CA CA - Lompoc, WhtFem 16-25, 205UFCA, overbite, horseshoe earrings, Aug'69

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

She's still not in Namus. Sigh.

Just like others have pointed out, I also have sneaking suspicion she's already in NamUS. I came to think of Granby Girl just now, and she was -seemingly- without a NamUs entry until just recently, but if you look closer, you'll notice that her case was entered in 2016..

 

[Richard]

Andrew Julian Manuel, Jr.



Where was Andrew Manuel (close friend of Michigan serial killer John Collins) in early August 1969?

When the body of a young girl murdered in Michigan was found, and John Collins arrested, on 26 July 1969, Andrew Manuel fled from Michigan to California.

It was reported in The Detroit News on Friday, August 8th, that Mrs. Ernestina Masters, Manuel's sister-in-law, said she would cooperate with authorities in any way possible. Manuel had stayed at her apartment with her and her roommate since the previous Saturday night (2 August 1969). Manuel had called Ernestina from California and asked for some money. She sent him $50, and he traveled by bus to her Phoenix apartment.

Lompoc Jane Doe's body was found on 3 August 1969. No estimate of date of death in the various websites.

It would be interesting to see where Manuel called his sister from and where in California she sent him the $50 for bus fare.

LINK:

Fornology.com : John Norman Collins Associate - Andrew Julian Manuel, Jr.

 

[Richard]

Lompoc Jane Doe, body found 3 August 1969

Reconstruction of the victim

Date of Discovery: August 3, 1969
Location of Discovery: Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California
Estimated Date of Death: Days prior
State of Remains: Unknown
Cause of Death: Homicide by stabbing

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 16-25 years old
Race: White
Sex: Female
Height: 5'2" to 5'4"
Weight: 120 to 130 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown, dyed a reddish blond and shoulder length.
Eye Color: Blue
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Pierced ears. She wore silver nail polish.

Identifiers
Dentals: Available. She had protruding front teeth. dental work included 19 fillings done within the year or two preceding her death. Based on her dental work, investigators surmised that she may have come from abroad.
Fingerprints: Available, but of poor quality.
DNA: Available.

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Brown sandals with a gold colored buckle, a dark blue blouse, black bra, pink bikini panties, and what appeared to be homemade white hip hugger bell bottom pants decorated with a blue floral print (daisies with a red center). The female's clothing is described to have been in fashion for those in her age group at the time.
Jewelry: Thin, horseshoe-shaped, gold earrings.
Additional Personal Items: Unknown.

Circumstances of Discovery
Hunters found the victim's body in a quarry a few feet down an embankment. Her body had been dragged there across dust and scrub brush and dumped behind a cluster of rocks within sight of old Highway 1. Investigators believe she was killed there.

She had been stabbed multiple times and her throat was slit.

The victim was later buried in the Lompoc Cemetery in 1969.

In 2001, she was exhumed for DNA collection and to have reconstruction created.

Author Sue Grafton's novel "Q" is for Quarry is loosely based on the investigation of this victim.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 805-681-4100
Agency E-Mail: detective(at)sbsheriff.org
Agency Case Number: 3690943

Agency Name: Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department - Cold Case Unit
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 805-681-4150
Agency E-Mail: detective(at)sbsheriff.org
Agency Case Number: LOMPOC-1969

Agency Name: Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department - Coroner Bureau
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 805-681-4145
Agency E-Mail: coroner(at)sbsheriff.org
Agency Case Number: W7707

NCIC Case Number: U763720372
NamUs Case Number: Not entered

Information Source(s)
Santa Barbara County Sheriff
Santa Barbara County Sheriff (archived)

Admin Notes
Added: Prior to 2008; Last Updated: 9/7/19

 

[Richard]

This case has many similarities to the murder of Roxie Ann Phillips only weeks before in Salinas, CA.

Similarities include, victim age and description, type of clothing, time frame and location, violent death, and remote body dump site It was known that Roxie's destination before her death had been Lompoc, California.

