Identified! MD - Woodlawn, WhtFem 279UFMD, 15-25, near cemetery, 'JP' Tattoo, Sep'76 - Margaret Fetterolf

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WOODLAWN DOGWOOD ROAD UNIDENTIFIED

Case Type: Unidentified
Sex: Female
Race: White
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Weight: 159 lbs (72 kg)
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
DOB: Estimated 1950-1960
Body found: Sep 12, 1976 in Woodlawn, Baltimore County, MD, USA
Case Number: USMD02b678741
Circumstances:

The young woman's body was located by a passing motorist at 1030 hours on 9/12/1976 alongside Dogwood Road, Woodlawn, Baltimore County, MD a short distance from Lorraine Park Cemetery.

The young woman was in her late teens to mid 20's, 5' 8" tall, 159 pounds. She had shoulder length brown hair, and she was wearing a white/beige pullover, short-sleeve top, beige-yellow levi jeans, and wore a rawhide string necklace with a small round blue object attached to it.

She had a 1 1/2 inch scar on her left thigh, and a tattoo on her right arm just below the shoulder. The tattoo appeared to be the letters: "JP", although it might have represented something else.

Source
Maryland Center for Missing Children
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Link
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&caseNum=02b678741&orgPrefix=USMD&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US
 
Unidentified White Female

Discovered on September 12, 1976 in the Woodlawn section of Baltimore County, Maryland.
She was a victim of homicide
She died from strangulation
It is believed she had been killed sometime within the previous 24 hours at another location, and her body was dumped where it was found.

Vital Statistics

Estimated age: Late teens to mid 20's
Approximate Height and Weight: 5'8"; 159 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes. She had a 1 ½ inch scar on her left thigh. Blood type O positive.
Dentals: Teeth are in good condition with the following notations: 3rd molars all extracted, left mandibular 2nd molar extracted, fillings in left upper 1st and 2nd molars, right 1st and 2nd molars and left lower 1st molar. Dental Chart available upon request.

Clothing: She was wearing a white/beige pullover short sleeve top, Levi beige-yellow jeans, a white bra, a brown colored shoe, and a rawhide string necklace with a small round blue object affixed.

Tattoos: She had what appeared to be the letters J. P. tattooed on her right arm, just below the shoulder.

Fingerprint Classification: 12 0 5 U OIO 18 I 17 U IIO 19

Case History

The victim was found by a passing motorist at 10:20 a.m. on September 12, 1976 off the roadway in the 5600 block of Dogwood Road, 21207. That is just a short distance from Lorraine Park Cemetery.

Detectives launched an extensive investigation at the time to find the killer. But they turned up no witnesses and no leads, and since then the case has been reviewed a number of times. The young woman's fingerprints have been checked against the records of every state in the union, with no matches. No matches have been found for her dental records. Investigators have followed up on similar cases in other states as far away as Illinois and California. But they have found nothing.

Investigators
If you have any information about this case please contact:
Baltimore County Police Department
Homicide Unit/Unsolved Case Unit
410-887-3943
You may remain anonymous when submitting information.

Case Number: B-678741
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source:
The Doe Network: Case File 279UFMD

Link:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/279ufmd.html
 
It would be nice if pics of the necklace and tattoo were available.
 
Do you know if there were signs of rape or sexual battery? Also was she fully clothed?



Richard said:
Unidentified White Female

Discovered on September 12, 1976 in the Woodlawn section of Baltimore County, Maryland.
She was a victim of homicide
She died from strangulation
It is believed she had been killed sometime within the previous 24 hours at another location, and her body was dumped where it was found.

Vital Statistics

Estimated age: Late teens to mid 20's
Approximate Height and Weight: 5'8"; 159 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes. She had a 1 ½ inch scar on her left thigh. Blood type O positive.
Dentals: Teeth are in good condition with the following notations: 3rd molars all extracted, left mandibular 2nd molar extracted, fillings in left upper 1st and 2nd molars, right 1st and 2nd molars and left lower 1st molar. Dental Chart available upon request.

Clothing: She was wearing a white/beige pullover short sleeve top, Levi beige-yellow jeans, a white bra, a brown colored shoe, and a rawhide string necklace with a small round blue object affixed.

Tattoos: She had what appeared to be the letters J. P. tattooed on her right arm, just below the shoulder.

