FL FL - Riviera Beach, BlkFemale UP1042, 20-35, in canal, Jan'03

From Namus:

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/1042

Found .2 miles south of FPL plant, Riviera Beach, Florida

21-35 year old African-American Female

Weight (pounds) 124, Estimated
Height (inches) 68, Estimated


From Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office:



Black Female Found near Juno Beach
Tuesday, January 7, 2003


ID Info: The victim is in her early 20’s,5’3”, 110 lbs, black hair with scars on her right bicep, left elbow, Left wrist and cyst on her left ear lobe. The autopsy is consistent with a drowning. If you have any information please contact Det. John VanHouten (561) 688-4000.

Circumstances: The above black female was found on January 7, 2003 floating in the Intracoastal waterway .02 miles south of the Florida Power and Light Plant between markers 3 and 3A, near Juno Beach, Florida. Left wrist and cyst on her left ear lobe. The autopsy is consistent with a drowning. If you have any information please contact Det. John VanHouten (561) 688-4000.

Stumbled on this possibility almost by accident. There are reasons I am hesitant to suggest it...MP is from KCMO and UID found in Palm Beach. 3 year lag in time missing. But the MP is schizophrenic, so that does make it somewhat more plausible. The age and weight are consistent, the height...maybe. KCMO police have MP listed as 5'10". If Namus is right and the UID was around 5'8" that works, but if Palm Beach Sheriff is right and UID is 5'3" then obviously not. Heck of a difference and I wish I knew for sure which was right. I'm posting because I see a strong likeness, although I do see possible discrepancies also, like the ears maybe. I am imagining the sketch was a good likeness if the postmortem interval for the UID was 24 hours. What does everyone think?

Comparison of NAMUS 1042 to LATONYA HILL
(Latonya's page at KCPD): http://www.kcmo.org/police/FAU/index.htm#allegro

Sex: Female

Race: Bi-Racial, Black / White

DOB: 7-7-77

Height: 5' 10"

Weight:120

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Brown

Other Physical: Paranoid-Schizophrenic, 0 + blood Type

Missing Since: 3-20-2000

Missing From: 2639 Quincy, Kansas City Missouri.

Misc.: Subject left home to ride bus "Downtown", and never returned.

Remarks: Case # 00-035523.

Foul Play Suspected: Yes

Possible Destination: Unknown

Updating this thread with LE link and composite.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

NamUs profile lists height as 5'8" while the LE site shows 5'3" (still as it was in 2013). Only rule out listed is MP13094 Detra McGuire 11/02/1988 Columbia, FL.

Black Female Found near Juno Beach Tuesday, January 7, 2003 - Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

Black Female Found near Juno Beach Tuesday, January 7, 2003

ID Info: The victim is in her early 20’s,5’3”, 110 lbs, black hair with scars on her right bicep, left elbow, Left wrist and cyst on her left ear lobe. The autopsy is consistent with a drowning. If you have any information please contact Det. John VanHouten (561) 688-4000.

Circumstances: The above black female was found on January 7, 2003 floating in the Intracoastal waterway .02 miles south of the Florida Power and Light Plant between markers 3 and 3A, near Juno Beach, Florida. Left wrist and cyst on her left ear lobe. The autopsy is consistent with a drowning. If you have any information please contact Det. John VanHouten (561) 688-4000.

This case was recently updated in Namus, though I can't see what was amended.