Identified! IL - Galesburg, WhtFem UP11209, 59-71, May'96 - Helen Alps

DewSeeker said:

http://www.wqad.com/news/wqad-polic...tified-human-remains-20110621,0,3687067.story

Police release photos from human remains investigation: Police said the human remains were found in light Sears brand pants, a blue zippered sweatshirt, a white blouse with black and red pinstripes, ankle pom pom socks, and size 8 brown/tan “KangaROO” snow joggers boots.

Police said the KangaROO boots were made between 1982 and 1984.

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Ms Suzanne said:

Do they think she died between 1982 and 1984?

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Upon further study, investigators discovered that the plastic garbage bag was actually being worn by Cora as rain gear or a windbreaker over her other clothing

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the remains were from a short (approximately 4'7" in height), heavy-set white female between 59 and 71- years-old. Samples of light reddish brown hair were also discovered with the body and no signs of obvious trauma or foul play were observed.

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There was also evidence of "advanced osteophytosis" in the victim's vertebrae and joints.

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CarlK90245 said:

There's already a thread for this case. The title was mislabled as "MN"

MN Human remains found in brickyards in 1996 misidentified

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Investigators with the Knox County Sheriff's Department say they are confident that a woman who was believed to have been missing since 1970 is alive.

Details about her identity and location, however, are being withheld out of consideration for the privacy of Lula Cora Hood's family, the Sheriff's Department said.

Recent information from the family led police to a person living out of state. She and the missing Hood shared the same first and middle name and birth date. The law enforcement agency in that area was asked to contact the woman.

On Wednesday, Knox County investigators interviewed the woman, who verified details of her life and family. Investigators are confident she is 85-year-old Lula Cora Hood/Phillips/Smith, who has been missing since 1970.

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Investigators hope updated information and artist’s renderings might help identify a woman whose skeletal remains were found in the East Galesburg Brickyards in 1996.

New artist’s renderings were released May 1, 2013 showing an approximation of the woman’s face. Police stress the images are not a portrait of the deceased person, but an estimate of her facial characteristics based on measurements of the remains.

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Police think the remains are those of a Caucasian woman who was between 4-feet 11-inches and 5-feet 5-inches tall. She had light reddish-brown hair, weighed 130 to 160 pounds, and they estimated her age to be between 55 and 85 years old at the time of her death. Her death was believed to have happened between 1984 and 1996.

Clothing found in the area of the remains included tan, size 8 KangaROOS brand snow jogger boots, light-colored Sears brand polyester pants, a white with black and red pinstripes Laurie Mae blouse with lace and ruffles on the front, a blue zip-up hooded sweatshirt, white bra and underwear, white and yellow pompom socks and a brown plastic trash bag worn as a protective smock. Investigators found nine other folded trash bags, a small clear plastic bag and a brown leather zipper pouch as well.

The woman had a pronounced overbite and had numerous teeth extracted prior to her death.

Investigators are especially interested in hearing from anyone with a female friend or family member who was missing between 1980 and 1986.

They would also like to speak with anyone who worked at the Galesburg State Research Hospital and Galesburg Mental Health Center, and anyone who might have provided dental care to residents of that facility, between 1980 and the time it closed.

Police said it would also be helpful to hear from anyone who provided food, clothing or shelter to homeless or disadvantaged people between the mid 1980s and mid 1990s.

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