Roxie Ann Phillips, age 17, was five feet six inches tall, weighed 130 pounds, hazel eyes, fair skin, shoulder-length coppery blond hair. She was last seen wearing a short red pants dress with small white floral design, matching fabric belt, full sleeves with white cuffs, white collar, white sandals, and carrying a large straw tote bag. When her body was found, she was wearing only the white sandals, and had a portion of her cloth belt wrapped around her neck.

Roxie's body was found in a ravine near Carmel on 13 July 1969. Some of her personal items were found in various places along the route 68 roadside.

It became pretty certain that John Collins of Michigan murdered Roxie. He had been with her the day before she disappeared, and a piece of her flower print clothing was found in his car, along with blood stains by Michigan State Police. He was convicted in Michigan of the July 26, 1969 murder of Karen Sue Beineman and is considered to be the killer of several other young women in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti, Michigan area. His close associate, Andrew Manuel had accompanied him to California and back to Michigan, where Collins was arrested. Manuel then returned to California in late July before moving on to Arizona where he was apprehended by the FBI.


Roxie Ann Phillips

LINK:
Fornology.com : The Roxie Ann Phillips California Case. Did John Norman Collins Act Alone?

 

[pol100gk]

That is a very interesting connection and amazing find.

 

[Richard]

Here is the first in a series of articles in the Detroit Free Press about John Collins:

John Norman Collins: Michigan murders serial killer cases unsolved

 

[Richard]

Jane Doe 1969
Birth unknown
Death Aug 1969
Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
Burial
Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery
Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, USA

LINK:

Jane Doe 1969 (Unknown-1969) - Find A Grave...

 

[theshadow45]

Lompoc Jane Doe has been unidentified for 51 years today.

 

[sonz82]

My recon. I followed the stats and lightened her hair a little bit.

 

[wary]

Have we heard if genetic genealogy is possible for her? (Sometimes people’s remains were cremated, or even lost.)

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Have we heard if genetic genealogy is possible for her? (Sometimes people’s remains were cremated, or even lost.)

The DoeNetwork says they have her DNA, so I wouldn't rule genetic genealogy out as a possibility.

 

[Richard]

"Lompoc Jane Doe"
Murdered August 1969

 

[carbuff]

205UFCA

Her entry hasn't been updated since 2019. She doesn't have a visible Namus file.

I hadn't noticed the photo of her teeth before--she really has quite a bad overbite.

 

[theshadow45]

Lompoc Jane Doe has been unidentified for 52 years and one day today.

 

[Richard]

Lompoc Jane Doe
Reconstruction of Victim

Unidentified White Female Located on August 3, 1969 near a quarry on Highway 1, south of Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California.

The victim died from multiple stab wounds and a slit throat.

Estimated date of death: July 29, 1969

Vital Statistics
Estimated age: 16 - 25 years old
Approximate Height and Weight: 5'2-5'4"; 120-130 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Shoulder-length brown hair dyed a reddish blonde; blue eyes. She had pierced ears. She wore silver nail polish.
Dentals: Available. She had current dental work and "buck teeth". 19 fillings done within the year or two preceding her death. Based on her dental work, investigators surmised that she may have come from abroad.

Clothing: She was wearing brown sandals with a gold colored buckle, a dark blue blouse and what appeared to be homemade white pants decorated with a blue floral print (daisies with red center), they were hip hugger bell bottoms. The clothing appeared consistent with that worn by youth during this time period. A black bra and pink bikini panties.
She wore thin, horseshoe shaped, gold earrings.
Fingerprints: Available. (Poor quality)
Photos: Pants Daisy Pattern and Victim's Bucked Teeth

Case History

The victim lay a few feet down an embankment, her body dragged there across dust and scrub brush and dumped behind a cluster of rocks within sight of old Highway 1. Investigators believe she was killed there. She was stabbed numerous times.

If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department Cold Case Unit Detective Charles Cooley 805-681-4150

NCIC Number: U-763720372

Doe Network: Case File 205UFCA

LINK:

Unidentified Female 1969 Santa Barbara County,California

 

[Richard]

Lompoc Jane Doe (1969)

On August 3, 1969, the body of a young white female was found by a group of hunters in a quarry in Lompoc, California. Her killer had stabbed her and slit her throat. It appeared that her body had been dragged across dust and brush and dumped behind a cluster of rocks near old State Route 1 and was most likely killed at the location.

