16/10/2023
UNIDENTIFIED IN
An female was found on June 20, 1979 down an embankment between the Eastbound lanes of Route 22/322 and the Juniata River in Watts Township, Pennsylvania. She had been deceased for several months up to one year.
She was 15-30 years old and stood around 5’06” tall. She had blonde to light brown medium length, possibly curly hair. A healed rib fracture was found suggesting she endured an injury earlier in life. A dental exam revealed several silver fillings and evidence that she had an upper molar extracted during her late teenage years.
The decedent was wearing a tan button up long sleeve shirt with two breast pockets, one that zippered close. Underneath she wore a blue tank top with another white lace-like blouse. She wore blue twill slacks and red and green argyle knee-length socks. A pair of white shoes with buckles were found near her body. She was wearing several pieces of jewelry including two oval turquoise rings, a black ribbon onyx ring, a heavy silver chain bracelet (Avon brand), teardrop turquoise stud earrings, and a thin chain necklace with a turquoise pendant.
Isotope testing of her bones suggest she spent significant time in the Great Lakes region or southern Canadian provinces during adolescence, and during the final months of life possibly left that region and spent time in the southwestern United States.
Please contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST with any information that could help identify her.
Additional images and information can be found at her poster: https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMU/1192091/1