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Case File 65UFLA

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Unidentified White Female

  • Located on November 5, 1980 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
  • Estimated Date of Death: 6 months - 2.1/2 years prior to discovery.
  • Partial Skeletal Remains

    Vital Statistics

    • Estimated age: 15-19 years old
    • Approximate Height and Weight: 5'0-5'5"
    • Distinguishing Characteristics: Shoulder-length brown hair.
    • Skeletal Findings: Unfused metopic suture. The metopic suture in the
      skull is a fibrous joint, cranial suture between adjacent developing bones of the
      skull. This suture begins at nose and runs superiorly to meet sagittal suture
      and fuses in early childhood before all other cranial sutures.
    • Clothing: There was no clothing found.
    • Fingerprints: Not Available.
    • Dentals: Available. 3rd molars are impacted.
      Amalgam fillings noted on teeth #3(O), 14(O), 19(OB) and 30(OB).
    • DNA: Pending

    Case History

    The victim was located November 5, 1980 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
    Authorities were called out to skeletal remains found off Nichols Cemetery Road, which is about a quarter of a mile off La. Highway 28 West near Gardner.
    A hunter found the remains, which turned out to belong to a woman and a dog. Investigators found who had shot the dog but did not know if the dog belonged to the victim or was feeding off her body.
    There was not enough skeletal remains to help in identifying the body, which had been dumped out at least six months prior to their discovery. All they found at the scene was a pair of wool socks and a wad of hair.
    Police have never established her cause of death.
    Authorities even interviewed convicted killer Henry Lee Lucas, who claimed to have killed a number of people in the state. Authorities said Lucas was not connected to this case.
    Police have never established her cause of death.

    In 2007 authorities interviewed Robert Charles Browne about this case. Browne, a Colorado Springs convicted killer, has claimed to have killed as many as 49 people. Browne already has claimed to have killed a woman in Clarence, which is in Natchitoches Parish, and dumped the body of a 15-year-old girl in Winn Parish.

    Investigators
    If you have any information concerning this woman's identity or the circumstances surrounding her death, please contact:
    Louisiana State University
    FACES Laboratory
    Mary Manhein
    225-578-6084
    225-578-4761
    Email
    Or
    Rapides Parish Sheriff's Department
    318-473-6700
    All information may be submitted on an anonymous basis.

    Agency Case Number:
    FC# 80-50

    Source Information:
    State University: FACES Laboratory
    UDRS
    The Town Talk

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