Ambercat
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I went ahead and asked several months ago, but still haven't heard if Mrs. Leatherwood was this UID or that she had been ruled out.
I like the resemblance and the glasses sure look the same. she even has the scar. The question would be where was she for the two years but it cant hurt suggesting her.
I was just about to suggest Leatherwood. She's the right age -- hair color (black with gray mixed in), the glasses, all match. Bifocals would suggest someone in the upper end of the age range listed (35-45). Did anyone ever hear back about this potential match?
Did anybody else notice that in that photo, she's holding a man's hand?
I noticed that, too. I thought that it was probably her husband. According to the Charley Project, she had, in the past, left her husband several times and then they would later reconcile.
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/l/leatherwood_anna.html
I didn't realize this at the time that I e-mailed LE about a possible match between Anna Leatherwood and the UID, but [according to her Charley Project page] her husband was abusive and authorities believe that he murdered her. I am still going to follow up to see if there are any updates, because it is still possible that she could have left him and been murdered by someone else in North Carolina.
I did look into the potential match and have not been able to rule her out. I have been working with the LE agency in NC that has the unidentified female to see if DNA could be sent off for a profile to be developed. Unfortunately, we have been at a stand still with trying to find a sample to be sent to the lab. Since the case has age on it, many of the items from the unidentified have not been located. Hopefully, sometime soon the will find the items needed to have a DNA profile developed and we can have a comparison requested.
Or a deep-rooted local. Historically, North Carolina had a large native population. Eight or nine tribes at one time, I think.I wonder if this lady, if indeed Canadian, would have been recognized by the Indigenous community - I only say that because it says "very slight possibility of Native admixture." Many mixed Caucasian/Native Americans look predominantly white, but there are some tell-tale features; for example, in regards to this case, the woman's very dark hair...
Wake County Sheriff's Office would have to submit information.