Ireland Ireland - Kilmuckridge, Fem, 5'10', "Rumour" jeans, washed ashore, 12 Dec 1995

http://www.thejournal.ie/unidentified-woman-wexford-skull-2471099-Dec2015/

SHE WORE A pair of Lee jeans. Some of the material was still attached to her body when it was washed up on the Wexford coast.

It was the 12 December 1995 at Ballinamona Strand, Kilmuckridge, just a few kilometres south of Gorey.
The woman had been in the water for some time, her upper half was skeletal, the lower half of her remains more intact. She was washed ashore among pieces of wood and seaweed brought in by the currents.

The denim jeans, by their nature a durable material, contained clues. The jeans were unusual, there was a diamond shaped motif on the back pocket of a woman wearing sunglasses.
Gardaí would later establish the jeans were manufactured in Belgium in the late 1980s under the fashion name ‘Rumour’. The jeans were never officially sold in Ireland
In the pocket of the jeans were two Volkswagen keys with a ball shaped keyring. The car to fit the keys would never be found.
She wore laced-up, brown-coloured flat soled shoes, size 39, and she wore white socks. On the insole of the shoes was a four star symbol and the wording ‘Made in France’. Could she be French or might she be Belgian? The clothes may be a wrong steer.

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Perhaps she was swept across the Irish Sea having entered the water in Wales or England? Perhaps she might have fallen from a ferry going to or from Rosslare? Perhaps her death was accidental, perhaps she was murdered?

Before her skull was lost it was established that she had a brace on her lower teeth and she had undergone much dental treatment. She was also tall, perhaps 5 foot 10 inches. Her family and friends are out there somewhere. Maybe one day they will be found and take her home

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I cannot believe I never heard about this & it’s a beach I have walked many times. All I could find was this lengthy report online ..
TheJournal.ie - 20 years ago, a woman's body washed up in Wexford - we still don't know who she is

Was the 5' 10" measured? Quite tall for a woman.

Laughing said:

Was the 5' 10" measured? Quite tall for a woman.

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My guess is that she was from the Netherlands, they're a tall nation so I suppose 5'10" is not that unusual for a Dutch woman. And it would explain her jeans being from Belgium, those two countries are neighbours.

From the above article. I'm afraid we will never know who this woman was. Somebody will never know what happened to their loved one. Even if someone comes up with the perfect hypothetical match, how could it ever be confirmed?

Not intentional

I have seen documents which show that in November 2007, as a result of the agitation by the family of missing woman Priscilla Clarke, the Garda Commissioner wrote to the Department of Justice asking that the body of the unidentified woman be exhumed so as to obtain DNA samples.

It emerged that samples had in fact been taken from the body in early 1996 before the woman was buried, but those samples had been lost. But the letter also revealed that the woman’s skull had also been lost.

The two page letter stated that the skull and lower jaw had been removed for further examination, that no written report existed from the relevant medical official in Dublin and that the skull could not now be located.

The loss of samples from the body of the unidentified woman was not intentional, but is most upsetting, and most unfortunate.
It is the clearest example of how the Irish State has failed missing people, not in an intentional way, but it has failed them nonetheless.

The samples had been removed from the unidentified woman with the best of intentions, to try and establish her identity. Their subsequent loss makes it incumbent on the State to make right what has happened.

Fresh bid to identify woman’s body found on beach in 1995


In November 2007, an exhumation was carried out and a DNA sample harvested before the remains were re-interred.

The DNA has since been uploaded on to the Interpol database for comparison with profiles from missing persons worldwide but to date no matches have been identified.

The article published today is the first time her age has ever been mentioned, IIRC. She was 25-40.

It also states that authorities don't suspect foul play, and she most likely drowned.

TootsieFootsie said:

Gardai share clothing snaps in bid to identify woman's body found on beach

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From link, thanks.. rbbm.
Gardai share clothing snaps in bid to identify woman's body found on beach
A pattern of a woman on the blue 'Lee' jeans

The woman was wearing blue 'Lee' jeans

A snap of brown laced shoes has also been shared

''Gardai attended the scene and the remains were removed to the mortuary at Waterford Hospital - with foul play ruled out after a post mortem.

The pathologist reported the remains to be a woman aged between 25 and 40 years, approximately 176cm in height who had undergone a lot of dental treatment including a brace fitted on her bottom teeth.


At the time of her discovery, she was wearing a pair of blue ‘Lee’ jeans (sized 33/31) and brown laced shoes (size 39) with white socks.


Two Volkswagen keys were recovered in the pocket of the jeans.''