Fingerprint Classification: 12 0 5 U OIO 18 I 17 U IIO 19

Case History

The victim was found by a passing motorist at 10:20 a.m. on September 12, 1976 off the roadway in the 5600 block of Dogwood Road, 21207. That is just a short distance from Lorraine Park Cemetery.

Detectives launched an extensive investigation at the time to find the killer. But they turned up no witnesses and no leads, and since then the case has been reviewed a number of times. The young woman's fingerprints have been checked against the records of every state in the union, with no matches. No matches have been found for her dental records. Investigators have followed up on similar cases in other states as far away as Illinois and California. But they have found nothing.

Investigators
If you have any information about this case please contact:
Baltimore County Police Department
Homicide Unit/Unsolved Case Unit
410-887-3943
You may remain anonymous when submitting information.

Case Number: B-678741
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source:
The Doe Network: Case File 279UFMD

Link:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/279ufmd.html
 
Mullins said:
Do you know if there were signs of rape or sexual battery? Also was she fully clothed?
The two accounts above differ slightly as to clothing - probably because of editing of the origional release. Generally, it is indicated that when found, this girl was wearing the following pieces of clothing:

a white/beige pullover (either a sweater or description of her shirt)
short sleeve top,
Levi brand jeans of beige-yellow color,
a white bra,
a brown colored shoe,
rawhide string necklace with a small round blue object affixed/attatched to it.

There is no mention of the other clothing which might be expected, such as the other shoe, socks, panties, or jacket. Conclusions cannot be drawn by those omissions, however, because the person who wrote these lists, might simply have left them out. An example being that the bra is mentioned in one site, but not in the other.

The available press and website reports do not mention whether or not she was raped, or sexually assulted, only that she was strangled to death. Because she had been dead for less than 24 hours when found, it is likely that police investigators did obtain that information from her autopsy.

It is believed that she was killed elsewhere, and transported to the place where she was found. This might indicate that she was killed in Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia or Virginia as those are the states closest to where she was left. It is possible that she was transported from further away, but the haste in which she was dumped and left in the open would indicate that she was not driven far from where she was killed.
 
Richard said:
The two accounts above differ slightly as to clothing - probably because of editing of the origional release. Generally, it is indicated that when found, this girl was wearing the following pieces of clothing:

a white/beige pullover (either a sweater or description of her shirt)
short sleeve top,
Levi brand jeans of beige-yellow color,
a white bra,
a brown colored shoe,
rawhide string necklace with a small round blue object affixed/attatched to it.

There is no mention of the other clothing which might be expected, such as the other shoe, socks, panties, or jacket. Conclusions cannot be drawn by those omissions, however, because the person who wrote these lists, might simply have left them out. An example being that the bra is mentioned in one site, but not in the other.

The available press and website reports do not mention whether or not she was raped, or sexually assulted, only that she was strangled to death. Because she had been dead for less than 24 hours when found, it is likely that police investigators did obtain that information from her autopsy.

It is believed that she was killed elsewhere, and transported to the place where she was found. This might indicate that she was killed in Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia or Virginia as those are the states closest to where she was left. It is possible that she was transported from further away, but the haste in which she was dumped and left in the open would indicate that she was not driven far from where she was killed.
I have some original articles when she was found. Let me send them to you, Richard.
 
Hollow said:
The link provides a look at this girl's actual morgue photo. The Doenetwork rendition looks much as she would have appeared in life. While most of the information in this article is posted above, stated for the first time is the cause of death: Strangulation.

Good to see that the case is still open and active.

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From 18 Feb 2004 Article:
Baltimore County police are seeking the public's help in identifying a young woman who was found murdered on September 12, 1976. Police are releasing a picture of the victim to seek help from the public in identifying the woman.
Just before 10:30 a.m., a motorist found the woman's body near the roadway in the 5600-block of Dogwood Road in Woodlawn. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined the cause of death as strangulation. Detectives launched a thorough investigation but have been unable to identify either the victim or a suspect. It is believed that the woman was killed within the previous 24 hours at another location, and her body was dumped where it was found.

The victim is described as a white female, in her late teens to mid-twenties, 5' 8", and 159 pounds. She had shoulder-length brown hair, brown eyes, and was wearing a white and beige pullover, short-sleeve top, beige and yellow Levi jeans, and a rawhide string necklace with a small, round, blue pendant. She had a 1 A? inch scar on her left thigh and a tattoo on her right arm just below the shoulder. The tattoo appeared to be the letters JP.

Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the Baltimore County police at 410-307-2020 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7-LOCKUP (1-866-756-2587). Callers can remain anonymous, and those calling Metro Crime Stoppers might be eligible for a cash reward up to $2,000. Information concerning the case is available on the Doe Network's web site at www.doenetwork.org , case number 279UFMD.
 
This case is now just over 30 years old. Has anyone seen any anniversary articles, or are there any updates?
 
Paper: Sun, The (Baltimore, MD)
Title: Unsolved 1976 killing gets another look
Date: January 8, 2003

When a young woman's body was discovered on a road near a cemetery in Woodlawn in 1976, Baltimore County police had hundreds of leads -- people called nearly every day to say that their sister or friend or a dancer they'd seen on the Block resembled the victim, who had been strangled.


But it has been a long time since anyone has called about the unsolved killing, and even longer since someone has tried to help detectives identify the woman, who remains known simply as Jane Doe.More than 26 years after her death, Baltimore County police tried again yesterday to generate interest in a case that has led them all over the country in search of information to help them figure out who the woman was, who killed her and why.


"There's no particular lead, no new development in the case," said Bill Toohey, a county police spokesman. Detectives think someone in the area might know something about the case, he said.


"It happens that way sometimes," Toohey said. "There may be someone still feeling remorse. There may be old relationships that have now broken. It's not unusual for a detective to show up on a doorstep years after [a killing] to see if someone has broken up with the person they were dating back then."


Police said the woman was probably in her late teens to early 20s when she was killed. Based on the autopsy, they think she was strangled in the 24 hours before her body was found by a passing motorist Sept. 12, 1976, in the 5600 block of Dogwood Road, not far from Lorraine Park Cemetery. Police say her body was probably dumped there.


The woman had shoulder-length brown hair and brown eyes, a scar on her left thigh and a tattoo on her right arm that appeared to be the letters "JP" but could have represented something else, police said. She was 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighed 159 pounds and wore a white pullover, beige-yellow Levi jeans and a rawhide string necklace with a small, blue object attached.


This is not the first time county police have revived the case. As recently as 1998, police publicized the killing, hoping to generate new leads.


"After this much time, it becomes harder and harder because people's memories fade," Toohey said.


Late last year, county police assigned two veteran homicide detectives, Philip G. Marll and James W. Tincher, to a newly invigorated cold-case squad that is dedicated to old, unsolved killings.


In the weeks and months after the woman's body was found, police received hundreds of phone calls and tips. Sisters, mothers, landlords, taxi drivers and drug dealers told police they thought they knew who the young woman was. But none of the tips checked out, according to a review of the investigative file.


Detectives distributed fliers about the woman to dancers and bartenders on The Block, posted them around Fells Point and passed them out at area hospitals, clinics and jails. Missing-person reports, fingerprint and dental records were checked across the country.


Detectives checked out similarities between the woman's death and cases from as far away as Illinois and California. Investigators accumulated a 6-inch-thick file, but nothing in it brought them much closer to solving the mystery.


More recently, they added information to the Doe Network, an international Web site of unidentified murder victims, Toohey said.


Anyone with information about the case is asked to call police at 410-307-2020.
 
Alice Mae Vanalstine, 28, Missing since April 2, 1976 from Polk County, IA

Alice Mae Vanalstine
Missing since April 2, 1976 from Polk County, Iowa
Classification: Involuntary

Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: May 23, 1947
Age at Time of Disappearance: 28 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'7"; 128 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; blue eyes.

Circumstances of Disappearance

Vanalstine was last seen in Polk County, Iowa on April 2, 1976.

