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Sarah Rachel Tokier, (16) Montebello, San Bernardino County, CA

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/5091/0/

NCMEC number 1154470
Date last seen January 01, 1976 14:49
Age last seen 15 to 15 years old
Age now 52 years old
Race White
Sex Female
Height (inches) 64.0
Weight (pounds) 110.0

"Per law enforcement - Sarah was only 16 or 17 years old when she went missing sometime in 1977. Very little is known about her disappearance. Her parents are both deceased and her siblings are searching for answers. She was described as a White female, 5'4", 110 lbs with brown hair and brown eyes.

Dental records are not available. DNA (CODIS) available (Multiple DNA profiles may be on file). CODIS reference number is available to registered NamUs Law Enforcement agencies in the DNA section."
 
Shotgun Jane Doe was submitted to NamUs as a possible match, approximately two weeks ago. There are 204 exclusions/rule outs and Sarah Tokier is not listed as a rule out.


https://identifyus.org/en/cases/1567

Status Unidentified
Case number UT87-8F
Date found June 01, 1987 02:15
Date created April 11, 2008 00:00
Date last modified December 20, 2012 12:13
Date QA reviewed
Local Contact (ME/C or Other)
Agency Forensic Anthropology Center, Univ of TN
Phone 865.974.4408
Agency Knox Cnty Med Examiners Ofc
Phone 865-305-9560
Case Manager
Name Lee Jantz
Phone 865.974.4408

