PA PA - Philadelphia, N Corinthian St, WhtFem 50-65, UP17764, strangled & beaten, in basement, Dec'79

[victoriarobinson642]

Reconstruction of Corinthian St Jane Doe.

 

[Mickey87]

Thoughts on this being Mary Louise Watkins? NamUs MP17856. Possible victim of James C. Toliver ?

 

[CCJD]

Couple of discrepancies in this article. Says she was found Tues, which would have been the 11th (NamUs says the 10th). Also says she had blue eyes (NamUs says brown). It's a Lancaster paper, not Philly, so maybe they just got it wrong.

Philly F NamUs 17764 - Newspapers.com

Clipping found in Lancaster New Era in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on Dec 14, 1979. Philly F NamUs 17764

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[Bit of hope]

Thoughts on this being Mary Louise Watkins? NamUs MP17856. Possible victim of James C. Toliver ?

Please be so kind to put in a link to the file next time For convenience a link. Mary Louise Watkins – The Charley Project The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Moonwalker9]

This news article is very interesting cause it brings up clues not previously mentioned before.

She's mentioned as a transient
She carried a newspaper ad for a local bowling alley called "rocky springs" in Lancaster
She was wearing a red wig
She had a burn scar on her right thigh
She had partial dental work, partial good teeth
She was known by LE as "Mary Smith"
She had been seen going door to door to business owners in the area asking for handouts
She appeared to be well educated and dressed "fairly well"
She was found deadat 11 AM by a resident of the the building

Perhaps this info can lead us closer to her identity

 

[UnlicensedPI]

She carried a newspaper ad for a local bowling alley called "rocky springs" in Lancaster

I would not call Lancaster local to where she was found. It's over an hour drive from Philly. Which IMO makes it all the more interesting!

 

[ifindedout]

I would not call Lancaster local to where she was found. It's over an hour drive from Philly. Which IMO makes it all the more interesting!

However, Lancaster and Philly were well-connected by intercity bus and Amtrak, then as now.

 

[UnlicensedPI]

However, Lancaster and Philly were well-connected by intercity bus and Amtrak, then as now.

It does seem to indicate she traveled east. I wonder how known she was to police and for how long