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| Kuhn, Christine/CAF060606; San Mateo County June 6 2006 | |
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| ELL | Dec 21 2006, 07:27 PM Post #1 |
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Jane Doe stumps coroner By Dana Yates, Daily Journal Staff Jane Doe Well-done dental work and a fake name are all the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office has to determine the identity of a woman found dead in Pacifica this summer. Authorities found her on June 6 inside a tent along a service trail south of San Pedro Avenue, just off of Highway 1 in Pacifica. The tent contained many books, including two Bibles, a “Busy Women’s Journal” with several scriptures noted and Harry Potter. On the tent were letters made of tape stating, “no go, no eat, no drink, murder.” Her fingerprints were run through the county system revealed her picture, a name, date of birth and place of birth. The only problem: It was all fake. The woman was previously booked into San Mateo County Jail by the California Highway Patrol. The information in the system is usually enough for the Coroner’s Office to identify a person. Not this time, said Kristine Gamble, senior deputy coroner for San Mateo County. “The problem is when she was booked in she gave a false name. She said she was Sam Smith, which sounds pretty generic anyway,” Gamble said. The woman gave a date of birth at of Jan. 20, 1960 with a birthplace of Louisville, Ky. The Coroner’s Office could not find any record of a Sam Smith matching her description in Jefferson County, Ky., Gamble said. The only thing the Coroner’s Office knows for certain is the woman once received high-quality dental work. The Coroner’s Office is hoping a dentist somewhere may recognize her face and remember performing the work, Gamble said. The woman is believed to be in her 40s. An anthropology report places her age between 33 years old and 46 years old. A dental report estimates her age anywhere from 25 years old to 40 years old. She weighed approximately 130 pounds and was between 5 feet 4 inches tall and 5 feet 6 inches tall. She had brown, straight and stringy hair with gray streaks. Yellowing of the cranial bones suggest possible tetracycline therapy for acne. Anyone with information about this woman should contact Senior Deputy Coroner Kristine Gamble with the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office at (650) 312-5562. Dana Yates can be reached by e-mail: dana@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 106. What do you think of this story? Send a letter to the editor: letters@smdailyjournal.com. http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_prev...8330&eddate=12/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| PorchlightUSA | Jan 6 2007, 11:49 PM Post #2 |
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| PorchlightUSA | Apr 21 2007, 11:08 PM Post #3 |
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Saturday, April 21, 2007 Jane Doe - San Mateo County, California Authorities found this unidentified woman on June 6, 2006 inside a tent along a service trail south of San Pedro Avenue, just off of Highway 1 in Pacifica in San Mateo County California. The tent contained many books, including two Bibles with several scriptures noted, a “Busy Women’s Journal” and Harry Potter. Dental work is all the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office has to determine her identity. The woman is believed to be in her 40s. An anthropology report places her age between 33 years old and 46 years old. A dental report estimates her age anywhere from 25 years old to 40 years old. She weighed approximately 130 pounds and was between 5 feet 4 inches tall and 5 feet 6 inches tall. She had brown, straight and stringy hair with gray streaks. Yellowing of the cranial bones suggest possible tetracycline therapy for acne. Her body was badly decomposed, and they couldn't determine a cause of death. There were no signs of trauma and some of the woman's writings indicate that she intended to starve herself to death. Her fingerprints were run and they revealed her picture, a name, date of birth and place of birth. It was all fake. At one time she had been booked into San Mateo County Jail by the California Highway Patrol. The problem is when she was booked in she gave a false name. She said she was Sam Smith. The woman gave a date of birth of Jan. 20, 1960 with a birthplace of Louisville, Ky. The Coroner’s Office did not find any record of a Sam Smith matching her description in Jefferson County, Ky. The only thing the Coroner’s Office knows for certain is the woman once received high-quality dental work. The Coroner’s Office is hoping a dentist somewhere may recognize her face and remember performing the work, Gamble said. She was wearing: Gray colored fleece jacket with zipper (LL bean's men XL) Navy blue nylon/Dacron pants (Cherokee XL) Dark blue pants with waist snap/ Drawstring (Merona M) Anyone with information about this woman should contact Senior Deputy Coroner Kristine Gamble with the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office at (650) 312-5562. http://bakerst221b.blogspot.com/2007/04/ja...california.html |
