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PRINCESS BLUE: F, 15-19, found in Brazoria County, TX - 10 Sept
1990 - Robert E. Lee High School class ring
By: Scorpio Date: December 11, 2022, 8:23 pm
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Princess Blue was a teenage girl whose skeleton was found at the
side of a road in Texas. She is known by her nickname due to a
blue 1975 class ring that she wore.
Case:
Princess Blue's body was found under a pile of brush and a tire
by a man who stopped to relieve himself. She wore several rings,
including the class ring that was found. She was likely deceased
for around a year, which indicated that the ring did not belong
to her originally.
She was thought to be Hispanic, but was later found to be White
with African-American heritage, most likely having at least one
Black grandparent. Because of this, the sketches may not be
accurate.
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Re: PRINCESS BLUE: F, 15-19, found in Brazoria County, TX - 10 S
ept 1990 - Robert E. Lee High School class ring
By: Scorpio Date: December 14, 2022, 12:11 am
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Date of Discovery: September 10, 1990
Location of Discovery: Manvel, Brazoria County, Texas
Estimated Date of Death: 6 months - 1 year prior
State of Remains: Skeletal
Cause of Death: Undetermined
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 15-25 years old
Race: Biracial (White and Black). It is likely she had a parent
or grandparent who was Black. Originally believed to be
Hispanic.
Gender: Female
Height: 4'10" - 5'3"
Weight: Unknown, but likely slim to medium build.
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Two fractured ribs; and a defect
on a bone beneath her left knee. The victim possibly had a tumor
on her knee.
Identifiers
Dentals: Available. There were several teeth with untreated
carries, and two amalgam fillings. Tooth #10, an upper left,
lateral incisor, which is right next to her two front most teeth
was surgically removed prior to death and the corresponding
space was partially obliterated by mature bone.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Available.
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: None.
Jewelry: One pearl, beaded bracelet. Six rings. One gold band
ring with six clear stones; one silver band with a scroll
design; two thin silver bands; one silver-colored ring with a
turquoise horse or unicorn. One 1975 class ring, size 9 1/2, of
Robert E. Lee High School (now the Margaret Long Wisdom High
School), located in Houston. This ring has a blue stone with a
silver colored, inexpensive metal band. It is unknown whether or
not there were ever engravings on the inner side of the ring's
band. The ring was up sized twice, which would have removed
evidence of previous engravings. However, it does have an
inlaid, "L" which many students chose as an option that year
that stands for the school mascot, Robert E. Lee himself.
Additional Personal Items: None.
Circumstances of Discovery
The decedent was located on a pile of debris at the end of a
Brazoria County road (101) just east of Highway 288 inside the
Manvel city limits on September 10, 1990. The skeleton was found
by a man who had pulled off the highway to relieve himself. He
stepped behind a barricade and saw a skull in an old tire. No
purse, wallet, clothing or hair were located around the
skeleton, six rings were on the fingers, and a bracelet around
her wrist.
The company that made Robert E. Lee High School's (now Margaret
Long Wisdom High School) rings doesn't have records from 1975.
The Lee class of 1975 had about 300 girls. Authorities would
like to hear from any of the girls who lost a ring or gave it to
somebody else, as the female would likely have been too young to
have graduated in 1975.
Toxicology tests yielded no trace of opiates in her bone marrow.
However, it is unknown whether or not other drugs were present,
tested for or could have been tested for.
The female is known as "Princess Blue" for the class ring she
wore.
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Re: PRINCESS BLUE: F, 15-19, found in Brazoria County, TX - 10 S
ept 1990 - Robert E. Lee High School class ring
By: Scorpio Date: December 14, 2022, 12:11 am
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Victim was wearing a 1975 Robert E. Lee High School class ring.
This ring has a blue stone with a silver colored, inexpensive
metal band. It is unknown whether or not there were ever
engravings on the inner side of the ring's band. The ring was up
sized twice, which would have removed evidence of previous
engravings.
