WI WI - Vernon Co, WhtFem 50-65,261UFWI, severed hands, dentures, May'84

[Keiri]

Excuse my ignorance, but how do rule-outs occur? Via DNA?

Not necessarily. They might have dental records or fingerprint comparisons

 

[treehugger2023]

Thank you for the reply. Who makes the decision to rule someone out?

 

[Keiri]

Thank you for the reply. Who makes the decision to rule someone out?

I assume the ME in each case.

 

[Keiri]

I submitted this lady. The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) they look similar to me and despite it saying she has green eyes (westby has blue) when you restore the photo they could be seen as blue.

 

[Keiri]

Eight exclusions (Audrey Backeberg is listed twice).
Edrel Pierce, Jessie Hoover, and Joan Skaggs are new since exclusions were last posted in May.

One more exclusion today.
Norma Maynard is listed twice.
Ann Craig
Elizabeth Converse
Edrel Pierce
Jessie Hoover
Audrey Backeberg
Mary Vanglider
Marie Jost
Joan Scaggs
Edna Reynolds
Joan Risch

Edna & Ann I think are new. Edna's number is #MP11786, Ann's number is MP134416

 

[lightofmine99]

NamUs modified today; no new exclusions.

 

[kforbes862]

Keiri, did you ever hear anything on the match that you sent?

 

[Keiri]

I haven’t heard anything, I’ll check my notes later

 

[SarahSki]

Sorry if the format on this is weird I’m on mobile.

So I’m very new to all this stuff so this could be totally off. But I really see a resemblance between the Doe and Marjorie Joan Linehan who went missing from Sacramento in 1982. Their age ranges, eye and hair colors are the same, the noses are nearly identical, and their face shapes are pretty similar based on the reconstruction of her. The only photo we have of Marjorie is around 11 years before her disappearance and there is extremely little info about her case so it would be impossible to know any info about dentures/surgical scars.

As far as the 2 year gap between her disappearance and the doe being found, Marjorie’s NamUs page lists her as a “voluntary missing person”, so perhaps she lived in the region longer and then somehow found her way to WI… Investigators also noted that the pollen on her clothing before her death was from the southwest US which adds up. She is not listed as an exclusion yet on NamUs either. Again, maybe this is all a total stretch. Just want answers for them both!!

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Marjorie’s NamUs link: https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/14899?nav

Vernon County doe on NamUs: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/4786

Did you ever submit Marjorie for comparison?