The Lost and the Found

The victim's remains were located by a farmer putting out fertilizer in corn field along US 74 approximately 1 mile east of Interstate 95. The field is near an asphalt plant. No signs of trauma or cause of death determined.

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/1882

Case Information
Status Unidentified
Case number 78-396
Date found June 02, 1978 00:00
Date created June 04, 2008 08:01
Date last modified August 30, 2017 13:18
Investigating agency
date QA reviewed June 05, 2008 04:57

Local Contact (ME/C or Other)
Agency NC Ofc of the Chief Med Exmnr
Phone 919-743-9000
Case Manager
Name Clyde Gibbs
Phone 800.672.7024

Exclusions
The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent:
First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA
Tammy Akers 1962 Virginia
Amy Billig 1957 Florida
Eva DeBruhl 1962 South Carolina
Trenny Gibson 1960 Tennessee
Katherine Lyon 1964 Maryland
Sheila Lyon 1962 Maryland
Judy Martins 1955 Ohio
Audrey Nerenberg 1958 New York
Angela Rader 1962 Virginia
Doris Tetreault 1943 Massachusetts

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/954ufnc.html

Case File: 954UFNC
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Composites of the victim (NCMEC); Victim's clothing

Unidentified Female
Date of Discovery: June 2, 1978
Location of Discovery: Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina
Estimated Date of Death: 2 to 4 weeks prior
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Mummified
Cause of Death: Unknown

Physical Description
** Listed information is approximate

Estimated Age: 15-22 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 95-110 lbs.
Hair Color: Light brown or reddish brown, medium length.
Eye Color: Unknown

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Fingernails and toenails painted with red metallic polish.

Dentals: Available. Occlusal amalgam restorations on teeth #3, 14, 18, 19, and 30. The antemortem extractions left diastemata between teeth numbers #4 and 6, 11 and 13, 20 and 22, and 27 and 29. Other teeth on radiographs and photographs appear missing postmortem, but postmortem examination records shows only teeth #4, 24, 25 as missing postmortem.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: mtDNA and nucDNA available at UNT (ref #08-7463).

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Jeans with slightly ragged cutoff bottoms, open toe platform wedge shoes with canvas straps with a flower design on the front straps and rubber soles (size 6), shirt or sweater with hood and very short sleeves and horizontal stripes with various shapes across front - the colors match the shoes, bikini style panties.

Jewelry: Unknown

Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Case History
The victim's remains were located by a farmer putting out fertilizer in corn field along US 74 approximately 1 mile east of Interstate 95. The field is near an asphalt plant. No signs of trauma or cause of death determined.

Investigating Agency(s)
If you have any information about this case please contact;

Agency Name: North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Agency Contact Person: Clyde Gibbs
Agency Phone Number: 800-672-7042
E-Mail

Agency Case Number: ME: 78-396; NCMEC: 1184297
NCIC Case Number: N/A
NamUs Case Number: UP #1882
Former Hot Case Number: 610
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Information Source(s)
NamUs
NCMEC

http://unidentified.wikia.com/wiki/Lumberton_Jane_Doe

Lumberton Jane Doe

Lumberton Jane Doe was a young woman found deceased in North Carolina in 1978 near a cornfield.

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Lumberton Jane Doe



Sex Female
Race White
Location Lumberton, North Carolina
Found June 2, 1978
Unidentified for 39 years
Postmortem interval 2 - 4 weeks
Body condition Mummified
Age approximation 15 - 22
Height approximation 5'1 - 5'3
Weight approximation 100 - 120 pounds
Cause of death Undetermined(S)

Entering the diamond interchange (Exit 213) with North Carolina 41 along I- 74 & U.S. 74 east. N.C. 41 heads south seven miles to the town of Fairmont.








Flooding on Interstate 95 in Lumberton.