The ring has an inlaid, "L" which many students chose as an
option that year that stands for the school mascot, Robert E.
Lee himself.
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Re: PRINCESS BLUE: F, 15-19, found in Brazoria County, TX - 10 S
ept 1990 - Robert E. Lee High School class ring
By: Scorpio Date: December 14, 2022, 12:16 am
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1975 Robert E. Lee High School class ring.
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Victim wore a silver-colored ring with a turquoise horse or
unicorn design
HTML https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/137UFTX1.jpg
A silver ring with a scroll design
HTML http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/137UFTX6_LARGE.jpg
Another piece of jewelry
The Victim also wore a gold band with 6 clear stones, 2 thin
silver bands and a pearl-beaded bracelet.[/img]
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Re: PRINCESS BLUE: F, 15-19, found in Brazoria County, TX - 10 S
ept 1990 - Robert E. Lee High School class ring
By: Scorpio Date: December 14, 2022, 12:16 am
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-in-Brazoria-County-Texas-September-10-1990
Houston Chronicle (TX)
June 8, 2007
Edition: 3 STAR
Section: B
Page: 3
MANVEL - Investigators hope new forensic drawings can lead to
identification of a young woman whose skeletal remains were
found 17 years ago, dumped behind a road barrier near Texas 288
in Brazoria County.
"Even if it didn't clear the case, we want to have her
identified," said Manvel Police Sgt. Jay Coffman. "It could mean
closure for her family."
Coffman has never had a name to call her by. To the state, she
is case number U03-10-014. One Internet forum, Some
oneKnowsMe.com, has named her Princess Blue, for the blue stone
in the class ring she wore from Houston's Robert E. Lee High
School.
"We would love to know her real name," Coffman said.
Investigators originally thought she might be Hispanic, but a
recent forensic analysis conducted by the University of North
Texas Center for Human Identification determined that she was
probably Caucasian with some possibility of African-American
ancestry.
Using information from the new study, Texas Rangers forensic
artist Suzanne Birdwell created two new drawings of what she may
have looked like - one with long hair and one with short hair.
Investigators think she was between 4-foot-11 and 5-foot-3 and
had a slight to medium build. When she died she was probably 17
to 21 years old.
Police have no idea of how she died or how her remains came to
be where they were found. A motorist relieving himself behind
the barrier at the end of County Road 101 just east of Texas 288
spotted her skull on Sept. 10, in 1990. The spot is barely
visible from 288.
No clothes were found with the body. Investigators think she was
dead six months to a year before her remains were found.
Because she was probably born sometime between 1968 and 1973,
the Lee High School class of 1975 ring wouldn't have originally
been hers.
Just how she got it remains one of the many mysteries
surrounding the case. The original owner could have given it to
her. She could have found it or stolen it or bought it in a pawn
shop. It could even have been put on her finger after she died.
The body had other jewelry - a silver-colored ring with a
turquoise horse or unicorn, three silver-colored bands, one with
a scroll design, and a gold-colored ring with six clear stones.
She also wore a pearl-type beaded bracelet.
The case is one of many listed on the Texas Department of Public
Safety's Missing Person Clearing House Web site:
www.txdps.state.tx.us/mpch/.
Anyone with any possible information are asked to call Coffman
at 281-489-1212 or Brazoria County Sheriff's Investigator
Richard Rosser at 218-756-2218.
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Re: PRINCESS BLUE: F, 15-19, found in Brazoria County, TX - 10 S
ept 1990 - Robert E. Lee High School class ring
By: Scorpio Date: December 14, 2022, 12:17 am
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Houston Chronicle (TX)
September 2, 2006
Edition: 3 STAR R.O.
Section: B
Page: 1 Metfront
ANGLETON - A well-worn ring from the 1975 class of Houston's
Robert E. Lee High School is the main evidence police have to
try to unravel a 16-year-old mystery. It was found on the finger
of a skeleton at the end of a Brazoria County road in 1990.
