FL DAVIE JANE DOE: WF, 15-30, found floating in canal in Davie, FL - 23 Dec 1975 *CAROLYN MOUDY*

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295UFFL - Unidentified Female​

Reconstructions of the decedent by Barbara Martin-Bailey; jewelry found with remains.

Date of Discovery: December 23, 1975
Location of Discovery: Davie, Broward County, Florida
Estimated Date of Death: 5 days prior
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Cause of Death: Undetermined; suspected homicide

Physical Description​

Estimated Age: 15-30 years old
Race: White
Sex: Female
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 123 to 125 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown or auburn; medium length.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available. She had a gap between her two front teeth.
Fingerprints: Available.
DNA: Available.

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Green flower-printed blouse; blue flared pants; blue platform shoes.
Jewelry: She had on a white puka necklace, made from bits of shells, and a silver ring with a blue stone in the center surrounded by three white gems.
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery​

The female was located floating in a canal north of Southwest 28th Street and 154th Avenue, in Davie, Florida on December 23, 1975. No signs of trauma were found on her body, but authorities suspect foul play.

Investigating Agency(s)​

Agency Name: District 17 Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Wendy Crane
Agency Phone Number: 954-357-5200 or 954-357-5242
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 1975-872

Agency Name: Broward County Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 954-327-6500
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: Unknown

Agency Name: Davie Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Chief Patrick Lynn
Agency Phone Number: 954-693-8200, 954-693-8291 or 954-693-8270
Agency E-Mail: crimetips(at)daviepolice.com
Agency Case Number: 75-12-9137

NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 9302

Information Source(s)​

NamUs
Davie Police Department
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Sun-Sentinel (12/13/06)

295UFFL

DOES THIS RING LOOK FAMILIAR? #JaneDoe wore it when she was located floating in a canal in Davie, Florida on December 23, 1975.

Sex: Female Height: 5'5" Weight: 123 to 125 lbs. Hair Color: Brown or auburn; medium length. She had a gap in her two front teeth.

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Slain Woman Whose Body Was Found in Davie Canal in 1975 Identified

A woman who was likely murdered and had her body dumped in a Davie canal in 1975 has remained unidentified for nearly 46 years, but now cold case investigators say they’ve identified her. The woman’s body was discovered in a canal in the 2600 block of Southwest 154th Avenue on Dec. 23, 1975. At...

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Slain Woman Whose Body Was Found in Davie Canal in 1975 Identified​

A woman who was likely murdered and had her body dumped in a Davie canal in 1975 has remained unidentified for nearly 46 years, but now cold case investigators say they've identified her.

At a news conference Tuesday, Davie Police said they identified her as Carolyn Dunn Moudy, of Indianola, Mississippi.


A genetic genealogist was able to use the DNA to track down family members, who said Moudy had gone missing in July 1974.

"I really had to work hard to piece this family tree together," said Cece Moore, the chief genetic genealogist with Parabon. "I built dozens of trees and I was able to narrow it down to a specific county in Mississippi. We knew she had to have deep roots there on both sides of her family -- and then I identified an extended family I thought she must come from."

Police had previously said the Broward Medical Examiner’s Office had determined the cause of death was drowning and the circumstances surrounding the case suggested homicide.

Officials said Tuesday that a homicide investigation is ongoing.

"Our detectives were relentless in identifying Carolyn and will now work towards bringing justice to her and her family as this investigation continues," Davie Police Chief Steve Kinsey said.

She also says law enforcement is not allowed to use the databases from many of the major consumer DNA testing companies, like 23andme or Ancestry for this purpose.

“There's a big misconception that we have access to these very large databases and we don’t. And so we rely on people that have tested at these big consumer companies to support what we're doing and to go upload their data to Gedmatch to help us solve these cases,” said Moore.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Another identified, so awesome.

 

[Kimster]

I didn’t see this coming at all! I’m so glad that law-enforcement was on it.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

"I WANTED TO MEET YOU": ANSWERS LEAD TO MORE QUESTIONS FOR FAMILY, POLICE IN 46-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY

Carolyn Jeanette Dunn Moudy disappeared from Indianola in 1974, leaving behind two daughters. Her fate remained a mystery for over four decades.

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"I WANTED TO MEET YOU": ANSWERS LEAD TO MORE QUESTIONS FOR FAMILY, POLICE IN 46-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY​

Carolyn Jeanette Dunn Moudy disappeared from Indianola in 1974, leaving behind two daughters. Her fate remained a mystery for over four decades. Thanks to the combined work of a south Florida cold case unit and one of the nation’s leading genetic genealogists, Carolyn was recently identified as a Jane Doe who was found murdered in Davie, Fla. in 1975. With answers have come more questions for her family and the detectives.

Why did she leave Indianola? What was she doing in Florida? And who killed Carolyn Moudy?

This is her story.

Edna Moudy was just three days old when her mother disappeared.

Carolyn Jeanette Dunn Moudy was not yet 21 when she delivered her third child at South Sunflower County Hospital in Indianola in the summer of 1974.

Carolyn Denise Moudy, her firstborn, had died during childbirth around 1971. Her second daughter, Carolyn Jeanette, who is called Jeanette by her family, was born a couple of years later.

And then there was Edna, , likely born premature, and so small that she had to wear the clothes from a baby doll, her sister recalls.

“I was 3 years old when our mother left over in Indianola, Mississippi,” Jeanette, who now lives in Greenville not far from Edna, said. “(Edna) was newborn. She left her in the hospital.”

What happened to the young mother after that day had been a mystery for 46 years.

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[Kimster]

"I WANTED TO MEET YOU": ANSWERS LEAD TO MORE QUESTIONS FOR FAMILY, POLICE IN 46-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY

Carolyn Jeanette Dunn Moudy disappeared from Indianola in 1974, leaving behind two daughters. Her fate remained a mystery for over four decades.

www.northsidesun.com

"I WANTED TO MEET YOU": ANSWERS LEAD TO MORE QUESTIONS FOR FAMILY, POLICE IN 46-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY​

Carolyn Jeanette Dunn Moudy disappeared from Indianola in 1974, leaving behind two daughters. Her fate remained a mystery for over four decades. Thanks to the combined work of a south Florida cold case unit and one of the nation’s leading genetic genealogists, Carolyn was recently identified as a Jane Doe who was found murdered in Davie, Fla. in 1975. With answers have come more questions for her family and the detectives.

Why did she leave Indianola? What was she doing in Florida? And who killed Carolyn Moudy?

This is her story.

Edna Moudy was just three days old when her mother disappeared.

Carolyn Jeanette Dunn Moudy was not yet 21 when she delivered her third child at South Sunflower County Hospital in Indianola in the summer of 1974.

Carolyn Denise Moudy, her firstborn, had died during childbirth around 1971. Her second daughter, Carolyn Jeanette, who is called Jeanette by her family, was born a couple of years later.

And then there was Edna, , likely born premature, and so small that she had to wear the clothes from a baby doll, her sister recalls.

“I was 3 years old when our mother left over in Indianola, Mississippi,” Jeanette, who now lives in Greenville not far from Edna, said. “(Edna) was newborn. She left her in the hospital.”

What happened to the young mother after that day had been a mystery for 46 years.

MORE AT LINK

That’s a really good article. I kept wondering as I was reading it what happened to their father, and then it describes what he is all about and he was very sketchy.