She was estimated to be between 16 and 25 years old, was between 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 4 inches (1.57 and 1.63 m) tall, and weighed between 120 and 130 pounds (54 and 59 kg). She had brown hair which was dyed a reddish blonde, blue eyes, and protruding incisors, and had had 19 dental fillings made within the last two years of her life.

She also had pierced ears and silver nail polish. She was found wearing brown sandals with gold-colored buckles, a dark blue blouse, black bra, pink bikini panties, homemade white bell-bottoms decorated with a blue floral print, and thin horseshoe-shaped gold earrings.

She was buried in 1969 but exhumed in 2001 for DNA extraction.

LINK:

https://en.everybodywiki.com/List_of_unidentified_murder_victims_in_California

 

[RURALCOW]

Has anyone found/looked for the real missing person as portrayed in Sue Grafton's novel "Q Is For Quarry? I'm trying to upload the photos of reconstruction from the back of the book, but they are not uploading.

 

[Laughing]

Interesting!

"Q is for Quarry" is based on an actual unsolved homicide that occurred in 1969, and Grafton's interest in the case has generated renewed police efforts. The body was exhumed in 2001 and a nationally known forensic artist did the facial reconstruction that appears in the closing pages of "Q is for Quarry." Both Grafton and the dedicated members of the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department are hoping the photograph will trigger memories that may lead to a positive identification. This had not yet occurred as of 2020.

Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, #17) by Sue Grafton



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[Richard]

Interesting!

"Q is for Quarry" is based on an actual unsolved homicide that occurred in 1969, and Grafton's interest in the case has generated renewed police efforts. The body was exhumed in 2001 and a nationally known forensic artist did the facial reconstruction that appears in the closing pages of "Q is for Quarry." Both Grafton and the dedicated members of the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department are hoping the photograph will trigger memories that may lead to a positive identification. This had not yet occurred as of 2020.

Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, #17) by Sue Grafton
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Sue Grafton (1940 - 2017)
Sue Grafton based her novel "Q is for Quarry" roughly on the Lompoc Jane Doe case. Her characters were all fictional. At the very end of her novel was a photo of a facial reconstruction done of Lompoc Jane Doe, along with her written hope that the case could some day be solved.

LINKS:

Sue Grafton (1940-2017) - Find A Grave Memorial

Sue Grafton author biography

 

[dotr]

2019
How a Sonoma County grandma solved a murder mystery from the early 1980s
“It's one of those family situations so common with our Does,” Press said. “There's a reason they're Does. That's what family's for. They're the ones who come looking for you when you've been missing for a year. I think the only thing worse than dying alone, is dying alone with no family looking for you.”

Press' own path to that snow-covered patch on the flank of Mount Rose began with a eureka moment two years earlier.

Determined to read one book a week in retirement, she was devouring Sue Grafton's “Q Is For Quarry,” which was based on a real case of the unsolved murder of Lompoc Jane Doe. That's when inspiration struck.

By then, Press had spent years pursuing the singular hobby she was passionate about, and skilled at: assembling family trees to help adoptees find their biological parents. To aid their search, some adoptees were having their DNA sequenced by companies like Ancestry.com.

It dawned on Press that there was little difference between searching for the identities of adoptees and the identities of Does, “except that, one of them, you can talk to. In both cases, you're looking for parents.”

She put down the novel and emailed Grafton a message along the lines of, “Sorry it took me 10 years to read your book, but is Lompoc Jane Doe still unsolved, and has anyone proposed genetic genealogy to solve it?”

Yes and no, came the reply from the author, who at the time was hip deep in writing her book “Y Is For Yesterday,” and told Press to circle back in a few months. Press proceeded to call and email the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, offering to share her ideas on how Lompoc Jane Doe might be identified with genetic genealogy. Those calls and emails went unreturned.

She reached out to Fitzpatrick, a rocket scientist who ran a public Facebook group called Forensic Genealogy, which describes itself as “CSI meets Roots.” In 2011, Fitzpatrick had founded Identifiers International, which helps law enforcement agencies identify DNA when normal channels fail to produce a match.

After taking the measure of one another, the two Ph.D.s joined forces to form the DNA Doe Project.''