Exclusions (204)
The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent:
First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA
ROBYN ADLER 1960 Florida
Ellen Akers 1966 Florida
Tammy Akers 1962 Virginia
Elaine Allenbach 1965 Washington
Angela Ambrocio 1967 Florida
Cynthia Anderson 1961 Ohio
Maria Anjiras 1961 Connecticut
Nancy Baird 1952 Utah
Rose Baker 1940 Texas
SHARI BALL 1963 Florida
Lynn Bandringa 1945 California
Donna Barnhill 1967 North Carolina
Susan Bender 1970 California
Amy Billig 1957 Florida
Priscilla Blevins 1948 North Carolina
Lisa Borden 1960 Texas
Nancy Brannon 1952 Missouri
Janet Brice 1961 Louisiana
Niki Britten 1953 Oregon
Peggy Byars-Baisden 1941 Florida
Rosemary Calandriello 1952 New Jersey
Aida Calfee 1955 Georgia
Joy Cannon 1956 Tennessee
Benita Chamberlin 1953 Oregon
Darlene Conklin 1959 New York
Carla Corley 1965 Alabama
Jan Cotta 1954 New Jersey
Barbara Cotton 1965 North Dakota
Valarie Cuccia 1953 New York
Beverli Darnell 1961 Florida
Evelyn Davis 1962 Ohio
Linda Davis 1946 Oklahoma
Freda Denman 1947 Missouri
Peggy Dianovsky 1954 Illinois
Carol Donn 1963 Florida
Kimberly Doss 1962 Florida
Kathleen Durst 1952 New York
Diane Dye 1965 California
Christine Eastin 1952 California
Carol Edwards 1955 Washington
Elizabeth Eisel 1962 Washington
Ann Ellinwood 1965 Oregon
Megan Emerick 1956 Alaska
Loy Evitts 1947 Kansas
Sherry Eyerly 1963 Oregon
Tammy L. Fields 1965
Theresa Fischbach 1969 Texas
Laura Flink 1947 Washington
Dixie Forrester 1939 Missouri
Margaret Fox 1960 New Jersey
AMANDA FRAVEL 1966 Nevada
Rose Gayhart 1962 New York
Theresa Geaves 1959 Utah
Trenny Gibson 1960 Tennessee
Sharon Giusti 1943 Washington
Paula Godfrey 1965 Kansas
Martha Green 1970 Tennessee
Shannon Green 1969 Kentucky
Cherry Greenman 1956 Washington
Kathryn Gregory 1957 Washington
Linda Grimm 1961 California
APRIL GRISANTI 1964 Connecticut
Jamie Grissim 1955 Washington
Corinne Groenenberg 1957 California
Julie Grubaugh 1961 Arizona
Billie Jean Hall 1960 Maryland
Joan Hall 1966 Oregon
Teresa Hammon 1963 California
Darla Harper 1960 Arkansas
Diana Harris 1953 Florida
Evelyn Hartley 1937 Wisconsin
Terrie Hefner 1964 Texas
Lorraine Herbster 1962 New Jersey
Frankie Horsley 1964 North Carolina
Michelle Houchman 1967 California
Tinze Huels 1967 Florida
Wendy Huggy 1965 Florida
Barbara Hunt 1964 Virginia
Rochelle Ihm 1966 Arizona
Rita Jolly 1955 Oregon
Gail Katz-Bierenbaum 1956 New York
Patricia Kelley Tennessee
Terry Kelley 1953 California
Rebecca Kellison 1954 Colorado
Patricia Kelly Unknown Tennessee
Patricia Lousie Kelly 1957
Kimberly Kersey 1968 Washington
Cindy King 1961 Oregon
Tracy King 1960 Pennsylvania
Hazel Klug 1962 Virginia
Ruth Leamon 1966 California
Patricia Leblanc 1968 Washington
Karen Lee 1961 Oregon
Tammy Leppert 1965 Florida
Cynthia Leslie 1959 Arizona
Jackie Leslie 1961 Arizona
Lori Lloyd 1961 Ohio
Mary Long 1964 California
Charlotte Loomis 1958 New Jersey
Debora Lowe 1958 Florida
Carol Lubahn 1954 California
Annabelle Ludwig 1941 Ohio
Lynn Luray 1948 California
Dorothy Madden 1948 Ohio
Elizabeth Maggard 1961 Kentucky
Tammy Mahoney 1961 New York
Cynthia Maine 1959 California
Aleca Manning 1952 Arizona
Sherry Marler 1971 Alabama
Carolyn Martin 1957 Michigan
Leslie Martin-Porter 1959 California
Shirley McBride 1969 New Hampshire
Tammie McCormick 1972 New York
Sharon McCully 1959 Texas
Angela Meeker 1965 Washington
Deborah Meyer 1958 Wyoming
Diana Miller 1962 Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Miller 1969 Colorado
Connie Minchaca 1960 California
Barbara Monaco 1960 Virginia
Barbara Monaco 1960 Virginia
Kimberly Moreau 1969 Maine
Kelly Morrissey 1968 New York
Michelle Mulcahy 1961 Florida
Debra Murr 1956 Tennessee
Pamela Nater 1946 Florida
Pamela Neal 1960 Colorado
Audrey Nerenberg 1958 New York
Dana Null 1963 Florida
Donna O'Banion 1960 Louisiana
Mary Opitz 1963 Florida
Patricia Otto 1952 Idaho
Jeanne Overstreet 1963 Arizona
Jennifer Pandos 1971 Virginia
Eleanor Parker 1962 Louisiana
Kristina Perkins 1953 Arizona
Cynthia Perry 1968 North Carolina
Linda Peterson 1949 Utah
Elizabeth Pfeifer 1965 Texas
Mary Plavnick 1962 Florida
Denise Porch 1954 North Carolina
Wanda Priddy 1958 Texas
Debra Pscholka 1958 California
Laureen Rahn 1966 New Hampshire
Angela Ramsey 1961 Florida
Kathleen Randall 1958 Georgia
Mary Rawlinson 1966 California
Donnis Redman 1943 California
Leichia Reilly 1963 New York
Marcia Remick 1962 Virginia
Linda Reynolds 1952 Arkansas
Susan Riedling 1967 Kentucky
Sherry Roach 1959 California
Rochelle Robbins 1951 California
Elaine Robertson 1955 Washington
Christine Rodriguez 1966 California
Alma Root 1965 California
Nancy Rose 1950 Idaho
Cindy Rowles 1968 New York
Doris SCANDALIS 1930 California
Lucinda Schaefer 1962 California
Gayla Schaper 1951 Idaho
Patricia Schmidt 1964 Virginia
Diane Schulte 1954 Idaho
Suzanne Schultz 1961 Wisconsin
Lynne Schulze 1953 Vermont
Beverly Sharpman 1930 Pennsylvania
Denise Sheehy 1954 New York
Martha Shelton 1944 Kentucky
Mary Shinn 1953 Arkansas
Catherine Sjoberg 1957 Wisconsin
Bertha Smith 1913 Arizona
Cindy Smith 1960 Florida
Debra Spickler 1955 Connecticut
Mary Sprague 1960 Florida
Vicki Arleen Sundgaard 1963
Sheri Swims 1961 Florida
Mary Ann Switalski 1946 Illinois
Michelle Thomas 1967 Texas
Nadine Timm 1935 Illinois
Pamela Tinsley 1966 Oklahoma
Deborah Tomlinson 1957 Oregon
Mary Trlica 1957 Texas
Donna Urban 1959 Delaware
Leah Van Schoick 1965 Florida
Emma Vaughn 1967 Florida
Wilma Vermaas 1952 California
Floradean Walker 1925 Texas
Sheree Warren 1960 Utah
Darlene Webb 1962 Florida
Virginia Welch 1960 Virginia
Christina White 1967 Washington
Rochelle White 1951 California
Nancy Willis 1961 Tennessee
Nancy Willis 1961 Tennessee
Karen Wilson 1963 New York
Lisa Wilson 1960 Texas
Verla Winter 1939 Washington
Cynthia Woolard 1957 Florida
Judy WORRELL 1957 California
Cheryl Wyant 1964 California
Jennifer Wyant 1958 Tennessee
Amy Yachimec 1968 Arizona
Karen Zendrosky 1963 New Jersey
 