"It's not much to go on," said Manvel police Detective Jay
Coffman, "but it's about all we've got."
In the years since the remains were found, investigators have
not been able to tell what happened to the female victim, how
she got to be on a pile of debris or, more importantly, who she
was.
"Somebody's missing this girl," Coffman said, holding the ring.
Somebody is missing the ring, too, he said, because he doubts it
originally belonged to the victim.
A medical examiner's report estimated that the skeleton found on
Sept. 10, 1990, was that of a girl about 17 years old, plus or
minus two years, Coffman said. She would have been far too young
for the 1975 class ring to be hers.
"It could have been given to her by an aunt, an older sister, by
anybody," Coffman said.
Richard Rosser, an investigator with the Brazoria County
Sheriff's Department, is working with Coffman to solve the
mystery.
"Back then, Brazoria County was a dumping ground for bodies of
people killed in Houston," Rosser said. "It seemed like we had
at least one a month."
The skeleton was found by an Alvin man who had pulled off the
highway to find a place to urinate. He told investigators that
he stepped behind a barricade and saw a skull in an old tire.
Investigators have no clues as to how she died. No traces of
drugs were found in the bone marrow. Medical examiners estimated
she had been dead six months to a year.
The victim was about 5 feet tall, plus or minus 2 inches.
Medical examiners said the skeleton was probably that of a
Hispanic female.
Investigators looked at dozens of different reports of missing
teenage girls, but none seemed to match the skeleton.
Three rings were on the skeleton's fingers. One was silver with
a scroll design, another had a turquoise unicorn on it. But
investigators think the 1975 Lee High School ring probably has
the best chance of leading to her identity.
A jeweler recently told investigators the ring was a size 9 1/2
and had been resized twice. The person it fit was probably about
175 pounds.
An ornate "L" inlaid in the blue stone could have stood for the
owner's last name or for Lee High School. The company that made
Lee High School's rings doesn't have records from 1975, Rosser
said.
The Lee class of 1975 probably had about 150 girls, Rosser said.
He would like to hear from any of them who lost a ring or gave
it to somebody else.
The skeleton is now at the University of North Texas Health
Science Center at Fort Worth. That facility operates the Texas
Missing Persons DNA Database, which, in turn, feeds information
about missing persons to the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS),
operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
If investigators get new leads, they can try to test the DNA of
relatives to identify her.
"We would at least have a name," Coffman said.
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Re: PRINCESS BLUE: F, 15-19, found in Brazoria County, TX - 10 S
ept 1990 - Robert E. Lee High School class ring
By: Scorpio Date: December 14, 2022, 12:17 am
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NamUs UP # 989
ME/C Case Number: PA90-0334
Brazoria County, Texas
15 to 19 year old White Hispanic/Latino Female
Case Report - NamUs UP # 989
Case Information
Status Unidentified
Case number PA90-0334
Date found September 10, 1990 17:00
Date created April 16, 2008 11:38
Date last modified June 08, 2016 11:16
Investigating agency
date QA reviewed April 17, 2008 05:42
Local Contact (ME/C or Other)
Agency Ofc Of The Brazoria Cnty JP
Phone 979-864-1402
Case Manager
Name Sharon Derrick
Phone 713-796-6858
Demographics
Estimated age Adult - Pre 20
Minimum age 15 years
Maximum age 19 years
Race White
Ethnicity Hispanic/Latino
Sex Female
Weight (pounds) , Cannot Estimate
Height (inches) 60, Estimated
Body Parts Inventory (Check all that apply)
All parts recovered
Probable year of death 1990 to 1990
Estimated postmortem interval 1 Years
Circumstances
Location Found
GPS coordinates
Address 1 CR 101 East of HWY 288
Address 2
City Manvel
State Texas
Zip code 77578
County Brazoria
Circumstances
Skeletal remains of an unknown White or Hispanic female found in
wooded area under trash pile. Estimated date of death is 6
months to 1 year; located at dump site off CR 101 and Hwy. 288
near Manvel, TX. Jewelry includes a 1975 Robert E. Lee High
School ring with blue stone, and a white gold ring with
turquoise unicorn.
