NV NV - Pershing Co, 'Valerie Doe' WhtFem 25-50, UP7635, in desert, May'91

[MadMcGoo]

I found this year book picture of Valerie Pryor on Ancestry.
Name: Valerie Pryor
Yearbook Date: 1985
School: David Douglas High School
School Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
Grade Completed: Sophomore

The location, and timeline seem to match as she went missing February 2, 1989, and was 19 according to NAMUS. So possibly this yearbook picture was taken when she was fifteen?

This looks very promising (despite the ages)! Good resemblance and hard to look past the name. I’d submit this if you haven’t already.

Here’s her thread for reference.
OR - OR - Valerie Pryor, 32, Colton, 2 Feb 1989

 

[Alioops]

This looks very promising (despite the ages)! Good resemblance and hard to look past the name. I’d submit this if you haven’t already.

Here’s her thread for reference.
OR - OR - Valerie Pryor, 32, Colton, 2 Feb 1989

I just found this information on the Oregon State Police site, she wasn't reported missing for 13 years. When a report was actually filed she would have been 32.

Oregon State Police : Missing Persons : Missing Persons : State of Oregon

 

[Romulus]

 

[ChatteringBirds]

A few years ago someone on Mary Jane Milam's thread wondered if she could be a possibility for this UID.
OK - OK - Mary Jane Milam, Clinton, 41, January 22, 1991

 

[carbuff]

Timeline works. Circumstances seem to point to spousal murder, and if they were driving, he could have left the body anywhere.

Wonder why Alaska State Troopers are the investigating agency?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

387UFNV - Unidentified Female

Reconstructions of the victim by Barbara Martin-Bailey; victim's jewelry.

Date of Discovery: May 26, 1991
Location of Discovery: Black Rock Desert, Pershing County, Nevada
Estimated Date of Death: 1987-1991
State of Remains: Partial skeletal
Cause of Death: Homicide by gunshot

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 25-35 years old
Race: White
Sex: Female
Height: 5'1" to 5'3"
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers
Dentals: Available.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Available.

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: KIKKU brand denim jeans which was manufactured in England and which bore a waist size of 30 inches; a Stage brand black blouse which was manufactured in Turkey and which read "one size fits all"; a dark colored camisole slip.
Jewelry: Yellow-metal bracelet with the name "Valerie" was buried with the remains. Also found was a bracelet in the shape of a sea serpent and having an abalone inlay.
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery
The victim, nicknamed "Valerie Doe," was located in Pershing County, Nevada on May 25, 1991 in a shallow grave by three travelers in the Black Rock Desert.

She had been shot one or more times in the head before she was buried.

Two anthropologists who examined the woman's remains came to different conclusions about her age. The first estimated she was 25 to 35 and the second concluded she was between her 40s and 50s.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Marika Morris
Agency Phone Number: 775-785-6114
Agency E-Mail: mmorriss(at)washoecounty.us
Agency Case Number: 0580-91

NCIC Case Number: U496954015
NamUs Case Number: 7635

Information Source(s)
NamUs
Washoe County Coroner (archived)
Nevada Department of Public Safety (archived)
387UFNV

 

[AguaFlorida2001]

Any updates? A ruleout list perhaps?
I'm having a hard time believing Valerie Pryor could NOT be this unidentified person. JMO MOO YMMV

 

[Myrrh]

Any updates? A ruleout list perhaps?
I'm having a hard time believing Valerie Pryor could NOT be this unidentified person. JMO MOO YMMV

Here's the current rule out list in NamUs

 

[Sugarvixtim]

Here's the current rule out list in NamUs
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This looks very promising (despite the ages)! Good resemblance and hard to look past the name. I’d submit this if you haven’t already.

Here’s her thread for reference.
OR - OR - Valerie Pryor, 32, Colton, 2 Feb 1989

I worked closely on this case for several years. A few items to pass along. The Department of Safety with the remains of Valerie Doe has lost them. UNR was willing to prepare the bones for DNA extraction at no cost to the police department. I reached out to the original forensic artist to create an updated sketch, and DPS refused to work with them. Unfortunately, until the remains are located, DNA cannot be extracted for DNA rule outs

 

[Sugarvixtim]

I worked closely on this case for several years. A few items to pass along. The Department of Safety with the remains of Valerie Doe has lost them. UNR was willing to prepare the bones for DNA extraction at no cost to the police department. I reached out to the original forensic artist to create an updated sketch, and DPS refused to work with them. Unfortunately, until the remains are located, DNA cannot be extracted for DNA rule outs

You could say I definitely was disliked by the agency for calling them out.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I worked closely on this case for several years. A few items to pass along. The Department of Safety with the remains of Valerie Doe has lost them. UNR was willing to prepare the bones for DNA extraction at no cost to the police department. I reached out to the original forensic artist to create an updated sketch, and DPS refused to work with them. Unfortunately, until the remains are located, DNA cannot be extracted for DNA rule outs

So they didn't get DNA when they ruled out Valerie Larkin? Do you know how they ruled her out?

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Does anyone have an opinion about this missing woman as a possibility?

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Katharina K.
Date of Last Contact: July 16, 1985
Missing From: Las Vegas, Nevada
Missing Age: 27 Years
Height: 5' 0" - 5' 1" (60
-Blonde hair not a match, though.

( Jane Doe found in NV,
Estimated Date of Death: Between 1987 and 1991, Estimated age: 25 - 50 years old, Approximate Height and Weight: 5'1" - 5'3", Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair)