FL FL - Milton, WhtFem 660UFFL, 20-35, Weaver Creek @ Eglin AFB, Mar'86

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a subject whose remains were found in 1986.

On March 12, 1986 human remains consisting of a skull were found floating in Weaver Creek, a subsidiary of Yellow River, on the Eglin Air Force Base Property located in Santa Rosa County. The remains were found floating approximately 25 yards from shore.

Since the discovery, the remains have been examined by numerous experts who have concluded the following:

• White female with possible Spanish descent
• Had been in the water 2 – 6 weeks
• Unable to determine cause of death
• Between 20 – 30 years of age
• Between 5’3” to 5’06” in height
• Moderate muscular build & between 115 – 135 lbs.
• Carried at least two children to term
• Smoked cigarettes
• Probably right-handed
• Used drugs to excess by snorting
• Had poor dental hygiene with distinctive dental features
• The skull also indicated partially healed fractures of both the right and left temporary bones that appeared to be at least 1 ½ years old
• Dental Records have been entered into NCIC but have not produced any matches

The first composite was done in 1986 by Cpl. Daniels with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office. Recently, a second composite was completed by Deputy Moody with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and was aged to 45 years of age due to the victim possibly a heavy drug user that may have resulted in a fatigued, prematurely-aged appearance.

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http://www.srpressgazette.com/news/sheriff-7634-office-woman.html

Link has the composite pics.

The above link does not work, this does

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/skull-18785-rosa-santa.html

How do they tell that she was pregnant twice from a skull?

She is not in Namus but here is her Doe Net page
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/660uffl.html

and the press release from the county website:
http://www.santarosasheriff.org/IdentifyingRemains.shtml

They had to have more than just the skull in order to determine an estimated ht. and wt. Strange though that the articles focused on the skull.

What about Khiva Kniffen http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1528dffl.html ? I assume the DNA is on record for both and would rule this out... but age, location, time frame and having two children fits. I'm not sure about her use of tobacco, though.

NamUs page: https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/1231

Date found March 12, 1986

Rule outs:
Rose Gayhart 1962 Florida
Wendy Huggy 1965 Florida
Patricia Schmidt 1964 Virginia


Estimated age Adult - Pre 30
Minimum age 21 years
Maximum age 35 years
Race White
Sex Female
Weight (pounds) 120
Estimated Height (inches) 66
Not recognizable - Insect/animal activity
Probable year of death 0 to 1986
Estimated postmortem interval 0 Months

One or more limbs were not recovered.

Other Details: Smoker (excessive nicotine stains on teeth), Pelvic bones suggest she likely had children. Caucasian and may have admixture of latin infusion.

Brownish-black hair, no fingerprints, yes DNA and dental. No recon besides the scary composite from DoeNet!!!

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Exclusions
MP4934 Rose Gayhart 03/14/1985 Lee FL
MP5074 Wendy Huggy 04/07/1982 Pinellas FL
MP974 Patricia Schmidt 06/04/1985 Henrico VA

660UFFL

660UFFL - Unidentified Female

Date of Discovery: March 12, 1986
Location of Discovery: Milton, Santa Rosa County, Florida
Estimated Date of Death: 2-6 weeks prior
State of Remains: Decomposed
Cause of Death: Homicide - suffication or drowning

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 20-35 years old
Race: White - possibly Spanish descent.
Sex: Female
Height: 5'4" to 5'8"
Weight: 120 to 135 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown. Brownish-black
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Probably right handed; cocaine user; pregant at least twice; cigarette smoker (excessive nicotine stains on teeth); muscular build; 2 previous fractures on the temple of the skull that were at least 1 1/2 years old; she might have looked fatigued or prematurely-aged because of her drug use.

Identifiers
Dentals: Available. Partial dental plates and numerous cavities with poor dental hygiene.
Fingerprints: Unavailable. Both hands missing.
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery
The victim was found in Weaver Creek, a tributary of the Yellow Creek that runs through Eglin Air Force Base property. The skull was about 25 yards from shore.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Unknown
Agency Phone Number: Unknown
Agency E-Mail: Unknown
Agency Case Number: 86-114

Agency Name: District One Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Emily Speed, Medicolegal Death Investigator
Agency Phone Number: 850-416-7210
Agency E-Mail: contactus@fldme.com
Agency Case Number: MLA1986-114

NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 1231
Former Hot Case Number: 813

Information Source(s)
NamUs
FLDME

Admin Notes
Added: 11/11/07; Last Updated: 6/28/20

Weaver Creek Jane Doe has been unidentified for 35 years today.

Special Thanks to D. Paul Moody for his tireless effort and wonderful forensic craniofacial reconstructions of our districts missing / unidentified decedents.

UNIDENTIFIED - UNIDENTIFIED - UNIDENTIFIED

CASE #86-114 Date Found: March 12, 1986

County Found: Santa Rosa

Name: Jane Doe Race: White

Sex: Female Age: 21 - 35

Height: 5' 6" Weight:120 lbs.

Eye Color: No Description

Hair: Brownish-Black

Facial Features: No Description

Teeth: Natural - Some uninterrupted teeth, tobacco stained.

Scars: No Description

Tattoos: No Description

Clothing: No Description

Personal Effects: No Description

Other Information: The decedent was found near Cold Water Creek off Yellow River, 1 mile west of Hwy 87, South of Milton, Florida. (Weaver Creek, Eglin Air Force Base, Santa Rosa County). The decedent was a tobacco user.

"Body of woman found in Santa Rosa County," Pensacola News Journal, 13 March 1986, 1B.

"The body was badly decomposed," said Larry Pearson, chief deputy for the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Department. "At this point, we can't tell the cause of death. Or if foul play was involved. But an autopsy will be performed Thursday morning."

Bill Dingwall, "Cause of death may take weeks to determine," Pensacola News Journal, 14 March 1986, 4B.

"The body was in reasonably shallow water," the sheriff said. "The water in that area runs from knee deep to waist deep. There's some indication she'd been in the water from two to six weeks."

Bill Dingwall, "Corpse conceals mystery," Pensacola News Journal, 5 April 1986, 1B, 2B.
[part 1] [part 2]

She left no clue to her identity. Her hands were gone; they were severed, probably due to decomposition.

"We went back to the creek and searched for the hands," said a sheriff's source. "We never found 'em. We had hoped to get fingerprints."

Initially, lawmen weren't sure whether the body was male or female, white or black.

[...]

"The body was so badly decomposed," Sheriff Mauriece Coffman said at the time of the discovery of the body. "There are indications she'd been in the water from two to six weeks. We have no idea what killed her. But we're treating it as a homicide, mainly because of where the body was found."

Her body was found by several people who were canoeing down Weaver Creek, southeast of here on the Eglin Air Force reservation. That was March 12.

[...]

"We've checked every missing persons report in West Florida," said Sheriff's Investigator Tom Perry. "We haven't come up with a thing. We have no clues, no leads, nothing."

According to Investigator Perry, the woman had been dead anywhere from two to six weeks.

"They're saying she either died of suffocation or drowning," he said. "Which means she could've died from somebody holding a hand over her mouth. Or a pillow over her face. We're definitely looking at a homicide here."

Sketches added 04/04/23

Weaver Creek Jane Doe has been unidentified for 38 years today.