WV WV - Bath, WhtFem 30-35, 512UFWV, hysterectomy, permed red hair, May'50

[Jake479]

Bumping

 

[carbuff]

Lora Skaggs is the only name on this woman's ruleouts list (https://identifyus.org/en/cases/10026).

Both Doenet and Namus have the postmortem photo but it's not bad at all. No obvious injuries, she looks peaceful. It's fairly clear (especially as old photos go) but I can only just barely make out the scar on her forehead. It seems to be horizontal and elongated, the kind of ragged scar you get from catching your head on a nail in a stable or shed. Her hands aren't in the picture to check the other scar.

Re: home permanents -- Goodness that brings back memories. My mother, my grandmother, and I used to get together and all do our perms together. It was fun. We never had any problems, but then we can read and follow directions And Lilt is still available (http://www.overstock.com/Health-Bea...Hair-Foam-Perm-Pack-of-4/4466155/product.html)

 

[rainwater]

They must have added her as a ruleout recently. There were no ruleouts last fall IIRC.

 

[carbuff]

It says the case file was modified January 13 of this year.

 

[Jake479]

How was Lora Skaggs ruled out? Her Namus page still says DNA samples submitted - tests NOT complete.

 

[carbuff]

How was Lora Skaggs ruled out? Her Namus page still says DNA samples submitted - tests NOT complete.

Probably incompatible scars.


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[Gourami Watcher]

Did a rough reconstruction of this Jane Doe. It's not the best quality, but I was surprised how recognizable she was and that nobody ever gave her a recon.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

Re: home permanents -- Goodness that brings back memories. My mother, my grandmother, and I used to get together and all do our perms together. It was fun. We never had any problems, but then we can read and follow directions

If it was a home perm, were they things you could do on your own or was it a two person job (eg to make sure you got even coverage of the lotion at the back of the head)? If it was a two person job it looks as though it was done fairly shortly before her death as there's nothing I can see in the morgue photo to suggest it had started to grow out.

 

[Tulessa]

If it was a home perm, were they things you could do on your own or was it a two person job (eg to make sure you got even coverage of the lotion at the back of the head)? If it was a two person job it looks as though it was done fairly shortly before her death as there's nothing I can see in the morgue photo to suggest it had started to grow out.

My MIL does all of her perms her self, and they turn out very well.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

My MIL does all of her perms her self, and they turn out very well.

OK, that's useful to know.

I'd been thinking that if it was a recent two-person job that she might have had a daughter or a fairly close friend that she'd seen recently but who for some reason did not report her missing. Scratch that idea.

However I wonder if the auburn was natural or also out of a bottle. Presumably hair dyeing was also done at home in those days.

 

[Classito]

Looks like Jean Spangler

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/spangler_jean.html

Classito

 

[Jake479]

more ruleouts - identifyus.org/cases/10026

 

[Alleykins]

Could this be Dorothy Forstein? Has anyone submitted her? I didn't see her on the rule out list.
I see a resemblance to the middle picture. The other ones look taken when she was much younger.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...rothy-Forstein-Philadelphia-18-Oct-1949/page3
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/35306/1/
Her DNA status is sample available not yet submitted.

 

[AddieSunny]

I have not seen Lorraine Chance mentioned yet. She wore a very small shoe (3.5) as did the Jane Doe.
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/22091/13

Leila Bryan also seems like a look-a-like to me
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/10199/5

 

[Jake479]

Mimi Boomhower - charleyproject.org/cases/b/boomhower_mimi.html

Mary Lazzara - doenetwork.org/cases/2169dfin.html

Olga Mauger - findthemissing.org/cases/27783

 

[folieadeuxnola]

Bertha Marie Tidd Newell - Missing since July 13, 1948 from Zanesville, Ohio.
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1119dfoh.html

Height is a bit off age is within reason, the point of her nose is catching my eye. She also had 10 kids.

She had some mental health issues before her disappearance and stayed in an Ohio state mental hospital for a brief period.



UID Rule Outs - 12/21/16
Mabel Chambers 1920 Delaware
Thelma Cobb 1916 Indiana
Edna Kaminski 1921 New York
Lora Skaggs 1920 West Virginia
Bertha Smith 1913 Texas

 

[iwasapostcard]

Here is a recent video made about her.

https://youtu.be/3lnK2DzI1IM

 

[madamx]

this video is really good it shows a lead they had about a stolen car found with the dress she is wearing in the photo, a rope and traces of red hair.. I never knew about that lead or some of the others mentioned. really interesting.. its also going to be 67 years since the buried her this month

Here is a recent video made about her.

https://youtu.be/3lnK2DzI1IM

 

[Mercedes]

This woman now has a NamUs casefile with a very clear postmortem photo:

WARNING - POSTMORTEM PHOTO AT LINK
https://identifyus.org/en/cases/10026

She is not Lora Skaggs; been ruled out. See link.

 

[madamx]

more ruleouts - identifyus.org/cases/10026

Bumping with Rule Out list



Mabel
Chambers
1920
Delaware

Thelma
Cobb
1916
Indiana

Edna
Kaminski
1921
New York

Lora
Skaggs
1920
West Virginia

Bertha
Smith
1913
Texas