Identified! LA - St Charles Parish, BlkFem, 45-60, in Lake Ponchartrain, May'16 - Estelle Webb

OkieGranny · May 4, 2016

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/4/body-found-in-bonnet-carre-spillway/

Railroad work crews have found a body in Lake Pontchartrain, just west of the entrance canal to the lower section of the Bonnet Carre Spillway... in an advanced decomposed state.

http://wgno.com/2016/05/04/body-found-along-railroad-tracks-at-lake-pontchartrain/

They say she was wearing a red and white plaid button down shirt, a white undershirt, and a blue sports bra.

KaylaraOwl · May 4, 2016

Several girls missing from Louisiana from this year: (not sure of age or race of the woman found, so here are the girls I found through Ncmec.)
http://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1261509/1 Lexi Willet[\b]
http://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1266477/1 Victoria Roussel[\b]
http://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1265187/1 Lauren Robinson[\b]
http://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1266047/1 Tyshiona Jackson[\b]
http://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1266966/1 Ronnie Francis[\b]
http://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1266272/1 Glennisha Hicks[\b]
http://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1266961/1 Dasha Cummings[\b]

Going to check social media to see if these girls are still active and can be ruled out.

carbuff · May 4, 2016

Bingham was last seen wearing a red and plaid long sleeve shirt, grey jeans, and red and white tennis shoes. She also has a multi-color twist hairstyle.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/nopd_seeking_missing_st_claude.html

Clouet Street, where she was last seen, appears to be fairly close to parts of the Bonnet Carre spillway.

KaylaraOwl · May 5, 2016

That looks like a good match. Are you submitting it?

carbuff · May 5, 2016

If I can find an email or tip line...all I see is phone #s. And I have hearing issues with phone calls.

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Dionysia · May 5, 2016

I emailed the department secretary. (Cross referenced the phone number in the article with the listings on the sheriff's phone directory)

I said that a 'fellow poster on an amateur sleuth forum' noticed the similarities in clothing.

Let's hope this is Shirnell and she's on her way back to her family soon.

carbuff · May 5, 2016

Dionysia said:
I emailed the department secretary. (Cross referenced the phone number in the article with the listings on the sheriff's phone directory)

I said that a 'fellow poster on an amateur sleuth forum' noticed the similarities in clothing.

Let's hope this is Shirnell and she's on her way back to her family soon.

Thank you!

Fingers crossed.

OkieGranny · May 6, 2016

http://wgno.com/2016/05/05/police-treating-womans-body-found-in-bonnet-carre-spillway-as-a-homicide/

An autopsy revealed that the body is an African-American woman between the ages of 45-60 years old. She is approximately 5’6 and 180 lbs...

She had no natural teeth. She was found with Gold Capped Dentures on the top of her mouth, but no lower dentures at the time the body was discovered.

She'd only been in the water two or three days, they think.

carbuff · May 6, 2016

OkieGranny said:
http://wgno.com/2016/05/05/police-treating-womans-body-found-in-bonnet-carre-spillway-as-a-homicide/

She'd only been in the water two or three days, they think.

Yeah, and Shirlene is a smaller woman as well as being too young. Looks like just an odd coincidence.

KaylaraOwl · May 6, 2016

I'm not seeing any real possibilities in namus.

KaylaraOwl · May 6, 2016

I found a 70 year old who went missing in Feb. http://ux.wwltv.com/story/news/loca...searching-70-year-old-missing-woman/79927726/

Here's a 55 year old, but she's too short and the weight is off.
http://m.ksla.com/ksla/db_350562/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=j495ZoqR

This is a pain in the butt to search for. Louisiana's missing persons page stinks and doesn't seem like it's updated regularly.

Dionysia · May 6, 2016

My guess is this won't be a missing person.

Tony1902 · May 6, 2016

They should start looking for any missing from St Charles & other up-River parishes. If she was found in the spillway, chances are she could have entered the river from one of those parishes. Lake Ponchartrain, really an estuary, empties into the Gulf.

folieadeuxnola · May 7, 2016

Read on nola.com statement from st charles parish that she could be from anywhere

carbuff · May 7, 2016

Tony1902 said:
They should start looking for any missing from St Charles & other up-River parishes. If she was found in the spillway, chances are she could have entered the river from one of those parishes. Lake Ponchartrain, really an estuary, empties into the Gulf.

Reading other articles on that newspaper's website, it appears that Bonnet Carre spillway is a popular place for bodies to be found, both washed downriver as you suggest and dumped locally. I hope they're paying attention to all the options.

OkieGranny · Jul 2, 2016

From June 1:

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news...-missing-88yearold-new-orleans-woman/39469888

Estelle Webb was identified Tuesday by the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office...

When Webb was reported missing, police said her 2008 Pontiac G5 was also missing from her home on Heaton Street...

Investigators were also looking for Lovezella Bartholomew, 27, as a person of interest in Webb's disappearance.

Estelle's case thread here: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?307358-LA-Estelle-Webb-88-New-Orleans-28-April-2016

CCart · Jul 2, 2016

She was 88! Just a tiny bit off on the age estimate...

mpnola · Jul 2, 2016

88. Is there any reason to ever harm someone who made it to 88. So sad.

carbuff · Jul 3, 2016

Rest in peace Ms. Webb

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