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HOUSTON CHRONICLE ARCHIVES

Paper: HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Date: WED 09/12/1990
Section: C
Page: 11
Edition: 2 STAR
Human remains found

Staff

MANVEL - Brazoria County authorities Tuesday were trying to identify human skeletal remains that were found near County Road 101 here.

The remains were found Monday by a person looking for bottles and cans along the road, about a mile east of Texas 288, authorities said. The remains were taken to the Harris County medical examiner's office for examination.

Officials said they had not determined the sex, age or cause of death.

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HOUSTON CHRONICLE ARCHIVES

Paper: HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Date: FRI 09/14/1990
Section: C
Page: 15
Edition: 2 STAR
Remains those of woman

Staff

MANVEL - Human skeletal remains found near here are those of a young white or Hispanic woman between the ages of 16-22, police Chief Tommie Tolson said Thursday.

The skeleton was found Monday by someone looking for bottles and cans near a private trash dump on County Road 101, about a quarter-mile east of Texas 288.

The dead woman had a silver ring with a turquoise unicorn on her right hand and a pearlescent bead-type bracelet on her right arm, authorities said.

A Harris County medical examiner's report also concluded that she had knee problems, Tolson said. Tolson asked that anyone with information about the woman's identity call Manvel police at 489-1212 or the medical examiner's office.

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Manvel, Texas
Manvel Police Department
POC: Jay Coffman - 281-489-1212
Saturday, September 2, 2006

Ring is top clue in cold case

Teens Remains were found along Brazoria County road in 1990
By: Richard Stewart (richard.stewart@chron.com), Houston Chronicle

ANGLETON, TEXAS - A well-worn ring from the 1975 class of Houston's Robert E. Lee High School is the main evidence police have to try to unravel a 16-year-old mystery. It was found on the finger of a skeleton at the end of a Brazoria County road in 1990.

"It's not much to go on," said Manvel police Detective Jay Coffman, "but it's about all we've got."

In the nine years since the remains were found, investigators have not been able to tell what happened to the female victim, how she got to be on a pile of debris or, more importantly, who she was.

"Somebody's missing this girl," Coffman said, holding the ring. Somebody is missing the ring, too, he said, because he doubts it originally belonged to the victim.

A medical examiner's report estimated that the skeleton found on September 10, 1990, was that of a girl about 17 years old, plus or minus two years, Coffman said. She would have been far too young for the 1975 class ring to be hers.

More at link: http://manvelpd.cityofmanvel.com/news/ring_top_clue.htm

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Drawings Released Of Skeletal Remains Victim

HOUSTON -- Law enforcement officials hope two new forensic drawings will help solve a mystery from 17 years ago, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.

Skeletal remains were found in a trash dump at the end of County Road 101 near Highway 288 in Manvel on Sept. 10, 1990. Investigators have not determined a cause of death or when she died, but the death is considered suspicious.

No clothes were found with the remains.

http://www.click2houston.com/2007/0607/13462484_240X180.jpg
(http://www.click2houston.com/news/13462498/detail.html#)A Texas Ranger forensic artist developed two new drawings from the victim's skull that show the victim with either short or long hair.

New evidence in the case indicated that the woman, originally thought to be Hispanic, was Caucasian with the probability of some African-American traits, officials said.

More at link: http://www.click2houston.com/news/13462498/detail.html