Michelle Garvey has a thread in the UID section (Match! TX - Houston, WhtFem UP4601, 15-20, Red Hair & Freckles, Jul'82 - *Michelle Garvey*)
She was an unidentified murder victim for a long time. She had a long and twisted road to Identification.
DoeNetwork (mistakenly) announced that the victim was identified in 2006.
She was truly identified (as Michelle Garvey) in early-2014.
It's great that she finally has her name back and her family knows what happened to her.
But I have seen little (actually nothing) that alludes to who her killer was. They need to be brought to justice. Or at least named/shamed, posthumously if that is the case.
'Jane Doe' found murdered in Texas 31 years ago identified as missing New London, Connecticut teen Michelle Garvey (Masslive.com, 1/11/2014)
Body Of Connecticut Girl, Missing 31 Years Identified In Texas (CBS Connecticut, 1/10/2014)
Missing, now found: Michelle Garvey (Crime Library, 1/13/2014)
She was an unidentified murder victim for a long time. She had a long and twisted road to Identification.
DoeNetwork (mistakenly) announced that the victim was identified in 2006.
She was truly identified (as Michelle Garvey) in early-2014.
It's great that she finally has her name back and her family knows what happened to her.
But I have seen little (actually nothing) that alludes to who her killer was. They need to be brought to justice. Or at least named/shamed, posthumously if that is the case.
'Jane Doe' found murdered in Texas 31 years ago identified as missing New London, Connecticut teen Michelle Garvey (Masslive.com, 1/11/2014)
Connecticut State Police report that Michelle Garvey, who was reported missing on June 1, 1982, was identified as the victim of a Houston, Texas homicide that happened on July 1 of that year.
Body Of Connecticut Girl, Missing 31 Years Identified In Texas (CBS Connecticut, 1/10/2014)
Michelle Garvey was 14 when she was last seen on June 1, 1982, and authorities believe she had run away from her home in New London.
The girls remains were found on a field in Houston on July 1, 1982, but her identity remained a mystery until DNA from Garveys family recently confirmed the match, said Lt. J. Paul Vance, a spokesman for Connecticut State Police.
Missing, now found: Michelle Garvey (Crime Library, 1/13/2014)
Garveys murdered remains were found in an open field in Houston, Texas, exactly a month after she disappeared. She was found wearing a brown, long-sleeve button-down shirt and brown corduroy pants. She reportedly had red/auburn hair, a pierced ear, freckles, a scar on her right foot, and an inverted left nipple. Blood type was listed as O positive. She was listed as Harris County case number ML82-4029 and NamUs Case Number: UP # 4601. Eventually she was buried. The body remained unidentified for over 30 years.