Identified! AR - Blytheville, WhtFem 449UFAR, 18-36, 'Kim' tattoo, Jun'78 - Kimberlin Mills

q64ceo · Aug 28, 2013

The victim was discovered on June 17, 1978 in Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas
Estimated Date of Death: Recent
Vital Statistics

Estimated age: 18-35 years old
Approximate Height and Weight: 5'2"; 125 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Hair is 4-6" in length, light brown to blonde in color, being more blonde along the ends away from the scalp. Hazel eyes.
Marks, Scars: A non-professional tattoo of the word "KIM" on right arm.
Dentals: Available. 1, #16, #17, and #32 unerupted, #18, #19, #30, and #31 fillings.
Fingerprints: Not available.

Case History
The victim was located in a ditch at Interstate 55 and Highway 148 Exit, with a shotgun wound to the head.

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/449ufar.html

Male Campanion's thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...ot-Doe-449UFAR-Jun-78&p=10355526#post10355526

q64ceo · Aug 28, 2013

Teresa Cupps

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/12468/6/

Nickname is Kimbi Boyd

The tattoo said "Kim" and not "Kimbi", but maybe it was a work in progress?

Anyways, besides that, all stats match.

I am unsure. Can anyone else take a look?

thepinkdragon · Aug 28, 2013

AK is Alaska, AR is Arkansas. Sorry I've seen a lot of this lately and wanted to point it out so threads are labeled correctly.

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Irish_Eyes · Aug 28, 2013

Could be. I would see if the mods can change the thread title.though. I think AR is Arkansas. AK is Alaska.

thepinkdragon · Aug 28, 2013

q64ceo said:
Teresa Cupps

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/12468/6/

Nickname is Kimbi Boyd

The tattoo said "Kim" and not "Kimbi", but maybe it was a work in progress?

Anyways, besides that, all stats match.

I am unsure. Can anyone else take a look?

Could very well be her.

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q64ceo · Aug 28, 2013

My mistake

Fixed the state

FiveFelines · Aug 28, 2013

q64ceo said:
Teresa Cupps

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/12468/6/

Nickname is Kimbi Boyd

The tattoo said "Kim" and not "Kimbi", but maybe it was a work in progress?

Anyways, besides that, all stats match.

I am unsure. Can anyone else take a look?

I think she resembles the recon, especially in the other pics at CP. According to this, her tat is on her ankle, but who knows? The location seems reasonable.

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/cupps_teresa.html

FiveFelines · Aug 28, 2013

FYI, morgue photos (and ruleouts) on her Namus page. Warning: Before viewing, keep in mind that she was shot in the head.

https://identifyus.org/cases/5158

FiveFelines · Aug 28, 2013

One additional note: Her Namus page gives more details on her clothing and jewelry. She was found wearing a mercury dime on a chain as a necklace. Interesting info on mercury dimes here: Mercury dime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Use of mercury dime as a gambling charm:

http://www.luckymojo.com/silverdime.html

FiveFelines · Aug 28, 2013

Okay, one last detail and I'll stop. This page mentions that she was found with a UID male. (Carl's recon looks a lot better, IMO.)

http://www.missingkids.com/missingk...NCMU&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US

thepinkdragon · Aug 28, 2013

I think it's her. I would send in a tip for them to look into it.

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joeytes · Aug 28, 2013

I believe it is her. I sent the tip to the doe network earlier this year. They replied saying the match was already submitted by someone else.

CarlK90245 · Aug 28, 2013

FiveFelines said:
Okay, one last detail and I'll stop. This page mentions that she was found with a UID male. (Carl's recon looks a lot better, IMO.)

http://www.missingkids.com/missingk...NCMU&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US

This, and the Fontana Cherry Ave Jane Doe, were two of the toughest recons I've done. The lighting in the PM photos are terrible, and the faces were swollen and damaged, making it very difficult to discern what they looked like in life. And the hairstyles were a complete mystery, given what you can see in the PM photo.

This new reconstruction is an interesting take, and she very well might actually look like that. The hair on the new recon is probably more accurate than mine. I started trying to re-do my recon yesterday, before I saw the new NCMEC version. I set it aside though, and went on to something else.

This is the first I've heard that there is also a John Doe connected to Kim Doe's case.

FiveFelines · Aug 28, 2013

CarlK90245 said:
This, and the Fontana Cherry Ave Jane Doe, were two of the toughest recons I've done. The lighting in the PM photos are terrible, and the faces were swollen and damaged, making it very difficult to discern what they looked like in life. And the hairstyles were a complete mystery, given what you can see in the PM photo.

This new reconstruction is an interesting take, and she very well might actually look like that. The hair on the new recon is probably more accurate than mine. I started trying to re-do my recon yesterday, before I saw the new NCMEC version. I set it aside though, and went on to something else.

This is the first I've heard that there is also a John Doe connected to Kim Doe's case.

I can't find anything else in the unidentified male found the same day in Missouri--no Namus or Doe profiles that I see.

sloane7777 · Aug 28, 2013

q64ceo said:
teresa cupps

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/12468/6/

nickname is kimbi boyd

the tattoo said "kim" and not "kimbi", but maybe it was a work in progress?

Anyways, besides that, all stats match.

I am unsure. Can anyone else take a look?

really good catch!!!!!

CarlK90245 · Aug 29, 2013

I hadn't done any revisions to this one for quite awhile. So I spent some time today revising my original attempt, and here's what I came up with.

q64ceo · Aug 29, 2013

joeytes said:
I believe it is her. I sent the tip to the doe network earlier this year. They replied saying the match was already submitted by someone else.

I am not so sure.

Someone tattooing a name on their body could be one of a few things: name of a family member, name of the victim, or name of a lover.

Her nickname was Kimbi. One would naturally assume that the whole tattoo would say Kimbi.

q64ceo · Aug 29, 2013

CarlK90245 said:
I hadn't done any revisions to this one for quite awhile. So I spent some time today revising my original attempt, and here's what I came up with.

Whats your take? Do you think it could be her?

CarlK90245 · Aug 29, 2013

q64ceo said:
Whats your take? Do you think it could be her?

Both sides have full DNA profiles, so you'd think if she was Teresa Cupps, there would be a CODIS hit.

sloane7777 · Aug 29, 2013

CarlK90245 said:
Both sides have full DNA profiles, so you'd think if she was Teresa Cupps, there would be a CODIS hit.

Carl does namus automaticly run a Codis check? I dont really trust that for some reason? What do you think?

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