Sarah Tokier may have had family that lived in close proximity to where shotgun Jane Doe was shot in TN. I have found records that lead me to believe this but I can not post them here because those records name innocent Tokier family members. Tokier is an unusual last name and there are not very many in the U.S. even to this day.

It is my belief that Sara Tokier has a twin brother.

There is an 11 year gap between when Sarah Tokier reportedly went missing and when Shotgun Jane Doe was found. I do concede that this is a very large gap in time for Tokier to have been missing, and off the radar so to speak, but it also does not seem as if anybody was searching too hard for her. I can find no articles or press releases that would lead me to believe that her family (or anybody else for that matter) was actively searching for Tokier. Perhaps they did search diligently and records of those efforts are simply not available online because it was so long ago. Regardless, I can find no evidence (on the internet) of searches that were done for Sarah Tokier or articles that show searches having been done. I plan to contact Television Stations, Radio Stations and newspapers (Where she is reported to have disappeared from in CA) that were in business at the time of Sarah Tokiers (approximate) disappearance in an attempt to discern if there were any notices broadcast or searches announced in the above types of media at any time since Tokier's disappearance. If anything comes of these efforts I will pay for the archives and post them here, with permission from their authors, of course.

I have found articles and video online about Detectives searching for Shotgun Jane Doe's identity.

All of the above is only my own opinion.
 

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Sarah's parents divorced & remarried then divorced again. I looked them up on a family tree site. I think that the family dynamics had a lot to do with no one knowing what was up because they probably didn't all live together.

Abraham Tokier is her twin brother's name. He was a cop. You can google him; he comes up with a PI agency now IIRC
Sarah R Tokier event: Birth event date: 10 Jun 1960
Abraham M Tokier event: Birth event date: 10 Jun 1960

rest of the search

*Added to a UP post figured I'd copy here too
 
I was checking SJD's new rule outs with the update this morning; now at 220. Sarah did not make the list. I looked at Sarah's NamUs; it said DNA Status: Sample submitted - Tests complete which I do not remember being there until my notation Feb 15th.

Sarah Rachel Tokier, (16) Montebello, San Bernardino County, CA
Dental records are not available. DNA (CODIS) available (Multiple DNA profiles may be on file). CODIS reference number is available to registered NamUs Law Enforcement agencies in the DNA section."

I then checked this post; DNA was in CODIS- so it may already be a rule out

Sarah was submitted by someone not on WS January 4, 2013
Email sent to Doe network- March 7, 2013
From: Rocky Wells
Subject: Re: Email of possible match

Hello *advertiser censored*,

I can tell you that this passed our panel and was submitted to Law Enforcement. To date I have not received a reply from them.
 
I emailed Detectives in San Bernardino to look into it
 
This is troubling,check out this story about her Twin Brother-

EDIT: The link wouldn't post. Anyhow, her twin Brother, a cop,was arrested for domestic abuse & kidnapping. You can google his name.I don't want to post his name here.
 
