Discovery Information
Date Found: August 22, 2024
Estimated Year of Death: 2024
Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Location Found: Ames, IA
Latitude: 42.0307812
Longitude: -93.6319131
Physical Characteristics
Estimated Age Range: 50 - 70 years
Gender: Female
Height Range: 62 - 62 inches
Weight Range: 88 - 88 lbs
Identifying Features: Hair Color: Brown Head Hair Description :Medium-length dark brown with white streaks Left Eye Color Blue Right Eye Color Blue Other distinctive physical characteristic Freckles across zygomatic area and nose Clothing Black bonnet, silver jacket, maroon long-sleeved shirt, green pants Other2 books (Charles Dickens - "Nicholas Nickleby"; Charles Dickens - "Little Dorrit"), New Testament Psalms, various papers with writings, sugar packets, napkins, gum wrapperNear the Body
Forensic Details
DNA Status: available
Fingerprints Status: available
Dentals Status: unknown
Circumstances
Law enforcement called to emergency department on 08/22/2024 to help in identification of unidentified female. Female refused to release her legal name, saying she made a new life for herself. Female gave law enforcement an alias - Julia Longfellow. Female stated she had been living in Ames for 10 years with a woman, working in exchange for room and board. Female died on 09/06/2024. This became a medical examiner case to make a positive identification.
Contact Information
Source: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/130738/details?nav
Contact Name: Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner
Contact Number: (515) 725-1400
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