Janice Moat was mentioned briefly in local article in 2006 during investigation of another missing person.
September 18, 2006
LEWISTOWN Human remains have been identified as those of a Canton female who disappeared in 1983 when she was 17 years old, county officials said today.
I would confirm that remains found in northwest Fulton County in 1989 have been identified as Kim McClaskey, said Fulton County Sheriff Dan Daly.
Daly added he planned to hold a press conference at 3 p.m. today in room 301 of the Fulton County Courthouse in Lewistown.
McClaskey was eight months pregnant when she disappeared. She was last seen walking along Route 116 about one-half mile east of London Mills on July 14, 1983. The next day, July 15, 1983, persons camping along Spoon River a mile southwest of London Mills saw clothes and personal items floating in the river. The items were recovered by authorities and found to belong to McClaskey. Police combed the area and conducted an aerial search, but to no avail.
Later, a young male found some human remains in the county in 1989. Thinking the bones were from ancient Indians, the youth simply kept them. When the boy was 13, his discovery was disclosed. On Oct. 16, 1994, the boy brought the remains to the sheriffs office. The bones then were examined by a Dickson Mounds Museum archeologist and crime technicians.
The remains were believed to be those of a Caucasian female in her late teens or early 20s. The bones may have been exposed to the elements for 10 years before the boy found them. The remains were sent to some scientists on the West Coast for further analysis, but for one reason or another no official findings were ever determined.
Then Daly sent the remains to Charles Ginther of California, whose t
est results conclusively showed the remains were not those of another missing person, Janice Margaret (Crewz) Moats of rural Marietta, but were inconclusive regarding McClaskey.
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