Identified! AL - Creola, Skull with bullet hole under I-65 bridge, Feb'13 - Willie Baker

taramarie · Feb 18, 2013

Skull with bullet hole found by the Dolly Parton Bridge in Baldwin County, Alabama. No information of estimated time of death, age or gender yet.

http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2013/feb/16/hunters-discover-human-skull-under-dolly-parton-br-ar-5611548/

WARNING: Link contains photos of the skull

taramarie · Feb 18, 2013

I found this article about unsolved crime in Alabama. Marsha Hart is listed at the end of it as a missing person since 1985, but I'm unable to find any other information about her online. Maybe she's been found? In addition, Rilla Sheehan is also listed as a missing person, but it appears that she has been removed from Charley (not sure why). Here NAMPN profile is below.

Rilla "Kay" Sheehan: http://www.nampn.org/cases/sheehan_rilla.html

taramarie · Feb 18, 2013

Also found this article indicating that more remains have been found. There is speculation that this could be Brittney Wood, missing since May 2012.

http://www.examiner.com/article/does-dolly-parton-bridge-skull-belong-to-brittney-wood?cid=rss

longtallcold · Feb 18, 2013

I was surprised to find a close up personal photo of the skull in the wkrg link!

taramarie · Feb 18, 2013

Thanks, Longtallcold. I edited my original post to include a warning.

taramarie · Feb 18, 2013

Quite a bit of discussion on the Brittney Wood forum: AL AL- Brittney Wood, 19, Mobile, 31 May 2012 - #7 - Page 11 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community

GulfCoastKAT · Feb 18, 2013

I kind of hope it's Brittany. She needs to be found and sadly, with so much of her family up to their eyeballs in legal trouble, I don't think Brittany is alive. She needs to be found so she can be properly buried.

I hope whoever this skull belongs to can now be at peace.

ualaw99 · Feb 18, 2013

Any sharp eyes on here that could register a guess on age or race of skull based on that pic?

CarlK90245 · Feb 18, 2013

ualaw99 said:
Any sharp eyes on here that could register a guess on age or race of skull based on that pic?

From what little I can see in the photos, I am guessing that this is a black male. I am guessing black based on the rectangular orbits, and male based on the brow ridge and strongly defined cheekbone. The cranial sutures are still very much visible, so I would say the victim is relatively young (or at least not elderly).

I see two black males on my list from Mobile Alabama, both of whom have narratives that fit with the circumstances of this UID.

Marcus Virgin http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/v/virgin_marcus.html
Tamborah Brown http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/brown_tamborah.html

Just looking at the strong cheekbones, I am going with Tamborah.

Eileen730 · Feb 18, 2013

ualaw99 said:
Any sharp eyes on here that could register a guess on age or race of skull based on that pic?

I think on the Brittney Wood thread they said 17 to 24.

CarlK90245 · Feb 18, 2013

Edgar A. Powe is a strong possibility too. Rumor has it that he was murdered, and his body thrown in Mobile Bay.

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/p/powe_edgar.html

CarlK90245 · Feb 18, 2013

The news clip indicates that the skull was under the north side of the bridge, which means that the perp was heading southwest on I-65 toward Mobile.

If the perp and victim came from Mobile, one would expect that the body would be dumped off of the South side of the bridge from the Northeast-bound lanes. Of course, they could have turned around before dumping the body, but that is not usually how it works. Typically, the objective is to dump the body as soon as a suitable location is found.

SeeingForThe1stTime · Feb 21, 2013

CarlK90245 said:
From what little I can see in the photos, I am guessing that this is a black male. I am guessing black based on the rectangular orbits, and male based on the brow ridge and strongly defined cheekbone. The cranial sutures are still very much visible, so I would say the victim is relatively young (or at least not elderly).

I see two black males on my list from Mobile Alabama, both of whom have narratives that fit with the circumstances of this UID.

Marcus Virgin http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/v/virgin_marcus.html
Tamborah Brown http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/brown_tamborah.html

Just looking at the strong cheekbones, I am going with Tamborah.

I said the same thing over on her thread, although it really could be just about anyone from anywhere. Sad.

KateB · Feb 22, 2013

Commenter on this Fox10 post suggests Woodrow Allen missing since 2001:
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/a/allen_woodrow.html

http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/baldwin_county/investigators-puzzled-by-skull-find

Simp · Feb 26, 2013

http://www.local15tv.com/news/local...e-Sent-to-Florida/4QcMUCG00EezhCSvSLJ1Jg.cspx

The remains have been sent to the University of West Florida for examination.

ChattyWoman · Mar 28, 2013

Bones found under I-65 bridge belong to man missing since 2009

The bones that were found Feb. 16 underneath a Baldwin County bridge belong to a Prichard man who has been missing since 2009.
Willie Earl Baker was reported missing to the Prichard Police Department by his mother, Lautrinda Baker, on May 11, 2009.
Hunters found some of Baker's remains underneath the General W.K. Wilson Bridge, which runs along Interstate 65. The bridge also is known as the the Dolly Parton Bridge.

http://blog.al.com/live/2013/03/bones_found_under_i-65_bridge.html#incart_river_default

CarlK90245 · Mar 28, 2013

Willie Earl Baker

Above: Baker, circa 2009

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: April 30, 2009 from Prichard, Alabama
Classification: Missing
Age: 23 years old
Height and Weight: 6'4, 250 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Baker's nicknames are Jive and Will. He has a birthmark and a mole on his right wrist. He wears eyeglasses.

Details of Disappearance

Baker was last seen in Prichard, Alabama on April 30, 2009. He has never been heard from again. Few details are available in his case.

CarlK90245 · Mar 28, 2013

CarlK90245 said:
From what little I can see in the photos, I am guessing that this is a black male. I am guessing black based on the rectangular orbits, and male based on the brow ridge and strongly defined cheekbone. The cranial sutures are still very much visible, so I would say the victim is relatively young (or at least not elderly).

...

I pegged that on the demographics.

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