Identified! CA - Dixon, WhtFem 15-23, punk rock hair, ring, necklace, smock, Aug'80 - Holly Ann Campiglia

[FogHornFiles]

The body was found in a Cornfield about a half mile north of Seivers Road and east of Stevenson’s Bridge Road near Dixon. She was believed to be 15-23 years of age. She was 5’2 and weighed 115 pounds. She had brown eyes and brown hair. It was noted that she had a “Punk rock style” hair cut. She had a small dark mole on the left side of her chin. Her cause of death was gunshot wounds.

 

[MadMcGoo]

19 Sep 1980, 9 - The Sacramento Bee at Newspapers.com


19 Sep 1980, 9 - The Sacramento Bee at Newspapers.com


Date Found: August 3, 1980
Clothing: Green long-sleeved wool sweater, a light blue long-sleeved smock with a small white floral design. The smock had wooden buttons on the sleeves and the top, the top was secured with a safety pin.
Jewelry: White metal spoon ring on left ring finger, a choker-type wood bead necklace.

 

[carbuff]

Looks like she's not in Namus? Are we sure she hasn't been identified?

 

[carbuff]

If she is still unidentified, maybe Barbara Bruno? Barbara Ann Bruno – The Charley Project

Her photo was from several years before she disappeared, so who knows how she changed her hair style.

 

[MadMcGoo]

If she is still unidentified, maybe Barbara Bruno? Barbara Ann Bruno – The Charley Project

Her photo was from several years before she disappeared, so who knows how she changed her hair style.

I couldn’t find any newspaper articles saying she had been identified. Barbara seems as good as any. I didn’t find any MP with short hair and that recon is fairly generic looking to me.

 

[FogHornFiles]

Jackie Kay Boyer – The Charley Project

Doesn't look like a likely match. However it is hard to find information on other girls missing in that area at the time. Any other missing persons in that area ?

 

[MadMcGoo]

Jackie Kay Boyer – The Charley Project

Doesn't look like a likely match. However it is hard to find information on other girls missing in that area at the time. Any other missing persons in that area ?

I found a few possible matches. It's difficult to say without a good reconstruction. Especially when no missing girls are described as having short hair like this victim.

 

[carbuff]

Hair length is so changeable--she could have cut it all off an hour after she left home.

 

[FogHornFiles]

Can we assume her hair was naturally brown ? or would police have stated if she had dyed it ?

 

[cvaldez1975]

this is about halfway between the bay area and sacramento along the 80, which runs all the way to the east coast.

intersection closest the corn field

Google Maps

 

[FogHornFiles]

The "mole" is a possible distinctive feature that a missing persons report or article may reference.

 

[carbuff]

this is about halfway between the bay area and sacramento along the 80, which runs all the way to the east coast.

intersection closest the corn field

Google Maps

We've driven that road a few times going from Rocklin to Napa.

Is Dixon where the Walmart is? And nut orchards?

 

[Suglo]

We've driven that road a few times going from Rocklin to Napa.

Is Dixon where the Walmart is? And nut orchards?

That’s Vacaville. Dixon is right after Davis and before Vacaville going from Rocklin to Napa. If you blink, you miss it. That green wool sweater isn’t something that anyone from the area would be wearing in the summer. Either her remains were there for months or she was transported from a cooler location.

 

[carbuff]

That’s Vacaville. Dixon is right after Davis and before Vacaville going from Rocklin to Napa. If you blink, you miss it. That green wool sweater isn’t something that anyone from the area would be wearing in the summer. Either her remains were there for months or she was transported from a cooler location.

Ah, right. Thanks!

Is anybody in that part of California who might be able to contact the Solano County medical examiner about whether she's still unidentified and if so whether there's any additional information?

 

[cvaldez1975]

We've driven that road a few times going from Rocklin to Napa.

Is Dixon where the Walmart is? And nut orchards?

yes and milk farm road lol. i stop there to eat at mary's pizza shack when i can.

 

[carbuff]

It appears to be a place that a lot of people could be passing through from almost anywhere.

 

[cvaldez1975]

It appears to be a place that a lot of people could be passing through from almost anywhere.

along the 80, most def. also a cut across from the valley to the coast

 

[Beekarina]

Julie Soracco had connections to the Sacramento area.

Julie Elizabeth Soracco – The Charley Project

 

[carbuff]

Good find. Granted that the victim's sketch doesn't show much, Julie does seem to have the same small nose and chin, full lower lip, and big eyes.

 

[FogHornFiles]

The body was identified as Holly Ann Campiglia. Cherry Hill, New Jersey.