Possibly referred to as "Princess Blue."
Physical
Hair color Unknown or Completely Bald
Left eye color Unknown or Missing
Right eye color Unknown or Missing
Jewelry
Several rings: Yellow band with 6 clear stones (1); White
colored bands (2); White colored band with scroll pattern (1);
1975 Robert E. Lee High School ring (1)
NCIC: 2 THIN WHI GLD BANDS,WHI GLD BAND W/SCR0LL DESIGN,YEL GLD
BAND W/6 CLEAR
JWL/ST0NES,PEARL BEAD BRACELET
Dental
Status: Dental information / charting is available and entered
DNA
Status: Sample submitted - Tests complete
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Re: PRINCESS BLUE: F, 15-19, found in Brazoria County, TX - 10 S
ept 1990 - Robert E. Lee High School class ring
By: Scorpio Date: December 14, 2022, 12:17 am
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True Ghost Tales Of Brazoria County
Princess Blue
What was left of her was found in a mound of dead vegetation and
trash. Her tombstone was a tire; that's where the skull lay.
Beyond it, her skeleton
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Princess Blue's Autopsy Report
Here is a copy of the original autopsy report done on Princess
Blue in 1990. A Houston reporter, Cra autopsy report:ig Malisow,
was gracious enough to provide this for us. Please note that a
complete forensics work-up was completed in March of 2007;
however, we have not yet been able to obtain a copy of it. There
is much updated information in the report, and if we are able to
obtain it we will post it on this thread:
History: These skeletal remains of a Hispanic female were found
under a trash pile at the dead end of County Road 101, east of
Hwy 288, Manvel, Brazoria County, Texas at 5 pm on Sept. 10,
1990. Some property (jewelry) was recovered at the scene with
the skeletal remains.
Autopsy: The autopsy was performed in the [HCME's office] by
forensic pathologist Eduardo Bellas, MD, at the request of and
upon the written authorization of the Hon. Bill Todd, Justice of
the Peace, Precinct 8, Brazoria County, Texas, beginning at 2 pm
on Sept. 11, 1990.
Extrernal Appearance: The body was that of a totally
skeletonized human remains which consisted of the entire skull
with nonprominant frontal ridges or mastoid process. The nasal
aperture were those of a caucasion configuration and the upper
arch was U-shaped, resembling mongoloid character. The cheek
bones were not prominent. The orbital sockets were rather
square. The right and left sides of the upper jaw were not still
fused as was not the transversal suture of the hard palate.
The foramen magnum and the configuration of the base of the
skull and the outside of the skull showed no abnormalities. Upon
removal of the calvarium, it was found that the clivus was
almost totally obliterated and the endocranium appeared to be
not remarkable. Natural teeth in good condition in part and some
in bad condition were observed. According with the Universal
System, teeth 1, 17 and 32 (wisdom teeth) were present and
unerupted. Tooth 16 was absent. The corresponding alveolar
spavce was totally obliterated by mature bone tissue.
There was a large caries on the buccal aspect in tooth 2 and
tooth 5 was missing postmortem. Teeth 3 and 4 were in good
condition as well as tooth 14 which had a minute occlusal
amalgam. Tooth 6 (upper right canine) had extensive caries at
the mesial surface extending to the buccal surface as well as
toward the lingual area. Tooth 9 (left upper central incisor)
had a recent occlusal postmortem fracture at the tip. Tooth 10
was surgically absent and the corresponding alveolar space
partially obliterated by mature bone. In the lower arch, tooth
17 was unerupted and tooth 18 had a minute round buccal amalgam.
Tooth 19 had a large occlusal caries extending to buccal, mesial
and distal aspects with only 1/3 of the crown surface left.
