KY KY - Glasgow, Barren River Lake, OtherFem 2-3, UP100, In Suitcase on Lake Shore, Dec'd Several Months, Aug'89

OkieGranny · Oct 22, 2014

http://www.kentuckystatepolice.org/cold_case/post3coldcase6.php

The Kentucky State Police request help in resolving the murder of a 2 ½ year old biracial female child, with an estimated year of birth between 1984-1987. The child was found on August 20, 1989 in the Skaggs Creek section of Barren River Lake. The remains were skeletal and were in a suitcase...

Post received 3 quick calls from someone claiming to be an attorney who asked that immunity be granted to a woman who had information about the child. After those 3 calls, no more were received.

http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/ne...cle_070fb9ca-59a3-11e4-921f-3f689137d8a4.html

Marion estimated the suitcase had been in the lake for at least three months, “judging from the decomposition of the body,” the article said. The suitcase, a good quality American Tourister model, was in good condition.

At that time, the body was being investigated as a homicide because “the skull appears to have been fractured and we are continuing on that basis at the present time,” Marion said...

In the original findings from the ME, the child was identified as female, but Phillips said they are no longer assuming that it’s female because at that age, children’s structure is so similar it’s hard to tell them apart.

NamUs: https://identifyus.org/en/cases/100

Doe: http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/934ufky.html

lindamichelle1 · Mar 30, 2015

Sad that no one ever came forward, the woman obviously had something to do with it, but you would think someone else in her family would notice a 2 year old missing

Jake479 · Jul 14, 2015

I really hope they look at Cherie Barnes. She was born in 1984 and she is biracial.
www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/barnes_cherie.html

WyomingSkyAngel · Feb 18, 2016

I agree with Jake479. I'm of the opinion that Cherie is deceased, given the background of her stepfather.

cvaldez1975 · Feb 18, 2016

yea I can see him hitting her over the head and discarding her.

WyomingSkyAngel said:
I agree with Jake479. I'm of the opinion that Cherie is deceased, given the background of her stepfather.

CCD · Jun 27, 2016

Bumping - was looking into this doe as potentially Marlena Childress until I saw biracial. Do we know why they think that?

cvaldez1975 · Jun 27, 2016

Yes there is no way that kid is alive. He prostituted her mother, no way he cared about her child.

Jake479 said:
I really hope they look at Cherie Barnes. She was born in 1984 and she is biracial.
www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/barnes_cherie.html

Alleykins · Jun 27, 2016

How would they even make a match? The only thing available is dental, and chances are a child that age hasn't been to a dentist yet unless they had really bad teeth problems. I think my son's first visit to the dentist was when he was four or so.

CCD · Jun 27, 2016

Sadly there are no dentals on Cherie - seems like making a match would be a long shot

KaylaraOwl · Jun 27, 2016

They'd have to get DNA from her maternal family.

Alleykins · Jun 28, 2016

KaylaraOwl said:
They'd have to get DNA from her maternal family.

The UP has insufficient data for DNA testing unfortunately.

lizziginne · Nov 17, 2016

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/6630/5/
I know it says biracial on this little JD's doe network page, but I always thought Emily Sawyer was a good match?
Or possibly Deisy Herrera?
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/8893/7/

Jake479 · Dec 21, 2017

I still believe this is Cherie Barnes, but sadly, it doesn't look like there's any way to prove it.

KaylaraOwl · Dec 22, 2017

I wonder if they tried that picture/skull overlay technique?

Nate_Bro · May 31, 2019

Has anyone considered Shemaeah Nicole Gunnel?

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

MadMcGoo · Jan 10, 2020

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP100
Female, Other

Date Body Found: August 8, 1989
Location Found: Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky
Estimated Age: PreAdolescent; 2-3 years
Estimated PMI: Months
Height/Weight: Cannot Estimate

Circumstances of Recovery: Body was found inside a blue suitcase on the shore along Barren River Lake in Glasgow. The child had been deceased for several months.

"0 Missing Person Exclusions"

MadMcGoo · Jan 23, 2020

NCMEC
UNIDENTIFIED - Unknown Doe 1989
Date Found: Aug 8, 1989
Location Found: Glasgow, KY
Estimated Age: 2-3
Sex: Unknown
Race: Unknown
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown

Female, Male, Suitcase

An unidentified child was found on August 8, 1989 in Barren County, Kentucky. The body was found inside a blue suitcase on the shore along Barren River Lake in Glasgow. The child had been deceased for several months. An anthropological assessment suggests that the remains are a young child, 2-3 years old. The sex cannot be determined. The images above depict the suitcase and a facial reconstruction completed by a NCMEC Forensic Artist that depicts what the child may have looked like in life as a boy and a girl.

GJKJR · Jan 29, 2020

August 22, 1989. The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY.

August 22, 1989. The Messenger, Madisonville, KY.

GJKJR · Jan 31, 2020

I forgot to add this: Based on what I have seen from newspaper articles, I am fairly sure that August 20, 1989 is the correct DoD for this Doe.

MadMcGoo · Jan 31, 2020

Little Baby Blue, how are you?
https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Barren_County_Doe
Barren County Doe

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