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| PorchlightUSA | Apr 30 2007, 12:17 AM Post #4 |
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Dec 28, 2006 Identity of dead woman still a mystery Bay City News The San Mateo County coroner's office is seeking the public's help in identifying a woman found dead in a tent last June near Pacifica. The mummified remains of a woman between 33 and 46 years old were found just off southbound state Highway 1 in Pacifica on June 6. Inside the tent were many books including two Bibles, a Harry Potter book and a "Busy Woman's Journal'' with several passages noted, the coroner's office reported. The phrase "No Go, No Eat, No Drink, Murder,'' was written on the outside of the tent in tape letters, according to the coroner's office. Despite the grim message, coroner's investigators believe her death could have been caused by exposure, San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault said. After attempting to trace her identity through her thumbprint, investigators now believe she was arrested in Redwood City on Jan. 20. I think it can be useful to put it as it's one birthdate she gave, she was probably confused and this bd is of no help. According to Foucrault, the woman gave her name as "Sam Smith" in the Redwood City arrest and stated she was born in Louisville, Ky. The thumbprint got no hits in several federal thumbprint databases, Foucrault said. There were no signs of exterior trauma identified on the body and toxicology tests were inconclusive due to the woman's state of decomposition, Foucrault said. The woman had with her a gray L.L. Bean fleece jacket, navy blue nylon/Dacron pants, and dark blue pants. She is described as being approximately 5 feet 5 inches tall, about 130 pounds, with brown eyes, straight brown hair with gray streaking and a possible birth date of Jan. 20, 1960, or Dec. 1, 1960. Coroner's officials are asking that anyone with information relating to the identity of the woman contact them at (650) 312-5562. |
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| PorchlightUSA | Apr 30 2007, 12:18 AM Post #5 |
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http://wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=5845119&nav=0RZFMBKH Dead woman may have Louisville link Dec 29, 2006 02:56 PM (LOUISVILLE) -- A woman who may have Louisville connections was found dead in a tent in Pacifica, California, her body already starting to mummify. She was surrounded by books, bottles, tea light candles and an umbrella, but no identification. Written in duct tape on the side of the tent were the words, "No go, no eat, no drink, murder." San Mateo deputy coroner Kristin Gamble says the woman's hands were too mummified to yield fingerprints but analysts were able to pull a print off an item found inside the tent. That print matched a woman whom police picked up in January. She told them her name was Sam Smith and that she was born in Louisville. Police photographed her and she was released with no charges. (Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocount...news/ci_4918198 On the outside of the tarp, written in tape, was a message: "No Go, No Eat, No Drink, Murder." Inside, there was a dead woman. Despite the foreboding writing on the wall, authorities quickly ruled out foul play. "It wasn't a homicide," said San Mateo County Deputy Coroner Tom Marriscolo, adding that the woman's body had no signs of blunt trauma or stab wounds and that toxicology tests were inconclusive due to the woman's state of decomposition. Six months after the gruesome discovery, the county Coroner's Office is seeking the public's help in identifying the woman, who authorities believe was homeless. After months without any luck, the county is armed with a new tool in ID'ing the corpse: a mug shot of a woman arrested in Redwood City nearly one year ago. Based on a thumbprint, authorities believe that the dead woman and the woman arrested Jan. 20, are the same. Maybe they only have this thumbprint and it should indicated that it's the only fingerprint available, not sure if they were able to find others. "Other than the decomposition, that woman looks exactly like that photo looks — with her eyes wide, kind of a strange look," said Marriscolo. "That photo — if somebody knew her, they should say, 'Oh, I knew that person.'" Although the woman arrested in Redwood City gave her name as "Sam Smith" and stated that she was born in Louisville, Ky., authorities have not been able to trace the name to the woman. The