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AZF991009 - ID'd per DN; October 9 1999
Topic Started: Jul 28 2006, 02:19 PM (997 Views)
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Unidentified White/Native or Hispanic Female

* Located on October 9, 1999 in the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona.
* Estimated Date of Death: 1 day prior
* Cause of death was homicide.

Vital Statistics

* Estimated age: 18-22 years old
* Approximate Height and Weight: 5'5"; 106 lbs.
* Distinguishing Characteristics: 17-inch long, curly, brown hair. Eye color is undetermined.
* Marks, Scars: She had a surgical scar on her lower, right abdomen. The scar is likely related to a surgical procedure that removed on of her ovaries. Appendix intact. A mole on her back.
* Tattoos: A partially finished "angel baby" tattoo, on her right ankle.
* Clothing: She was wearing a white, cotton, pullover shirt with two butterflies, green sweatpants and black, high-lace-up shoes.
* Other: There are indications that she was abducted from Mexico and killed in the US.

Case History
The victim was located murdered along the Colorado River in the vicinity of Avenue 5E near Yuma, Arizona on October 9, 1999.
She was killed at the location where she was found, and she had been shot in the face.
She is buried in an indigent grave in Yuma County, without a name on the headstone.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Yuma County Sheriff's Office
520-783-4427

Agency Case Number:
ML99-1463

NCMEC #:
NCMU400022

Source Information: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Yuma Sun 9/27/08
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Unidentified, Unidentified
Date of Birth: 1/1/1984
Place of Birth: N/A
Sex: Female
Race: Caucasian
Height: 5'05"
Weight: 106 Pounds
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Complexion:
Distinguishing Features:
Aliases:
Contact Points: Yuma County Sheriff's Office, Detective Terry Owens, 520-783-4427 or Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma Arizona, Investigator, 1-520-341-3152
NCIS CASE No.:
SID No.:


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Remarks: On October 9, 1999, the remains of this unidentified child were found in the Colorado River near the city of Yuma, AZ. She had a shotgun wound to the face. The remains were of a Caucasian female between 15 and 17 years of age. She had 17-inch-long brown curly hair. She had a surgical scar on her lower right abdomen. She had a mole on her back and a partially finished "angel baby" tattoo on her right ankle. She was wearing a white cotton pullover shirt with two butterflies, green sweatpants and black high-lace-up shoes. This photograph is a computer-generated facial reconstruction done by a forensic artist at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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Background:

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Last Updated: 5/25/2006 7:05:02 PM

http://www.ncis.navy.mil/MissingDetails.asp?Id=75

Lauran

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Lauran

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Murder remains unsolved after nine years
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September 27, 2008 - 7:36PM
BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER
Nine years ago, the body of a young woman was found murdered along the Colorado River in the vicinity of Avenue 5E.

The case still remains unsolved.

"I was the first officer on the scene," said Capt. Eben Bratcher, of the Yuma County Sheriff's Office. "I remember it well. It is one of those cases that stick with you."

The young woman, who was approximately 16 years old, had been shot in the face with a shotgun at close range the night before her body was found on Oct. 9, and sheriff investigators have never stopped trying to solve the case.

She was 5 feet 5 inches, weighed 106 pounds and was Hispanic, American Indian or white. She had 17-inch, long curly brown hair, her eye color was unknown. She had a surgical scar on her right abdomen.

She also had a mole on her back and a partially finished "Angel Baby" tattoo on her right ankle. She was wearing a white cotton pullover shirt with two butterflies, green sweatpants and black high-lace-up shoes.

"The fact that no one has ever come forward to report her missing or identify her leads us to believe she may not be from the area," Bratcher said.

The young girl is buried in an indigent grave here in Yuma County, without a name on the headstone.

Bratcher said the sheriff's office has reached out to the media, both locally and nationally, several times over the years to try to identify her.

"We are frustrated with our inability to positively identify her," Bratcher said. "We have never received a lead that has paid off."

He added that in addition to listing the young woman with the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the sheriff's office has submitted DNA evidence to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab.

"We have analyzed all the evidence in the case and haven't got any hits," Bratcher said. "We have chased down every tip we have ever received in the case and hit a dead end every time."

Bratcher added that identifying the young girl could provide new information that could lead to solving the case.

"If we know she is, we can link that back to other people she associated with and that could open up new leads in the case. Maybe someone will come forward."

Yuma blogger Marsha Gorley, who calls herself a "websleuth" for the Web site Justicequest.net, said she became interested in the case a few months ago while working on other cases involving missing unidentified women with other members of the Web Site.

"There is a huge network of people out there on the Internet trying to help identify these women," said Gorley, who was working as a patrol secretary with the Yuma Police Department the year the murder occurred. "We don't want to solve the murder, we just want to give her a name. Solving the murder is their job."

Gorley said she has filed a request with the sheriff's office through the Freedom of Information Act to get a copy of the coroner's report and pictures of the unfinished tattoo to post online in hopes someone may recognize it.

"By not doing anything, we will never find out who she is," Gorley said. "We have people from all over the world who read the Web site."

So far Gorley has not heard back from the sheriff's office, but had spoken to a couple of YCSO officials previously who denied her initial requests.

Bratcher said anyone with any information regarding the case can call the Yuma County Sheriff's Office at 783-4427.

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James Gilbert can be reached at jgilbert@yumasun.com or 539-6854

Lauran

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On October 9, 1999, in Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona the body of a white female between fifteen and twenty-two was discovered within hours after her death. She was shot in the face with a shotgun, which left her unrecognizable. She had waist-length brown hair with reddish highlights, worn divided into two braids.[35] The victim wore two stud earrings per ear, a white shirt containing two butterfly designs, green sweatpants and black shoes. Two necklace pendants that she wore read "Our Lady of Mt. Carmel" and "Pray For Us," on the outside, where the other had a half moon design. The victim also had a tattoo near her ankle, which read "Angel Baby." The first word had been completely finished and the second was stenciled. A scar was visible on the waist, although the victim's appendix had not been removed. The scar could have been due to a surgery that removed her right ovary, which was missing from the body.[36] It is possible that she may have been from Mexico and murdered in the United States, according to some evidence
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195UFAZ

195UFAZ was located in Yuma, Arizona on October 9, 1999. She has been identified. No further information is available.
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