Found Deceased OH - Anita Drake, 15, Louisville, 15 Oct 1963

[Gourami Watcher]

Does anyone know the outcome of the DNA test? I didn't find any information when I googled.

Her NCMEC page is gone. On the Doe Network forum, there was a closed case notice saying she was "recovered". This hasn't been posted on her public file, though.

 

[Roselvr]

NamUs still online

 

[OkieGranny]

Just got this from NCMEC:

Dear Poster Partner:

Anita Drake missing from Louisville, OH, has been recovered. Please discontinue dissemination of this poster. Your participation in this program has made a valuable contribution to this recovery.

Please remove and discard any posters on this case that you have placed in public view.

Thank you for your support.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
www.missingkids.com

 

[Jim_M]

Danna Smith Casey, a woman from Minnesota, had stepped forward in 2016 claiming that her mother was Anita Drake, more than 50 years after Drake had gone missing.

The DNA results have taken nearly a year to analyze, but the results have confirmed Casey’s claim, and the mystery has been solved.

http://www.charleyproject.org/resolved/resolved107.html

Anita Kay Drake

Anita, 15, disappeared from Louisville, Ohio on October 15, 1963. She ran away to Texas, married and changed her name to Lynda Smith, had a daughter, and died of cancer in 1994. Smith told people she was orphaned when her parents died in a car crash, and it wasn't until her husband died in 2010 and her daughter was settling his estate that she found the documentation of her mother's name change and began looking into her background. In 2016, Smith's daughter learned of Anita's disappearance and submitted DNA to see if Anita was her mother. The positive match was made in March 2017. Anita had run away to escape an abusive situation. One of her sisters and some of her friends knew about it, but kept her secret.
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http://www.doenetwork.org/closed2017.php (*Far down on the page*)