OH PENNY DOE: WF, 30-50, found in wooded area in Eaton, OH - 25 May 1968 - Fingers hooked in small tree *ALBERT FROST*

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP55702
Female, White / Caucasian
Date Found: May 25, 1968
Location Found: Eaton, Ohio
Estimated Age Range: 30-50 Years

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Case Information

Case Numbers
NCMEC Number: --
ME/C Case Number: 68-7

Demographics
Sex: Female
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

Possible First Name: --
Possible Middle Name: --
Possible Last Name: --
Possible Nickname: --

Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 60
Estimated Age Range (Years): 30-50
Estimated Year of Death: 1962-1968
Estimated PMI: --

Height: 5' 2"-5' 6"(62-66 inches) , Estimated
Weight: 130-140 lbs, Estimated

Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Found: May 25, 1968
NamUs Case Created: February 27, 2019
ME/C QA Reviewed: --

Location Found
General Location: at the Rear of the F. Time McFall property on Frederick Drive
Eaton, Ohio
County: Preble County

Circumstances of Recovery:
Children playing in a wooded area found a skull that was separated from a badly decomposed body trunk with a left arm intact (the fingers of which were hooked in a small tree). The lower right arm was missing. There was no clothing or jewelry. The skull was 75 feet downstream from the trunk. The entire area had been swept by high water within the previous few days. The decedent may have been deceased up to one year or more.

Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains: One or more limbs not recovered
One or both hands not recovered

Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction

Physical Description
Hair Color: Unknown or Completely Bald
Head Hair Description: --
Body Hair Description: --
Facial Hair Description: --
Left Eye Color: Unknown or Missing
Right Eye Color: Unknown or Missing
Eye Description: --

Distinctive Physical Features
No Information Entered

Clothing and Accessories
No jewelry or clothing were found with the remains

"Penny" #JaneDoe was found by children playing in a wooded area in Eaton, #OHIO - 25 May 1968

Height: 5' 2"-5' 6"(62-66 inches) , Estimated Weight: 130-140 lbs, Estimated

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[kdg411]

See pdf attachment of articles related to this case via NAMUS

 

[Summer_Breeze]

Hamilton man identified as person found in an Eaton ditch in 1968

A person found in an Eaton drainage ditch in 1968 has been identified through a joint investigation by the Preble County Coroner’s Office and the Shelby Police Department as a Hamilton man, officials announced Friday.

www.journal-news.com

By Lauren Pack
13 hours ago

A person found in an Eaton drainage ditch in 1968 has been identified through a joint investigation by the Preble County Coroner’s Office and the Shelby Police Department as a Hamilton man, officials announced Friday.

The unidentified remains buried in Mount Hill Cemetery were thought be those of a female for 55 years with Preble County officials referring to the person as “Penny Doe” — until now.

Through a long and dogged search to find a woman missing from Shelby, Ohio, the science of DNA revealed the person to be Albert A. Frost, who was born Jan. 25, 1935 in Hamilton.

In 2019, the unidentified remains were exhumed as part of an ongoing cold case missing person in investigation spearheaded by Shelby police Det. Adam Turner, who believed the person may have been a been Mary Jane Croft VanGilder who worked at an Air Force depot in Shelby and vanished in 1945.

In the decades since, new technology and online databases for missing and unidentified remains have given a rebirth of hope to families and law enforcement officers putting fresh eyes on missing persons cases.

It was that science that led the identification of Frost, while the search for VanGilder continues.

“I will continue to search for her,” Turner said. “She provided closure to his family.”

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Wow! More at link. ~Summer

 

[Kimster]

So they assumed that it was that woman, but they couldn’t verify for sure? That’s how I’m reading it. I remember Carl K telling me about that in certain cases. They “knew” who the person was, but they couldn’t identify them officially so they remained unidentified. That was years ago. Now we have DNA sources working cases!