PA PA - Sugarloaf Twp, WhtFem 34-47, 127UFPA, problem w/left knee, poss limp, Dec'94

[ATheLibrarian]

The UI has a small metallic fragment in the jaw, that should make it easy to compare if it was acquired during life.

 

[Gardener1850]

New reconstruction picture (and pics of her clothes) added to her Doe Profile recently:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/127ufpa.html

 

[carbuff]

Exclusions on her Namus page https://identifyus.org/cases/8919


The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent:

First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA

Katherine Heckel 1951 Pennsylvania
Patricia Kelley Tennessee
Anne Manchester 1954 Delaware
Barbara Miller 1959 Pennsylvania
Patricia Schmidt 1964 Virginia
Betty Smith 1942 New Jersey
Billie Willard 1941 North Carolina

 

[mmtp777]

Here are a few missing women that might fit.


http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/p/pattison_jan.html Jan Pattison- Right age, hair, shoe size, height and weight. She also walked with a limp. Her pictures are terrible quality so it is hard to see if there is a resemblance. It doesn't say if she had a child or if the metal rod was still in her back.

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/bardin_juanita.html Juanita Barden- She had a child and was known to travel around


http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/r/redding_marianne.html Marianne Redding-Very little info but demographics match and she was wearing white shoes

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/n/neace_madalene.html Madalene Neace-Went missing from a truck stop and could have easily ended up in PA

 

[carbuff]

Exclusions on her Namus page Unidentified Person Case


The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent:

First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA

Katherine Heckel 1951 Pennsylvania
Patricia Kelley Tennessee
Anne Manchester 1954 Delaware
Barbara Miller 1959 Pennsylvania
Patricia Schmidt 1964 Virginia
Betty Smith 1942 New Jersey
Billie Willard 1941 North Carolina

Updated link: Unidentified Person Case

Donna Bayerl of Waukesha WI has been added to the ruleouts.

Link to bust: https://www.namus.gov/api/CaseSets/NamUs/UnidentifiedPersons/Cases/8919/Images/33247/Thumbnail

 

[carbuff]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)


The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent (no new additions):

First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA

Donna Bayerl Waukesha WI
Katherine Heckel 1951 Pennsylvania
Patricia Kelley Tennessee
Anne Manchester 1954 Delaware
Barbara Miller 1959 Pennsylvania
Patricia Schmidt 1964 Virginia
Betty Smith 1942 New Jersey
Billie Willard 1941 North Carolina

 

[ChatteringBirds]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

127UFPA

Estimated Year of Death: 1992-1994
Estimated Age: 34-47
Height: 5'1" to 5'4"
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Medium build. Right handed. The victim had given birth at least once.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

MSN

The Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers are offering a $5,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to an arrest or solving of an almost 30-year-old cold case in Luzerne County.

Officials said the skull of an unidentified white female was discovered in a wooded embankment on December 20, 1994, around Tomhicken Road in Sugarloaf Township. The victim is believed to be 5'3 and between 34 and 47-years-old.

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[iulia]

Her NamUs is down.

Human remains found nearly 30 years ago identified as missing Philadelphia woman: police

Human remains found nearly 30 years ago during a mining reclamation project in Pennsylvania have been identified.

www.fox29.com

Pennsylvania State Police said the remains of Margaret Carol Wininger were uncovered on Dec. 12, 1994 in Sugarloaf Township.

 

[iulia]

Remains found in Luzerne County identified as woman missing for 30 years

SUGARLOAF TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police announced remains found in Luzerne County have been identified as a woman missing for 30 years. According to Pennsylvania State Police, on …

www.pahomepage.com

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Wininger attended West Hazelton High School from 1965-1966. She went missing in the early 1990s when she was living with her family in Northeast Philadelphia.

 

[HmmMysterious]

Rest in peace Margaret

 

[carbuff]

Glad you have your name back. Rest In peace.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

I can't find any trace of her after 1993. She was living almost exactly 100 miles from where she was found and was born in 1948, making her around ~45 at the time of her murder.

