Identified! AZ - Apache Junction, HispFem UP6349, 16-18, desert near Hwy60, Phnx Trnsit Sys token, ring, Aug'92 - Melody Harrison

[victoriarobinson642]

I've always wondered if a thorough search of yearbooks from Phoenix high schools in 1989-1991 could help track down her identity since her student fare token indicates she could have been from there.

 

[LizzieParker]

I've always wondered if a thorough search of yearbooks from Phoenix high schools in 1989-1991 could help track down her identity since her student fare token indicates she could have been from there.

It's possible, but those tokens don't just come from high schools. They could also come from colleges, hospitals, law enforcement, social services, and so on. I used to work at a youth emergency shelter and we passed those student bus tokens out like candy on Halloween, lol. It wouldn't hurt to look at yearbooks, but there are also so many other places those things can come from as well.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Unsolved: DNA match reveals major development in decades-old Jane Doe cold case

An Arizona police department says it's closer to identifying a teen found dead nearly three decades ago after teaming up with genetic genealogists who have gathered new information in the case of "Apache Junction Jane Doe."

www.fox10phoenix.com

https:///wiki/Apache_Junction_Jane_Doe?file=NCMU1184132c1.jpg

https:///wiki/Apache_Junction_Jane_Doe

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[John/Jane Doe]

689UFAZ

 

[Caring1]

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Apache Junction Jane Doe - DNA Doe Project

On August 6, 1992, the body of an unidentified female was located in a desert area south of US Highway 60 and west of Idaho Road in Apache Junction, Pinal County, Arizona. It is believed the Jane Doe had been deceased for approximately 3 to 5 weeks prior to recovery. Her age at death is […]

dnadoeproject.org

 

[John/Jane Doe]

https://www.facebook.com/2011009255824516/posts/3434328950159199

 

[djanga]

It sounds if Apache Junction Jane Doe was actually from Arizona herself as they found out her mother has roots there

 

[John/Jane Doe]

https://www.facebook.com/100068121797204/posts/565164962430892

 

[iulia]

Her NamUs page is down at the moment.

 

[Friday Fan]

Her NamUs page is down at the moment.

Please, please, please!

Doe DNA page isn't showing anything.

 

[iulia]

Please, please, please!

Doe DNA page isn't showing anything.

I'm waiting for the next update on NamUs to see if the Resolved cases go up. Arizona sometimes removes cases but the Resolved cases stay the same (even one case where the identity had already been announced) so not sure what's happening here, but still hopeful she's been identified.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Her NamUs page is down at the moment.

Wow! That would be fantastic news.

 

[iulia]

The Resolved cases did go up at the last update. Really hopeful now an announcement will be made soon.

 

[Susikatze]

That would be amazing. So solveable but so complicated via adoption on fathers side and endogamy/underrepresentation on mothers.

 

[Mina280909]

Her NamUs page is down at the moment.

I hope she is identified

 

[subaw0067]

I'm waiting for the next update on NamUs to see if the Resolved cases go up. Arizona sometimes removes cases but the Resolved cases stay the same (even one case where the identity had already been announced) so not sure what's happening here, but still hopeful she's been identified.

Where do you see the resolved cases?

 

[iulia]

Where do you see the resolved cases?

There’s a counter here that updates every hour:

Home

NamUs is a national information clearinghouse and resource center for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases across the United States.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

Scroll down a bit to The Success of NamUs.

 

[subaw0067]

I hope they release her identity and a photo, I've always been curious as to how accurate the reconstruction is.