Yeah, Lynette would be worth the effort of following up immediately if it looked like a rule-out would be an easy matter, like if there was DNA or dental records easily available I'd go to the effort just for the thoroughness of it. She's worth keeping on a second list, the one you go to when all the probable matches just don't match.
And I would very much like to know exactly what the dental techniques they are basing their judgments on are. Bound to be some differences between Australia and America, just as there are between America and Europe. Also, everyone seems to be jumping from "Europe" to "eastern bloc" in their thinking, and maybe that isn't what the dentist who assessed the Doe's mouth really meant?
Lynette has a thread here with another picture of her posted by a relative, she looks less bony in the face, more puffy, almost a different person again. I suspect she tended to show stress by becoming gaunt.
Australia - Lynnette Dawson. Missing since 1982. Presumed dead - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community
Hi reasy!
I'm so sorry for lynnette...I agree she should be looked at by professionals...I certainly am just another artist who happened in here a few days ago...I was only giving my thoughts as an artist who studies lines, planes, angles, curves which is what a human face is to us. But of course, I am not a forensic professional of ANY KIND.
Looking at her face, I see the potential for a match, but I also see one piece of bone structure that I don't think would match and which would be important --- namely, the sinus cavity, where it meets up to the bridge of her nose in Lynette's face appears to be quite narrow and flat to me. I'm not sure that's something that can really change. That flatness, would eliminate the angle of the cheekbone. That's only my non-professional opinion as an artist.
The information about "eastern European dental work" was cited in the official information that was posted somewhere. I forgot where. Doenetwork I think?? Which I'm assuming they got that from the coroner.
I'm not sure what specifically they were referring to becuause that's all it said. I did post a personal experience of mine with "Eastern European dental procedure" on a cavity that I had filled in Leningrad. (St. Petersburg.) That was a long time ago granted ---I was 15 at the time. But I don't know if that procedure was the "same" as what was seen in this victim. I only posted it as an example of a possibility.
Having had numerous dental problems throughout my life, I think I can safely say that Aussie dental work is on a par with American. Procedures are very similar and materials are similar. Aussie dental work is superior of course, to Mexican dental work (which I also have.)
Having spent my entire childhood and up to early 20's abroad I have had a lot of dental work (some quite serious) in countries other than the US. So of course, my experiences are my own and not reflective of anything other than some basic informational purposes. But to make a long story short, if I had to make a guess I would say that this victim may have had some inferior crowns made of stainless steel or she had fillings made from lower grade amalgam.
Something like that would be a strong indicator of "eastern European" dental work.
God bless Lynette, her family and the people who are searching for her. I hoep she is found one day soon.
) Even a .38 might do that at close range.
