VA VA - Elsie Roane, 16, West Point, 20 May 1957

[Mysteries1974]

Yes and the facial features are a close match

 

[Mysteries1974]

I hope someone can submit the Jane doe and Elsie as a possible match to the doe network.

 

[Mysteries1974]

I have already submitted a few matches and am still waiting for a response.

 

[Mysteries1974]

I don’t know what identifiers she has. According to the doe network she doesn’t have DNA/Dentals/Fingerprints.

 

[JLouEllen90]

Elsie Mae Roane

Age: 16

Sex: Female

Race: White

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Blue

Height: 5’8”

Weight: 115 lbs

Missing From: King William, Virginia

Missing Since: 05/20/1957

Details: Elsie was last seen May 20, 1957. She was in the town of West Point.

Contact: King William County Sheriff’s Office 804-769-0999

Elsie Mae Roane – The Charley Project

 

[theshadow45]

Elsie has been missing for 63 years today.

 

[Jake479]

Did they ever find her family to collect DNA?

 

[Quoththeraven]

I wish we knew more about her, anyone have access to newspaper archives?

Here's one small article. I'll look for more.

Police have suspect in 58-year-old missing persons case

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, Elsie’s birthday passed recently.

 

[alb1on]

Did they ever find her family to collect DNA?

One oddity in this case is that, on Ancestry, there is a yearbook photo of a Janey Mae Roane from Newport News High School. She looks very like Elsie Mae and Newport News is both near West Point and corresponds to other records for the family. I wonder if they adopted two girls and if Janey Mae is still alive. If so dna could be available.

 

[theshadow45]

Elsie has been missing for 64 years today.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping for Elsie, today is her birthday.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, the 65th anniversary of Elsie’s disappearance passed recently.

 

[Quoththeraven]

More insight...A male friend saw her that night and she told him she was spending the night at a girlfriend's house. The girlfriend said Elsie did not come to her house that night. The article did not specify whether it was a prearranged visit or not. If it was prearranged and Elsie didn't show up, that would mean there was more of a chance she was abducted. Of course, she may have lied to the boy about where she was actually going.

 

[Bagpus]

More insight...A male friend saw her that night and she told him she was spending the night at a girlfriend's house. The girlfriend said Elsie did not come to her house that night. The article did not specify whether it was a prearranged visit or not. If it was prearranged and Elsie didn't show up, that would mean there was more of a chance she was abducted. Of course, she may have lied to the boy about where she was actually going.

Or the boy may have lied.

 

[Quoththeraven]

Or the boy may have lied.

That's a possibility.

"In 2015, nearly sixty years after Elsie's 1957 disappearance, authorities announced they have a suspect in her case. They haven't publicly identified the person, but they stated he was close to Elsie's age and is still alive; they've interviewed him multiple times."

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"After a number of interviews during their investigation they were able to name a suspect..."We may never have the right evidence to prosecute and at this point I'm not concerned with that. My focus right now is to find Elsie Mae and her child and give them a proper burial," Mawyer told 13News Now."

Police have suspect in 58-year-old missing persons case

Roane was just 16 years old when she disappeared from the small town on May 20, 1957.

www.13newsnow.com

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Elsie’s birthday.

 

[DS2021]

I wonder if this suspect is still alive. It's been over 7 years since that announcement

 

[ladymage]

I wonder if there is any way to squeeze some publicity from local news? I am not too far from West Point and it boggles my mind that this has not been solved. This and the Colonial Parkway Killings are the two old cold cases in the area but it hasn't gotten near the publicity as the Colonial Parkway Killings.

 

[theshadow45]

Elsie has been missing for 66 years today.