TX Dallas - HispFem, Late Teen/Young Adult, found in culvert, Salmon colored press on nails, UP119651, 15 Mar 2024

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NamUs: UP119651
DBF: March 15th, 2024
Location: Dallas, Texas
Gender: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino
Estimated Age: Late Teen/Young Adult
Height: 5'3" - 5'10", estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Circumstances: skeletal remains located in a culvert
Physical Features: unknown hair and eye color. "light pink (blush or salmon) colored finger and toe artificial nail enhancements. a single crystal is on one fingernail".

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Is that common for a nail set to outlast decomp?
 
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Was trying to look at videos of Prisma Reyes to see what her nails were like, it seems like they were close to skin tone but I can't tell if they were natural nails or slightly salmon color stick ons.
 
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I’m not really good at nails or whatever but it seems like these are acrylics or fake nails I can see her actually nail color and part of her nails with a small gap I’m not saying I’m 100% right but I don’t think that’s nail polish. Not to mention the one dimaond seems off possibly the diamondss could’ve fallen off leaving one left?
 
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Was trying to look at videos of Prisma Reyes to see what her nails were like, it seems like they were close to skin tone but I can't tell if they were natural nails or slightly salmon color stick ons.
I went back and looked through some of her photos, her nails are usually done in the couple pics that showed them clearly. One with french tips and one with silvery nail polish. I imagine in her professions she kept her appearance tidy, including her nails but can't tell from the video what they looked like in the last sighting of her. Jmo
 
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Her NamUs page has been removed. She's been identified as Deundrea Lakelsia Ford, 22yo.

Case Number IFS-24-05299

 
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So glad they got this solved, but I wonder, is designating someone Hispanic by skeleton sometimes inaccurate?

In that case, maybe it should not be specified as such, or only as "likely Hispanic" because it could make someone rule out a friend in their mind.
 
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So glad they got this solved, but I wonder, is designating someone Hispanic by skeleton sometimes inaccurate?

In that case, maybe it should not be specified as such, or only as "likely Hispanic" because it could make someone rule out a friend in their mind.
Yes, designating of any race or ethnicity (and sometimes even sex) can sometimes be inaccurate, and has been.
 
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So glad they got this solved, but I wonder, is designating someone Hispanic by skeleton sometimes inaccurate?

In that case, maybe it should not be specified as such, or only as "likely Hispanic" because it could make someone rule out a friend in their mind.
One of the many reasons we have moved on from skull morphology to DNA to determine heritage.

Bobby Whitt was also misidentified as Hispanic for twenty years. He was of mixed white and Korean heritage, which wasn't determined until they determined ancestry through DNA. DNA also linked him to his mother, who was a Jane Doe in another state. Bobby's father had murdered them both.

MOO
 
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Maybe she is mixed. Anyways I followed when she disappeared and thought for sure it was due to the case she was suppose to testify. But it turned out she was possibly side hustling and met the wrong one. RIP pretty lady.
 
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Also how far was she from east highway.
 
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What dallas! That sicko
 
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Yes, designating of any race or ethnicity (and sometimes even sex) can sometimes be inaccurate, and has been.
Hispanics are a mix of Native/indigenous, European and African genetics in so many varieties and ratios that it is very difficult to tell by morphology alone. DNA is always best
 

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