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BARREN COUNTY DOE (1989): WF, 2-3, found in a suitcase along Bar
ren River Lake - 20 August 1989
By: Akoya Date: September 28, 2020, 11:18 am
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An employee of the Army Corps of Engineers found the skeletal
remains of a child in a suitcase on the shore of Barren River
Lake, 5 miles south of Glasgow, Kentucky on US 31-E. Kentucky
State Police received three calls from someone claiming to be an
attorney who asked that immunity be granted to a woman who had
information about the child. After those calls, no more were
received.
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Re: BARREN COUNTY DOE (1989): WF, 2-3, found in a suitcase along
Barren River Lake - 20 August 1989
By: Akoya Date: September 28, 2020, 11:26 am
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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP100Female, Other
Date Body Found
August 8, 1989
Location Found
Glasgow, Kentucky
Estimated Age Range
2-3 Years
Case Information
Case Numbers
NCMEC Number
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ME/C Case Number
89F-37
Demographics
Sex
Female
Race / Ethnicity
Other
Estimated Age Group
PreAdolescent
Estimated Age Range (Years)
2-3
Estimated Year of Death
1989
Estimated PMI
Months
Height
Cannot Estimate
Weight
Cannot Estimate
Circumstances
Type
Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found
August 8, 1989
NamUs Case Created
June 29, 2007
ME/C QA Reviewed
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Location Found Map
Location
Glasgow, Kentucky
County
Barren County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)
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Circumstances of Recovery
Body was found inside a blue suitcase on the shore along Barren
River Lake in Glasgow. The child had been deceased for several
months.
Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains
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Condition of Remains
Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Investigating Agencies
CASE OWNER
Kentucky State Police
(270) 782-2010
Agency Case Number
03-89-1307
Laura Isenberg, Detective
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Case Contributors
Amy Burrows-Beckham, Medicolegal Death Investigator
Kentucky Medical Examiner's Office
(502) 489-5209
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Re: BARREN COUNTY DOE (1989): WF, 2-3, found in a suitcase along
Barren River Lake - 20 August 1989
By: Akoya Date: September 28, 2020, 11:34 am
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HTML http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/934ufky.html
934UFKY - Unidentified Female
HTML http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/934UFKY4_LARGE.jpg
HTML http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/934UFKY5_LARGE.jpg
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Reconstructions of the victim by NCMEC; enhanced image of
suitcase.
Date of Discovery: August 8 or August 20, 1989
Location of Discovery: Barren River Lake, Glasgow, Barren
County, Kentucky
Estimated Date of Death: 1-6 months prior
State of Remains: Skeletal
Cause of Death: Homicide
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 2-3 years old
Race: Biracial (unspecified)
Gender: Unknown, presumed female
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown.
Identifiers
Dentals: Available. Primary teeth present.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Not available - Insufficient DNA for profiling
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: None.
Jewelry: None.
Additional Personal Items: Blue suitcase.
Circumstances of Discovery
An employee of the Army Corps of Engineers found the skeletal
remains of a child in a suitcase on the shore of Barren River
Lake, 5 miles south of Glasgow, Kentucky on US 31-E. Kentucky
State Police received three calls from someone claiming to be an
attorney who asked that immunity be granted to a woman who had
information about the child. After those calls, no more were
received.
Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Kentucky State Police - Post 3
Agency Contact Person: Lt. Ezra Stout or Sgt. Jaman Childers
Agency Phone Number: 270-782-2010
Agency E-Mail: Ezra.Stout@ky.gov or Jaman.Childers@ky.gov
Agency Case Number: Unknown
Agency Name: Barren County Coroner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Amy Burrows-Beckham
Agency Phone Number: 270-651-5122 or 502-852-5587
Agency E-Mail: Amy-Burrows@ky.gov
Agency Case Number: 89F-37
NCIC Case Number: U382059658
NamUs Case Number: 100
NCMEC Case Number:1184273
Former Hot Case Number: 705
Information Source(s)
NamUs
Kentucky State Police Cold Cases
NCMEC
Admin Notes
Added: Prior to 2013; Last Updated: 8/28/17
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Re: BARREN COUNTY DOE (1989): WF, 2-3, found in a suitcase along
Barren River Lake - 20 August 1989
By: Akoya Date: September 28, 2020, 11:40 am
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HTML https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Barren_County_Doe
Barren County Doe
Barren County Doe was a child found deceased in Kentucky in
1989.
Case
An employee of the Army Corps of Engineers found the skeletal
remains of a child in a suitcase on the shore of Barren River
Lake, 5 miles south of Glasgow, Kentucky on US 31-E. Kentucky
State Police received three calls from someone claiming to be an
attorney who asked that immunity be granted to a woman who had
information about the child. After those calls, no more were
received.
