however, there was no conclusive evidence at that time.

The investigation into the homicide of Rosa Everts continues and anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to contact the Yakima County Sheriff's Office cold case unit at (509) 833-2240.

Critical funding to enable forensic genetic genealogy testing in this case was made possible by Governor Bob Ferguson, Attorney General Nick Brown, and the Washington State Legislature. We are so grateful for their support in providing this funding.''

 

[musicaljoke]

Was she found just 32 miles away from where she was reported missing? How could she not have been identified long ago?

 

[kforbes862]

There are so many cases like this one, where the person matched to the uid had been reported missing relatively close by to where the uid had been found. It does make me wonder how the matches were not made at the time. In this case, it looks like the uid was at least on the radar as being her in this case.

 

[dotr]

Jan 3, 2026 lengthy article.

How investigators put a name to a long-unsolved case in the Yakima Valley

"It feels like just yesterday that she left us, and the pain of her absence is still very real," Rosa Everts' younger sister, Cecilia Lopez Jiménez said.

www.yakimaherald.com

The area where "Parker Doe" was found near Parker Bridge Road Friday, July 16, 2021 near Wapato, Wash. Her body was found on the right side of the dirt road pictured in February 1988.
Evan Abell / Yakima Herald-Republic
''Rosa Everts is radiant in a family photo provided by the Yakima County Sheriff's Office. She's wearing a sleeveless blue dress, holding a black purse under her left arm and looking directly at the camera with a smile.

"Many people would tell her she looked like someone destined for the screen, and she dreamed of being on television one day," her younger sister, Cecilia Lopez Jiménez, wrote in an email. "Life didn’t give her the opportunities she deserved, but her dreams were always alive in her heart."

 

[Vern]

Has this one been ruled out?
WA - WA - Rosia Evers, 30, Toppenish, Dec 10, 1986

Just wanted to quote your post so that you know this individual has indeed been identified as Rosia.

May she see her justice served.