Investigators

If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Polk County Sheriff's Office
319-589-4410

Email: PolkCountySheriff@co.polk.ia.us


Source Information:
Iowa DPS Missing Persons Clearinghouse
The Doe Network: Case File 1806DFIA

LINK:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1806dfia.html
 
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/279ufmd.html

Discovered on September 12, 1976 in the Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland.
She was a victim of homicide/strangulation
Estimated Date of Death: 24 hours prior

Vital Statistics

Estimated age: 15-25 years old
Approximate Height and Weight: 5'6"-5'8"; 159 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Shoulder length, brown hair; brown eyes. Pierced ears.
Marks, Scars: She had a 1 ½ inch scar on her left thigh.
Tattoos: She had what appeared to be the letters of either "JP", "JS","JD", "JB", or SP", "SS", "SD", "SB", crudely tattooed on her right arm, just below the shoulder.
Clothing: White/beige pullover, short sleeve top; Levis beige and yellow jeans; a white bra; leather, brown shoes, with soft rubber composition sole, with laces; and striped with brown/gray/beige knee socks.
Jewelry: A rawhide, string necklace, with a small, round, blue object affixed.
Personal Effects: 2 keys on a safety pin.
Blood Type: O positive.
Fingerprints: Available. 12 0 5 U OIO 18, I 17 U IIO 19
Dentals: Available. Teeth are in good condition with the following notations: 3rd molars all extracted, left mandibular 2nd molar extracted, fillings in left upper 1st and 2nd molars, right 1st and 2nd molars and left lower 1st molar. Tooth #20 rotated 90 degrees.

Case History
The victim was found by a passing motorist at 10:20 a.m. on September 12, 1976, off the roadway in the 5600 block of Dogwood Road, in the Woodlawn section of Baltimore. This is just a short distance from Lorraine Park Cemetery.
It is believed she had been killed sometime within the previous 24 hours at another location, and her body was dumped where it was found.
Detectives launched an extensive investigation at the time to find the killer. The young woman's fingerprints have been checked against the records of every state in the union, with no matches. No matches have been found for her dental records. Investigators have followed up on similar cases in other states as far away as Illinois and California. But they have found nothing.

I believe the following is a match;
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1704dfil.html
Barbara Glueckert

Missing since August 21, 1976 in Huntley, Kane County, Illinois
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics

Age at Time of Disappearance: 14 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'4"; 120 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Dark brown hair, brown eyes.
Last seen wearing green t-shirt, blue corduroy jeans, tan earth shoes, a leather beaded necklace and a rope belt with a large metal buckle. (This was listed on the Charley Project

Circumstances of Disappearance
Glueckert was last seen leaving a concert on August 21, 1976. She was with a 24-year-old area man who had previous rape accusations made against him but was never convicted. The suspect left the area, but authorities eventually tracked him down in San Francisco. They found a letter he wrote that said he "put the girl in the ground". The suspect is now deceased. He denied any knowledge of Glueckert's death or her whereabouts for the rest of his life.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Mount Prospect Police Department
Detective Mike Nelson
847-870-5649

I want some opinions from you all, before I submit this.... Thanks
Side by sides with Barbara in the middle......
 

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Wow! I think that is so close it has to almost certainly be a match! I got goosebumps
 
imo It's certainly worth calling to ask if Barbara Glueckert was ruled out re "Investigators have followed up on similar cases in other states as far away as Illinois and California. But they have found nothing."

Brings her to their attention if she wasn't checked out. If she was it's a good start to a ruled out list.
 
Very similar. I wonder if Barbara Glueckert had tattoos that are listed for the "doe". Definately worth calling in.
 
This caught my eye because of the Il connection and initially I thought why would Mt. Prospect be investigating a missing persons case from Huntley, they aren't even in the same county.

I found Barbara on Charley Project and see she resided in Mt. Prospect and went to a 'concert' and there is a POI who left for California within days of her disappearance.

It's not impossible, but unliklely imo, the perp left for Cali and had someone drop Barbara off in MD.

As a local, Huntley is still considered 'rural' to anyone in the Chicagoland area today, and back in the early/mid 70's there was a top 40 am radio station (890 WLS)which at one time had a Tommy Edwards as a side kick dj to Larry Lujack. (Uncle Lar' and little Tommy)which may explain the poi using the name Tom Edwards and her willingness to go to a 'concert' at 14 so far from home.

The chances of this guy leaving IL/-an hour or so west of Ohare, to go to MD, and then back to Cali in a few days, pretty unlikely but not impossible.

I wonder if this poi had ties to MD? If not, I say not a match.

The tat's stand out too. Barbara is listed as a Junior High graduate from a Catholic school. Tats, I think would have stood out or been known to close friends if she hid them. I could be wrong but if she went to mass and then left with this guy?

Someone is going to have to link Charley... my computer is on it's last leg and I can't see them to copy and paste.

Barbara's family won a wrongful death suit against the POI who is now deceased.
 

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