Barren County Doe
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Unknown
(possibly Female)
Race Unknown
(possibly biracial)
Location Glasgow, Kentucky
Found August 8, 1989
Unidentified for 30 years
Postmortem interval 1 - 6 months
Body condition Skeletal
Age approximation 2 - 3
Height approximation N/A
Weight approximation N/A
Cause of death Homicide
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Re: BARREN COUNTY DOE (1989): WF, 2-3, found in a suitcase along
Barren River Lake - 20 August 1989
By: Akoya Date: September 28, 2020, 11:44 am
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Barren River
Kentucky
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Re: BARREN COUNTY DOE (1989): WF, 2-3, found in a suitcase along
Barren River Lake - 20 August 1989
By: Akoya Date: September 28, 2020, 11:47 am
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Glasgow
Kentucky 42141
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Re: BARREN COUNTY DOE (1989): WF, 2-3, found in a suitcase along
Barren River Lake - 20 August 1989
By: Akoya Date: September 28, 2020, 11:48 am
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Barren River Lake
Kentucky
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Re: BARREN COUNTY DOE (1989): WF, 2-3, found in a suitcase along
Barren River Lake - 20 August 1989
By: Akoya Date: September 28, 2020, 11:50 am
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COLD CASE: Kentucky State Police still looking for leads in a
1989 case
BY BOBBIE HAYSE Glasgow Daily Times Oct 22, 2014
Kentucky State Police is revisiting a case from 1989, in which a
2- to 4-year-old biracial child was found in a suitcase in
Skaggs Creek near the U.S. 31-E South bridge.
According to an Aug. 21, 1989 article published in the Glasgow
Daily Times, two fisherman found a suitcase around 4 p.m. on
Aug. 20, 1989, on the bank at the edge of the water on Barren
River Reservoir, with the skeletal remains of what was thought
to be a young child inside.
“The fisherman, thought to have been from Greensburg, reportedly
left the scene before (then Barren County Coroner Larry) Marion
arrived,” the article said.
Marion told the GDT after examining the remains “zippered inside
the suitcase,” he believed the child to be 4- to 6-years-old –
police officers later determined this to be a rough estimate and
that the child was probably younger than this.
Marion estimated the suitcase had been in the lake for at least
three months, “judging from the decomposition of the body,” the
article said.
The suitcase, a good quality American Tourister model, was in
good condition.
At that time, the body was being investigated as a homicide
because “the skull appears to have been fractured and we are
continuing on that basis at the present time,” Marion said.
KSP Sgt. Laura Phillips said on Monday the case has always, and
will remain, open until it’s solved.
“We are going back to the beginning of the case to see if
there’s anybody who has any information,” Phillips said. “We’ve
kind of hit a standstill, and I’ve done everything I can
scientifically.”
She said any time human remains are found, they go to the
medical examiner for review. After the ME looks at them and
determines age, sex and possible race, they enter the
information into the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children.
Rather than looking all over the country for a kid that might
have been dumped in Barren County, Ky., she said she’s hoping
somebody locally remembers the child going missing at that time.
“Why would somebody from California dump a kid in Skaggs Creek?
To me that just doesn’t make sense,” she said. “What were the
circumstances that put this child in Skaggs Creek? So when we
get requests from the National Center, that say, ‘hey, we think
it could be this kid from Colorado,’ to me that doesn’t make as
much sense as maybe a child that was more local.”
She said, they’ve not had any luck locating parents or relatives
of the child, and KSP is asking the public if they remember a
young mother who had a child that was either unaccounted for, or
went missing.
In the original findings from the ME, the child was identified
as female, but Phillips said they are no longer assuming that
it’s female because at that age, children’s structure is so
similar it’s hard to tell them apart.
“Other than the obvious physical anatomy – since we had none of
that – we really can’t swear to (it being a girl), so we’re just
going to say an unidentified child, possibly male or female.”
There were markers of African-American and Caucasian, so a
biracial child, she said.
According to the files, KSP Det. Matt Cardwell added the child
was in the water for four to six months.
“(The suitcase) was found in August, that would put (it) in the
water sometime in February maybe, so that would take it from
cold temperatures to warm temperatures,” Phillips said.
There’s also a lot of limestone and protozoa in the water that
would be acidic and advance decay, so there’s no definite
timeframe for how long the remains were in the water, Phillips
said.
Phillips said that because Skaggs Creek doesn’t have a lot of
tributaries that run into it, and other than the water going up
and down with the winter and summer pools, there’s not a lot of
forceful pull that would have caused the suitcase to travel far
so, “I would say (it) was pretty close to where (it) was
dumped.”
“You figure a 2-year-old weighs 30 to 40 pounds, and it’s
literally deceased, dead weight, and I think that’s not going to
be waterproof so it’s going to sink pretty quickly,” Phillips
said.
Cardwell said the reports even documented a hole for water to
enter to suitcase, Cardwell said.
“People that we would think might have information would
probably be like medical personnel who have day-to-day contact
with children like the nutritions office or the health
department or somebody from the high school who knew a girl who
had a child who either quit school, or all of a sudden the kid
wasn’t around, something along those lines,” Phillips said.
If anybody has any information, contact Post 3 investigations at
270-782-2010, or call the NCMEC hotline at 1-800-843-5678.
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Re: BARREN COUNTY DOE (1989): WF, 2-3, found in a suitcase along
Barren River Lake - 20 August 1989
By: Akoya Date: September 28, 2020, 11:54 am
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Re: BARREN COUNTY DOE (1989): WF, 2-3, found in a suitcase along
Barren River Lake - 20 August 1989
By: Akoya Date: September 28, 2020, 11:54 am
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