Identified! CA - Pacifica, WhtFem 593UFCA, 25-46, found in tent, Jun'06 - Christine Kuhn

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She looks like she is bipolar in a manic phase. She could definetly have psychosis with that. Look at those eyes. I also thought I read that she appeared to be starving herself. Manic people have to be practically forced to eat. I don't know how this helps, but I guess if we are using a mental illness when we are searching we should look for Bipolar disorder too.
 
Sable said:
http://www.nampn.org/cases/glynnell_melody.html

Missing Since: May 6, 2006 from San Pablo, California
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: September 28, 1960
Age: 45
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 110 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Race: White
Gender: Female
Clothing: T-shirt, jeans, black shoes, black coat
with red lining.
Case Number: 06-12822
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Melody isn't this Jane Doe. According to the CharleyProject website:

http://www.charleyproject.org/resolved.html

Melody Ann Glynnell
Glynnell, 45, disappeared from San Pablo, California on May 6, 2006. In February 2008, her skull was found on a hill near a homeless camp in El Sobrante, California. No other bones were located and there were no indications of trauma to the skull. Glynnell's death is under investigation and foul play is suspected. ​
 
(julessleuther---hope you don't mind me expanding on her Doe Network page)

Case File 593UFCA

593UFCA.jpg

Photograph of Victim
Unidentified White Female

The victim was discovered on June 6, 2006 in Pacifica, San Mateo County, California
  • Estimated Date of Death: 3 months prior.
  • Mummified Remains
Vital Statistics

Estimated age: 25-46 years old (most likely in her 40's.)
  • Approximate Height and Weight: 5'9"; 130 lbs.
  • Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown, straight, stringy hair with gray streaks; Brown eyes. Yellowing of the cranial bones suggest possible tetracycline therapy for acne.
  • Dentals: Available. She once received high-quality, extensive dental work. The Coroner’s Office is hoping a dentist may recognize her face and remember performing the work.
  • Clothing: Gray fleece jacket with front zipper, LL Bean brand men's XL navy blue, nylon/Dacron pants with waist fastener and zipper, Cherokee brand, XL dark blue pants with waist snap and drawstring, Merona brand, M white canvass style shoes, size 9W.
  • Fingerprints: Available
Case History
The victim was located inside a tent along a service trail south of San Pedro Avenue, just off of Highway 1 in Pacifica, California on June 6, 2006.
The tent she was found in contained many books, including two Bibles, a “Busy Women’s Journal” with several scriptures noted and Harry Potter. On the tent were letters made of tape stating, “no go, no eat, no drink, murder.”

Her fingerprints were run through the county system and revealed a picture, name, date of birth and place of birth. All the information was fake.
Police picked up the woman in January for walking along the expressway acting erratically. She was booked into the San Mateo County Jail by the California Highway Patrol.
The name she gave at the time of her arrest was Sam Smith, with a date of birth at of January 20, 1960 and a birthplace of Louisville, Kentucky. She was released with no charges.
The cause of the woman's death remains undetermined because her body was too badly decomposed to allow a ruling. But officials don't believe she was murdered because there were no obvious signs of trauma. Toxicology tests were inconclusive.
According to the coroner's report, the woman left writings in some of her books that indicated she planned to starve herself to death.
Investigators found a newspaper in the tent dated March 2, which could indicate she'd been dead several months.
Coroners have tried to match her with the dental records of several other missing persons but have not found a match.
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San Mateo County, with a population of over 712,000, claims a low number of homeless, one of the 'official' numbers being as low as 800. Other claims chronic homelessness at 1,400; others state number closer to 6,000 at any given time. Based on national statistics, 24% of the homeless are female; 31% of the total have some type or level of mental illness.
Based on the little I've picked up from reading various sources, it appears to me this woman was suffering some form of schizophrenia. In females, adult-onset schizophrenia usually manifests between the ages of 26 and 32.
Due to the extensive "high quality" dental work, the tetracycline treatment for acne...I can't help but believe this woman was once a member of mainstream society. She seems to have been an attractive woman at one time. As we've seen on countless TV shows, such as Law and Order, CSI, I feel she slipped away from those who cared for her, possibly refusing medication and joining the nameless society we term 'the homeless'.
Somewhere, someone knows this woman, worked with her, watched in sadness as she deteriorated and drifted away.
And I can't help believing she has family somewhere, who miss her, worry over her, and await word of her.

The message she wrote on her tent in tape intrigues me. "No go, no eat, no drink", I can understand if she intended to kill herself (suicide is not uncommon in persons suffering from schizophrenia) but why the use of the word "murder"? Could there be something else at work here? I've read that traumatic incidents can help trigger the onset of schizophrenia, as can the use of amphetamines.
 
Thanks ShadowAngel for adding all the doe information. Perhaps she was paranoid that someone was after her? I wonder if she is a local, or from somewhere else. I wish we knew which passages in the bible she had outlined--it may be a clue. I wonder if her fingerprints were ever run nationally? Pacifica is right by San Francisco, and right near the Golden Gate Park.
 
Ok--I also would like to know if anything was written in the busy womens journal. It appears to be a journal for busy women, particularly mothers. If it is this journal, it appears to be available on a website---perhaps the owner of this website has a list of all clients? http://www.plannerandjournal.com/planner.html

She was picked up in Jan in Redwood City, according to this blog:
http://canyouidentifyme.blogspot.com/2007/08/sam-smith-or-so-thats-what-i-told.html This blog lists her height as between 5'4" and 5"6, but Doe lists it as 5'9". That is a big difference!
 
Maybe when she was arrested she gave a fake name, but her real DOB? I have heard of (but, am not sure how to get them,) Birth Indexes that list all the births in a state on a given day - I believe people use them in adoption searches. I was just thinking maybe KY's could be checked for that date, although I am not sure what to do next - often women's names change when married, or people move. But, I guess I wanted to throw this out. I remember someone telling me that people often give their real DOB when asked (like a bouncer) even if they have a fake id, so maybe she did as well.
 
Was Monica Lynn Appleton ruled out? There is something about her picture that reminds me of this Jane Doe...the hair especially.
 
I did find several Samantha Smiths who went to high school in Louisville, Ky various years. Perhaps one was a family member--why would she pick that name, that local, etc. especially since she was way out in CA, unless she did have a local connection.[/
 
Hi all---we are also working on this case in Missing/Unidentified
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69433

Has anyone ever contacted LE regarding the following missings in regards to this doe? If not, can I/we start working on this? Thanks!

Tracy Melton
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2274dfca.html

Monica Appleton
http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/ga...hp?A200401447S

Laura Breding
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/...ing_laura.html

Jeanine Sanchez Harms
http://www.findjeanine.com/


I think Doogie is right about Tracy--her face structure is different, and her height is off. I think Monica has the closest look, even the heavy eyelids. Laura has blue eyes, and the latest news is the a suspect has been arrested in her death.
 
Yea her eyes don't look blue thats for sure. More like hazel/green.
 
Have just joined this forum after reading for weeks. I am an RN based in the UK. This poor lady looks thyrotoxic to me, looks like she has exopthalmus, does anyone else think so? Her face haunts me and I find it difficult to look at her, poor lady...
 
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