As always, Bender's work has a very strong resemblance to her.

 

[Susikatze]

I can't find any trace of her after 1993. She was living almost exactly 100 miles from where she was found and was born in 1948, making her around ~45 at the time of her murder.
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As always, Bender's work has a very strong resemblance to her.

She was local. Isotopes were off once again

 

[Blurgle]

Another Othram solve

 

[chaddylex]

So glad she was finally identified. It's sad that she wasn't all too far from home and unidentified for all these years.

After nearly 30 years, Sugarloaf Jane Doe is now Identified

Pennsylvania State Police Teams with Othram to Identify Sugarloaf Jane Doe

dnasolves.com

In December 1994, the remains of an unidentified individual were discovered off Tomhicken Road in Sugarloaf Township, which is located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. A mining reclamation project was underway when skeletal remains were discovered. Authorities responded to the scene and determined that the remains were that of a female who was approximately 5’1” to 5’4” tall and estimated to be between the ages of 34 and 47 years at the time of her death. The woman could not be identified and she became known as Sugarloaf Jane Doe. Her cause and manner of death could not be determined.

In 1996, a clay facial reconstruction was developed and released to the public in hopes that it would generate new leads in the case. For approximately thirty years, investigators followed leads and made comparisons in an attempt to identify Sugarloaf Jane Doe. Multiple individuals were excluded in the search for the woman’s identity. Details of the case were entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) as UP8919.

In May 2023, the Pennsylvania State Police submitted forensic evidence to Othram, in The Woodlands, Texas in hopes that advanced DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy could help to identify the woman. Othram scientists successfully developed a comprehensive genealogical profile for the unknown woman using Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing®. Once this process was complete, the DNA profile was returned to PSP investigators, who used forensic genetic genealogy to develop new leads in the case.

Throughout the course of their investigation, investigators identified a possible relative for Sugarloaf Jane Doe. Through an interview with this relative, a DNA sample was obtained for comparison to the DNA profile of the unknown woman. The DNA sample confirmed that the relative was the unknown woman’s sister. Sugarloaf Jane Doe is now identified as Margaret Carol Wininger, who was born September 5, 1948. Margaret attended West Hazelton High School in 1965-1966. She went missing in the early 1990s when she was living with her family in Northeast Philadelphia.

The investigation is ongoing, and investigators are asking the public for information related to Margaret returning to the area in the early 1990s. Anyone who had contact with her during that time is asked to contact Trooper Brian Noll, Pennsylvania State Police Troop N Criminal Investigation Assessment Unit, at 570-220-8475 or bnoll@pa.gov.

The Pennsylvania State Police would like to thank the public for their continued interest and attempts to assist with this case over the years, as well as the investigators that have driven this case since its inception, and the Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Investigation Assessment Unit.

 

[celinesleuth]

RIP, so glad you finally have your name back, Margaret

 

[Snackcakes66]

I can't find any trace of her after 1993. She was living almost exactly 100 miles from where she was found and was born in 1948, making her around ~45 at the time of her murder.
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As always, Bender's work has a very strong resemblance to her.

I don't recall seeing a missing person profile either, and I tend to spend more time looking at PA missing/UIDs.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

State police said DNA helped them to identify Margaret Carol Wininger.

"Through recent advancements in DNA technology and forensic genealogy, a possible relative for this unidentified woman was discovered," state police said. "Through an interview with this relative an additional DNA sample was obtained. The sample confirmed the relative was her sister."

Wininger was born on Sept. 5, 1948, state police said. She attended West Hazleton High School in the 1960s and went missing in the early 1990s, while living with family in Northeast Philadelphia

Nearly 30 years after body found in Poconos, 'Sugarloaf Jane Doe' has a name, face

For nearly three decades the name of so-called "Sugarloaf Jane Doe" -- whose body was found in Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County, on Dec. 12, 1994 -- remained a mystery.

www.nbcphiladelphia.com