Reconstructions of the victim by NCMEC and the New Jersey State Police; victim's watch.
Reconstructions of the victim by NCMEC and the New Jersey State Police; victim's watch.
Date of Discovery: December 6, 1971
Location of Discovery: Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Estimated Date of Death: Months prior
State of Remains: Skeletal
Cause of Death: Possible strangulation
Estimated Age: 12-18 years old; most likely under 15
Race: White
Sex: Female
Height: 5'1" to 5'4"
Weight: 105 to 130 lbs.
Hair: Light brown or auburn, straight and shoulder length. Possible wig - shades of blonde, brown and red brown with the presence of a coloring additive.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Extra sacral vertebrae (lower back). Petite build.
Dentals: Available. No restorations; good occlusion. Her teeth were described as “almost perfect”. She had only one carious lesion starting in her lower right molar.e
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Available.
Clothing: Ribbed blue polo shirt, white/blue/orange vertically striped canvas or cotton hip-hugger bell bottoms slacks, underwear, white bra, and brown leather sandals.
Jewelry: A brown wide leather band bracelet with small brass eyelets all around the band. Attached to the bracelet through some of the eyelets was a small ladie's Westclock watch. The watch did not appear to have been originally attached to the leather band but secured separately.
Additional Personal Items: Found inside her pants was a key to a local motel along the Garden State Parkway.
Three hunters discovered the victim's skeletal remains in a wooded area off of Jimmie Leeds Road near milepost #42 of the Garden State Parkway.
She had been deceased for several months prior to being found.
The victim is estimated to be 12-18 years old but likely closer to 12-14 years old.
Agency Name: New Jersey Southern Regional Medical Examiner Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 609-861-3355
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 71-A-388
Agency Name: Galloway Township Police Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 609-652-3705
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 1971-2832
NCIC Case Number: U130022970
NamUs Case Number: 5221
NCMEC Case Number: 1122754
Added: 5/18/09; Last Updated: 10/18/22
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information may be estimated.
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