woman found in the tent was dead some three months prior to her discovery, according to Marriscolo. She is described as being 5 feet 4inches tall to 5 feet 6 inches tall, approximately 130 pounds, with brown eyes, straight brown hair with gray streaking and possible birthdates of Jan. 20, 1960, or Dec. 1, 1960. She was discovered with a gray L.L. Bean fleece jacket, navy blue nylon/Dacron pants and dark blue pants. Inside the tent, among the many books, were two copies of the bible, a Harry Potter book and a "Busy Women's Journal." I think she was a woman that has some education, because of the types of things that she was reading," said Marriscolo. "Not a stumblebum, I think this woman had some worldly experiences." Because the woman had high-quality dental work, one of the biggest hopes at the Coroner's Office is that a dentist will recognize the mug shot and help unravel the mystery, according to Marriscolo. "Whether we'll ever identify her," he said, "I don't know." Coroner's officials are asking that anyone with information relating to the identity of the woman to please contact them at (650) 312-5562. |
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| tatertot | Dec 31 2017, 10:39 PM Post #6 |
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May Christine Rest in Peace ![]() http://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/d...3e084cb9f1.html Dead woman identified after 11 years DNA match helps investigators determine name of decomposed Pacifica body By Austin Walsh Daily Journal staff Dec 21, 2017 0 A mystery lasting more than a decade is finally solved after the county Coroner’s Office positively identified the remains of a woman found in Pacifica. San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault announced Wednesday, Dec. 20, the decomposed body discovered in a remote area off Highway 1 in 2006 was Christine Kuhn, 41, of Washington, DC. She was identified following a DNA sample matching with a profile submitted in 2014 by Kuhn’s daughter, said Foucrault, who credited the state Department of Justice for processing the forensics. Foucrault said he hoped the identification would offer some solace to Kuhn’s family, who had not seen her for more than a year prior to her body’s discovery. “It’s a relief for us to get her positively identified and to successfully notify the family and help them get closure because they didn’t know if their mother or wife was alive,” he said. Foucrault said Coroner’s Office officials spoke with Kuhn’s former husband and mother, but had not contacted the daughter whose DNA was so vital to the identification. “He was relieved but shocked at the same time,” said Foucrault, of Kuhn’s husband. “And more shocked than anything.” With regards to the timing of the identification, Foucrault said the three-year lag following the daughter’s sample submission could be attributed to the bottleneck of pending cases waiting to be assessed by the Department of Justice. He said the department’s staffing in Richmond is not commiserate with the need to process cases, which can lead long waits in pairing potential matches. “There are people working on it all the time, but the staffing levels for those places are not consistent with the amount of people missing,” he said. The identification closes the case for his department, said Foucrault, but he hopes it could offer Pacifica police additional information leading toward solving Kuhn’s cause of death, which is still yet to be determined. Pacifica police Capt. Jake Spanheimer said law enforcement officials may revisit the case and search for further leads. “We will have to go back and see where we left off and look at this person’s identify and see what her history was and whether there is anything to go off of,” he said, adding he did not recall that there was evidence of foul play at the time of Kuhn’s body discovery. When she was found, Kuhn’s fingerprints matched the arrest record linked to a case documented on Nov. 30, 2006, that was handled by the California Highway Patrol’s San Francisco office. The name “Sam Smith” was an alias and is suspected to be fictitious. Authorities found Kuhn inside a tent along a service trail south of San Pedro Avenue, just off of Highway 1. The tent contained many books, including two Bibles, a “Busy Women’s Journal” with several scriptures noted and Harry Potter. On the tent were letters made of tape stating, “no go, no eat, no drink, murder.” Foucrault said his department “worked tireless to follow up on every lead” over the many years Kuhn’s body went unidentified. With the case now closed, he said he’s pleased his staff can move ahead with a successful match under their belt. Most importantly though, he is hopeful the case offers closure to Kuhn’s family. “He doesn’t have to wonder any longer,” Foucrault said of Kuhn’s husband. |
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