This is troubling,check out this story about her Twin Brother-

EDIT: The link wouldn't post. Anyhow, her twin Brother, a cop,was arrested for domestic abuse & kidnapping. You can google his name.I don't want to post his name here.

We (I have a group for a Jane Doe) were looking at Sarah a years ago; found all the stuff online about her twin brother.
 
Wow - I sincerely hope that there aren't human remains buried in your hard but if they are then they're someone's family and there's likely someone somewhere waiting for them to come home. Call the police ASAP and keep us updated if possible!!
 
So where exactly was Sarah Tokier last seen before she disappeared?

There is a Montebello in Los Angeles County. Is there another Montebello in San Bernardino County?

A smaller community maybe that is harder to find on the map?

According to one site, it looks like Sarah went to school in La Puente, CA, Which seems to be closer to Montebello in Los Angeles County, but I gather her family was from San Bernadino County.

Is that correct?
 
Sarah apparently went to La Puente High School while her twin brother was going to San Gabriel High School about 10 miles away. The schools are listed as public schools. This is all in Los Angeles County.

Montebello appears to be nearby. Maybe 5 miles from SGHS and about 10 miles from LPHS. Of course, it depends where you choose as your starting point, but it sounds like they were more likely living in LA County at the time, not San Bernadino County.

But if this is correct, why would most of the missing person notices refer to San Bernadino County?

One might be inclined to guess that the family was living somewhere roughly between the two schools. Or were the kids living away from their folks at the time? Were there any older or younger siblings? If so, where did they go to school?

All this raises another question: if the kids were living with their folks, why was the date of Sarah's disappearance not more given with precision?

My understanding was that the dates given in the missing person's notices were approximate. There was even a discrepancy about the year, if you compare the Doe Network notice to the others. How does that happen? I am pretty sure if my kid or my young sibling went missing, I would be able to supply a reasonably precise date--unless the child had been separated from the family for some reason.
 
See my post #6. I feel that her brother most likely became a cop because she went missing, LE most likely refused a report back then because 99% of the time felt that teens ran away

Sarah's parents divorced & remarried then divorced again. I looked them up on a family tree site. I think that the family dynamics had a lot to do with no one knowing what was up because they probably didn't all live together.

Abraham Tokier is her twin brother's name. He was a cop. You can google him; he comes up with a PI agency now IIRC
Sarah R Tokier event: Birth event date: 10 Jun 1960
Abraham M Tokier event: Birth event date: 10 Jun 1960

rest of the search

*Added to a UP post figured I'd copy here too
 
Hi Roselvr,

Thanks for pointing that out. I just took another look at your "rest of the search" link. I don't recall if I checked it out before, but it does suggest a bit of a time line for the Tokier family.

It looks like the parents Dorothy and Morris were married in 1963. They must have divorced, as you said, then the mother Dorothy must have remarried a man named West, whom she subsequently divorced. Then in 1974, she remarried Morris. Interestingly, her name seems to have been Ricketts, Jones, West and Tokier.

The twins were born in 1960, but it looks like there was another daughter named Rebecca who was born in 1959, when the mother went by the name Jones.

So, possibly Dorothy and Morris Tokier were still together in 1976/77, but perhaps not. Who knows.

What is most interesting is that there was an older sibling named Rebecca. She was a bit more than a year older. Where was she when all this happened? Did she go to a nearby school?
 
Hi Roselvr,

Thanks for pointing that out. I just took another look at your "rest of the search" link. I don't recall if I checked it out before, but it does suggest a bit of a time line for the Tokier family.

It looks like the parents Dorothy and Morris were married in 1963. They must have divorced, as you said, then the mother Dorothy must have remarried a man named West, whom she subsequently divorced. Then in 1974, she remarried Morris. Interestingly, her name seems to have been Ricketts, Jones, West and Tokier.

The twins were born in 1960, but it looks like there was another daughter named Rebecca who was born in 1959, when the mother went by the name Jones.

So, possibly Dorothy and Morris Tokier were still together in 1976/77, but perhaps not. Who knows.

What is most interesting is that there was an older sibling named Rebecca. She was a bit more than a year older. Where was she when all this happened? Did she go to a nearby school?

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