Identified! PA - White Haven, 'Beth Doe' & Unborn Baby 169UFPA, 16-22, Dec'76 - #2 - Evelyn Colon

[Mingsmom]

The baby's DNA can produce a familial DNA match. Why hasn't this been done?

 

[Mingsmom]

The baby's DNA can produce a familial DNA match. Why hasn't this been done?

I am really not a new member. I just reconnected and forgot my password. I have visited her burial site. She died the year I graduated from HS. We look alike. I have contacted the PA State Police regarding Beth Doe. I have land in White Haven - that is how I first became interested in Beth Doe.

 

[Mingsmom]

Also known as Carbon County Jane Doe. she is - - 169ufpa

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

I have visited her burial site. She died the year I graduated from HS. We look alike. I have contacted the PA State Police regarding Beth Doe. I have land in White Haven - that is how I first became interested in Beth Doe.

That's wonderful to hear! Thank you

I often think about that even though someone almost 42 years ago thought of her as something worthless to kill and destroy, there are so many of us all across the world who still cares and still works tirelessly to bring some form of justice to her and her baby.

Carry on.

 

[CCJD]

We can always hope, right? I was wondering, because if not anyone of you had done it, I might've done it myself (although I think it's terrifying and my anxiety issues doesn't exactly get any better of that reason )

Breathe, Mrs Badcrumble, (that is such a cool name) - I emailed the lead investigator.

I actually get panic attacks while I'm driving (never good) but contacting LE/ME-Coroners usually doesn't give me stress.

 

[Alleykins]

It gets easier the more you do it
But there is still that pounding heart when you first pick up the phone to call.

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

Hahah! Thank the both of you! I kinda went lost in the labyrinth of contact information and the various departments, and all of them were telephone numbers (and faxes! I haven't seen one of those since the 90s!), which rules me out a bit, since I am located over the pond and calls over there can be crazy expensive...

 

[Mingsmom]

This case is a little confusing......on one hand, you have the killer who was obviously worried that she could be identified so he dismembered her, cut off facial features, and removed her breasts...but on the flip side, you have a late term pregnant woman still unrecognized!
Neighbors? The community...friends.
I would be asking around if I knew of a pregnant woman who was about to give birth that suddenly..vanished.

 

[Mingsmom]

I think she was living in a gated community - Honor killing - In 1976 - before 9/11, there was no scrutiny.

 

[Mingsmom]

I think she was living in a gated community - Honor killing - In 1976 - before 9/11, there was no scrutiny.

 

[Mingsmom]

What was happening in Eastern Europe at the time? 1976? Beth's iotops suggested Eastern European origin

 

[carbuff]

Updated Namus link: Unidentified Person Case

Ruleouts:


Annastaes Banitskas

Iris Brown

Valarie Cuccia

Teresa Fittin

Trenny Gibson

Rory Kesinger

Anna Leatherwood

Georgia Nolan

Mary Robinson

Patricia Seelbaugh

 

[AddieSunny]

I posted a reply yesterday of some immigrants through TN that had similar birth and immigration dates. It was removed, but all the information provided is public record and available to anyone on the internet in the first place. I figured I'd just put that out there. I didn't realize we were not allowed to share public documents.

 

[C. Walter Brown]

Valarie Lorraine Cuccia ?
No Southeast connection I can see. Surname is Albanian.
Valarie Lorraine Cuccia - New York Missing Person Directory

Never mind I see her ruled out.

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

Bumping Beth Doe's thread with her DoeNetwork page:

169UFPA

Artistic renderings of the victim by NCMEC, Carl Koppelman and Frank Bender. Suitcases and blanket the victim's remains were placed in.* Facial features such as the nose and the hair style are an artist's estimation to complete the image.
*WS won't let me post more than five pics at the time, but there are more photos in the link.

Date of Discovery: December 20, 1976
Location of Discovery: White Haven or East Side Borough, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Estimated Date of Death: Less than 24 hours
State of Remains: Recognizable face
Cause of Death: Homicide - Strangled and shot in the neck

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 15-25 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 4'11" to 5'4"
Weight: 140-150 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: She had a 5.5" scar on her left leg, just above the heel and a 2-inch scar on her left calf. She had a small circular mole above her left eye and a mole on her left cheek. She was carrying a full-term White female fetus. It is possible that the moles on her face developed at some time during her pregnancy. Blood type O.

Identifiers
Dentals: Available. she had suffered extensive dental disease resulting in three extractions, multiple restorations, and extensive decay. Her oral hygiene improved as she got older but at the time of her death she was still suffering from tooth decay and a fracture to her upper right lateral incisors that would have caused her serious pain and been noticeable to others.
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Available

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery
On December 20, 1976, the dismembered remains of the victim were found in three suitcases along the Lehigh River (Carbon/Luzerne County Line) under a bridge of westbound Interstate Route 80 near Exit 273. The suitcases appeared to have been thrown from the Interstate bridge.

She had been strangled, then shot in the neck and then dismembered with a fine, serrated tool. Her killer had removed her nose, ears, and breasts.

There were letters and numbers written on her left hand in ink (color of ink unknown). While there were different interpretations of what was actually written on the hand, almost definitely was "WSR". Next to that was either a 4 or a 5. Below and to the right was either a 4 or 7. Police checked license plates and CB call signs but were unable to determine the significance of the notations. The ink would probably have lasted 8-12 hours.

The three suitcases the remains were found in were all the same size (23" x 14" x 7 1/2"). Two of them were blue in color, one was blue and tan plaid. The handles had been cut off of the suitcases before they were dropped at the site and the zippers had been painted with flat black paint.

Inside the suitcases, the police also found straw, dry packing foam, a cut up chenille bedspread and six sections of the New York Sunday News dated September 26, 1976. The bedspread was most likely originally pink in color, however, the worn and dirty condition made it appear more rust or coral colored. The bedspread had an embroidered yellow flower design.

Advanced forensic testing of her bones suggest that the female was possibly born in Western to Central Europe and likely migrated to the USA five to ten years prior to her death in her early childhood to teenage years.

She is known as Beth Doe.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Carbon County Coroner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Thomas McAndrew
Agency Phone Number: 570-669-9898
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N03-027244

Agency Name: Pennsylvania State Police
Agency Contact Person: Thomas McAndrew
Agency Phone Number: 570-459-3890
Agency E-Mail: thmcandrew(at)state.pa.us
Agency Case Number: N/A

NCIC Case Number: U833004226
NamUs Case Number: 8913
NCMEC Case Number: 1104191

Information Source(s)
Namus
NCMEC
Pennsylvania Missing Persons
Wikipedia: Beth Doe
Beth Doe on YouTube - created by Theresa Golden

 

[FireOwl9]

Will DNA Doe Project or any other agency potentially take on this case? 42 years is way too long for this poor, poor girl

 

[Alleykins]

Will DNA Doe Project or any other agency potentially take on this case? 42 years is way too long for this poor, poor girl

They would, but it would be up to the investigators on her case to initiate the contact with DDP. Not sure about other agencies.

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

Beth Doe's still on DDP's suggestion list and her agency is aware of this option.

GEDmatch is an open data personal genomics database, which in theory means that it is open to use for LE in general. DDP is just one option, but there are several others (and more to come) genealogists and agencies using genealogy and GEDmatch as a crime solving tool rn. We'll just have to be patient and wait for LE to reach out to them.

 

[sluethermac]

Norway has a calling code of 47

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

Bumping because it's officially December 20th here over the pond, and 42 years since the grim discovery of Beth Doe. Although we may not know her name and story (yet), she's far from forgotten ♡