UT UT - Salt Lake City, WhtFem, UP90798 'very old' skull with bullet holes, May'82

[Melt71]

Added to Namus in April 2022. 0 exclusions listed in Namus.

Case Numbers​

ME/C Case Number1982-35206

Demographics​

SexFemale
Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group Cannot Determine
Height/weightCannot Estimate

Circumstances​

Type Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found May 1, 1982
NamUs Case Created April 26, 2022

Location Found Map​

LocationSalt Lake City, Utah
CountySalt Lake County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)--
Found On Tribal Land No
Circumstances of Recovery On May 1, 1982 a company was dredging the bottom of the Jordan River. They placed mud on the west bank as they progressed. Later while walking along the bank someone spotted what they thought was a rock on top of the dredged material. They went to pick up the rock and discovered it was a human skull, minus the mandible. Police responded and sifted the material, more bones were discovered. The bones were determined to not be human bones. The Medical Examiner took custody of the skull. They determined there was a bullet hole in the forehead with an exit in the back of the skull. The medical examiner believed the skull was very old.

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Details of Recovery​

Condition of Remains Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

 

[Melt71]

While Namus doesn't specify an adult or child skull, presumably it would be mentioned if it was small/child-sized, so assume it is an adult.

Nancy Perry Baird (Namus MP11575) thought to have been abducted from her workplace in 1975. Workplace in East Layton was only 26mi from SLC and since she worked as a service station attendant, it's likely she was abducted in a vehicle.
www.doenetwork.org/cases/2630dfut.html
www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/11575?nav

Linda H Peterson (Namus MP1380) LKC 1978 ww.doenetwork.org/cases/2290dfut.html Reported missing by her husband in September 1978 from Murray, a short distance from SLC (though husband said she told him she was going to Kentucky).
www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/1380?nav
www.doenetwork.org/cases/2290dfut.html

Sarah Luella Snow (Namus MP59753) missing from 50mi away since September 1953. Her car and shoes were found 15mi from her home and if she travelled that direction she would have been driving away from the direction this UID was found, but including for completeness.

Sarah LuElla Snow – The Charley Project

charleyproject.org

www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/58753?nav

Less likely but included because there was known to be a gun crime associated with her disappearance?
14yo Dennise Sullivan (Namus MP8784) was vacationing in Moab when a man shot her mother and her mother's boyfriend, then kidnapped Dennise. A suspect shot himself when stopped by police two days later; her remains are thought to be in the Polar Mesa area which is 271mi away.
www.doenetwork.org/cases/2986dfut.html
www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/8784?nav

 

[John/Jane Doe]

While Namus doesn't specify an adult or child skull, presumably it would be mentioned if it was small/child-sized, so assume it is an adult.

Nancy Perry Baird (Namus MP11575) thought to have been abducted from her workplace in 1975. Workplace in East Layton was only 26mi from SLC and since she worked as a service station attendant, it's likely she was abducted in a vehicle.
www.doenetwork.org/cases/2630dfut.html
www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/11575?nav

Linda H Peterson (Namus MP1380) LKC 1978 ww.doenetwork.org/cases/2290dfut.html Reported missing by her husband in September 1978 from Murray, a short distance from SLC (though husband said she told him she was going to Kentucky).
www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/1380?nav
www.doenetwork.org/cases/2290dfut.html

Sarah Luella Snow (Namus MP59753) missing from 50mi away since September 1953. Her car and shoes were found 15mi from her home and if she travelled that direction she would have been driving away from the direction this UID was found, but including for completeness.

Sarah LuElla Snow – The Charley Project

charleyproject.org

www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/58753?nav

Less likely but included because there was known to be a gun crime associated with her disappearance?
14yo Dennise Sullivan (Namus MP8784) was vacationing in Moab when a man shot her mother and her mother's boyfriend, then kidnapped Dennise. A suspect shot himself when stopped by police two days later; her remains are thought to be in the Polar Mesa area which is 271mi away.
www.doenetwork.org/cases/2986dfut.html
www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/8784?nav

I would say that Nancy Baird is a likely possible match among the possible matches you mention.

 

[heartanium]

May 4, 1982 - The Salt Lake Tribune, pg 14

 

[AguaFlorida2001]

By "very old", do they mean the age estimate of the victim or the actual date of death?

 

[theshadow45]

Jordan River Jane Doe has been unidentified for 41 years this month.