Identified! NH - Bedford, WhtFem 20-40, UP11273, hip-hugger dungaree cut-off shorts, Sz 7 sandals, Oct'71 - Katherine Alston

[victoriarobinson642]

The folks over at the DNA Doe Project uploaded the highest matches on FTDNA and it looks like Bedford Jane Doe's highest match is slightly more promising over there.

 

[djanga]

Her highest match on FTDNA is 61,6 plus she has a new match over 30 cM with a family tree!

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Very promising new highest match this week - I believe GEDMatch updated their TOS to benefit does.

 

[Nancy Drew RN]

If the estimates of Swedish and Polish ancestry are accurate, that may decrease the likelihood that she's missing from Quebec, assuming her ancestry is from that area.

 

[Beekarina]

The Swedish or Norwegian (?) and Polish ancestry are super interesting to me. The UID bust almost looks Native American or Italian.

 

[carbuff]

If the estimates of Swedish and Polish ancestry are accurate, that may decrease the likelihood that she's missing from Quebec, assuming her ancestry is from that area.

This makes me think she could be local, or have a local connection. There's a fairly sizable Polish population in the Manchester-Nashua area of NH, the most obvious sign being several Polish Catholic churches, and in the 1800's many Swedes came to the White Mountains to work in the lumber industry, and later the ski industry.

 

[Beekarina]

Hmm....
Ingrid Angela Anderson – The Charley Project

Ingrid Anderson

Missing from California, May 1971

 

[Beekarina]

Also missing from California, Denise Kathleen Anderson

April, 1971

I don't have a theory for either woman getting to NH. Just noting they fit the other stats and have Swedish names/possible/likely Swedish ethnicity.



The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Susikatze]

DDP uploaded new extended admixture. If I understand it correctly, she is half Polish and half Norwegian.

No, that is just statistics. With the Oracle, yoi dont get exact results but approximations. You need to get the summary of the most close estimates. In her case, that is primarily Scandinavian and German descent, but may be other Central and Northern European countries as well.

 

[theshadow45]

Bedford Jane Doe has been unidentified for 50 years today.

 

[Daphne1972]

*If* she was a serial killer victim, I would lean towards Alcala. I still think she is possibly the young woman in the photo with sort of a maroon haze to it I have mentioned previously.

Really hope for answers for this one.

I think it looks a lot like this woman.

 

[Beekarina]

I think it looks a lot like this woman.

Good catch! I see it.

 

[Beekarina]

Hmm....I've always thought there could be a connection to the "Pink Shorts" photo from the Alcala series too. (scroll back in thread to see what I mean.) *These are all unknown/UIDs, so links to photos are previously provided, FBI and media links of Alcala and the subject of thread. *Edited will crosspost Daphne

For comparison:

 

[Daphne1972]

Hmm....I've always thought there could be a connection to the "Pink Shorts" photo from the Alcala series too. (scroll back in thread to see what I mean.) *These are all unknown/UIDs, so links to photos are previously provided, FBI and media links of Alcala and the subject of thread. *Edited will crosspost Daphne

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The girl in the park hasn't got those strong jaws.

 

[Richard]

Unidentified Female

Composite Photos

The 1971 suspicious death of an unidentified female.

City/Town: Bedford
Status: Suspicious Death

Summary:
On October 6, 1971 the body of a deceased female was located in a wooded area at the end of Kilton Road near the Route 101 by-pass in Bedford, NH (now the on-ramp from Route 101 to Kilton Road in Bedford). Forensic analysis indicated that the victim had died approximately one to three months before her body was discovered. The victim's identity has never been determined.

Based on a post-mortem examination, the victim a Caucasian female, approximately 25 to 35 years old and between 61 and 65 inches tall. Her hair color was possibly brown. She was wearing a maroon pullover blouse with lace at the neck, short hip-hugger dungaree-type shorts, and size 7 sandals. The manner of death has not been determined but the circumstances indicate that foul play was involved in the victim's death.

LINK:

Unidentified Female in Bedford | Cold Case Unit | NH Department of Justice

 

[Beekarina]

I'm so curious about this case. Keep hoping for updates!

 

[jameviro]

bumping, hoping for updates

 

[John/Jane Doe]

710UFNH

 

[carbuff]

No new exclusions but there's a new set of reconstructions from April 2020 that I don't remember seeing before. Her chin seems less prominent in the newer recons.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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www.namus.gov

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Year of Death or Disappearance: 1971

City/Town: Bedford

Status: Suspicious Death

On October 6, 1971 the body of a deceased female was located in a wooded area at the end of Kilton Road near the Route 101 by-pass in Bedford, NH (now the on-ramp from Route 101 to Kilton Road in Bedford). Forensic analysis indicated that the victim had died approximately one to three months before her body was discovered. The victim's identity has never been determined. Based on a post-mortem examination, the victim a Caucasian female, approximately 25 to 35 years old and between 61 and 65 inches tall. Her hair color was possibly brown. She was wearing a maroon pullover blouse with lace at the neck, short hip-hugger dungaree-type shorts, and size 7 sandals. The manner of death has not been determined but the circumstances indicate that foul play was involved in the victim's death.

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Composite Photos:

Unidentified Female in Bedford | Cold Case Unit | NH Department of Justice

The 1971 suspicious death of an unidentified female in Bedford.

www.doj.nh.gov