I believe the man in the picture is indeed George Martinez. someone on Reddit found a mugshot from 1998 of a man named Jorge Martinez and to me that man and the guy from JD's picture look identical. I mean what are the odds that two men from New Mexico named George/Jorge Martinez look pretty much identical?
Oh Hey, that was me!
I wish more had come of it.
Great find, dr.strangelove! Yes, I wish more had come of it too. Are we 100% sure that the detective looked into that suggestion? Even if George doesn't know why JD killed herself (although I'm still not really convinced she commited suicide), he must know her name. They took a picture together and she kept it so he was obviously important to her. 26 years without a name, let's bring this girl home.Oh Hey, that was me!
Yes i remember the detective seemed receptive to the suggestion and was very open to suggestions. I was under the impression it was looked into but i could be wrong
Here's that side by side. I agree, the guy in the photo looks a lot like this Jorge Martinez (I still can't believe what an amazing find Dr. Strangelove made here).
I've been looking more into Jorge in here https://caselookup.nmcourts.gov/caselookup/ The year of birth is listed with most cases so I could narrow it down to which ones are this Jorge. He has one with others named in it but they're way after the Doe was found. Eduardo Colin is also in there with a co-defendant and it's a 90's case. This is someone who also may know who this woman is.
I also tend to think that the Doe is Hispanic. I'm sure many many people will disagree with me but from my experiences spray deodorant is more popular amongst Latinas. I had never even seen it until college but in the dorms there were a few women using it and they were all Latinas. Perhaps it was also more popular in the early 90's but that's just my experience with it.
Henna rinses were popular then, too, among all ethnicities and hair colors.
How about Melinda Creech as a potential match? http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/creech_melinda.html
She went missing juvenile detention facility in Indiana in 1979. She would have been 25 when the UID was found. She is listed in some places as Hispanic and in others as White so I am guessing she may be biracial. Her eyes are listed as blue but appear grayish in photos. What I keep looking at for the UID as possibly the most distinctive feature is her wide set eyes and fairly straight eyebrows. While they do appear to be groomed to that shape they also appear to naturally not have much of an arch which is kind of unusual. I sort of see that feature in Melinda. The timeline and distance aren't great here though.