Teeth 2o-29 were present. A large caries on the mesial and
buccal surgace of tooth 20 was observed. A small lateral caries
was noticed in tghe lateral aspect of tooth 29. Teeth 30 and 31
were in good condition, however, the lateral aspect of tooth 30
was observed with black discoloration of the crown area and
conssitent with a distal caries.
The lower jaw was intact. The two scapula as well as the hip
bones were submitted and the fusion between the first sacral
vertebra with the sacrum was incomplete in the anterior portion.
the configuration of the three bones of the pelvbis were
consistent with female-type and the symphysis pubis with
numerous pits alternating with the elevations which suggested a
very young person. The fusion of the iliac crests of the hip
bones was partial in some areas. The sternum was submitted in
two pieces and was not remarkable. 22 ribs were submitted. The
right first rib aliong with the second right rib showed a
hairline fracture measuring 1-3/4 inches in length in the first
right rib and 1-1/4 inches in the second right rib. In addition,
1-1/4 inches before the anterior tip of the second rib there was
a transveral compression.
The two humeri with the two cubitus and radii were submitted and
not remarkable. Similarly, both femurs, both tibias and fibulas
were also submitted. The bones of the extremities showed no
abnormalities except for a defect in the distal portion of the
left tibia extending up to the articular surface and measured
one inch in the virtucal dimension and 1-1/4 inches
anteroposteriorly. The length of the humeri was 11-1/2 inches
each. The length of both femurs was 16-1/2 inches. The length of
the tibia was 13-3/4 inches. Also submitted were the seven
cervical vertebrae, the five lumbar vertebrae and the eleven
thoracic vertebrae. None of the certebrae submitted showed any
abnormalities. In addition, multiple bones of the hands and feet
were submitted and were not remarkable. The central portion and
the two wings of the hyoid bone were identified and intact.
Lab results: Opiate -- bone marrow=negative
Opinion: It is my opinion that the cause and manner of death of
the decedent, unidentified skeletal remains of a Hispanic
female, is undetermined.
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Re: PRINCESS BLUE: F, 15-19, found in Brazoria County, TX - 10 S
ept 1990 - Robert E. Lee High School class ring
By: Scorpio Date: December 14, 2022, 12:17 am
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Princess Blue
Birth: unknown
Death: unknown
[​IMG]
UPDATE: It was previously ruled that Princess Blue was
white/hispanic but when a recent forensic workup was done they
determined that Princess Blue was Caucasian, with possible mixed
ethnic heritage (it is likely one parent or one grandparent was
African-American)
Jane Doe 1975 Robert E. Lee HS. She has a face now! (Texas)
We Need Your Help Please!
I am from a group of people at
HTML http://www.websleuths.com/
and
HTML http://www.someoneknowsme.com/
who are trying to get information
out about an unidentified female we now call "Princess Blue" The
reason we call her "Princess Blue" is because when her body was
found she was wearing a ring with a blue stone. The ring is a
1975 Class ring from Robert E. Lee (Houston) High School. That
school is now called Lee High School.
We believe that it is possible that whomever it was from the
1975 class of REL (Houston) who originally owned this ring may
be the key to this Princess Blue's identity.
Recently the "Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse Online"
released new sketches of "Princess Blue" to show what she
possibly could have looked like with long and short hair.
I am posting the sketches of "Princess Blue" along with a photo
of the 1975 Robert E. Lee High School class ring she was wearing
when her body was located in hope that someone may recognize
her.
This is a link to her Texas Missing Person Clearinghouse
information:
HTML http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/mpch/UnidentifiedDetails.asp?id=U0310014<br
/>
Please contact Manvel Police Detective Jay Coffman at
281-489-1212 or e-mail him at jcoffman@manvelpd.org if you have
any information on "Princess Blue" -or- if you may have lost or
given away a 1975 Robert E. Lee (Houston. Now known as Lee High
School) High School class ring to someone else or had one stolen
please contact Jay with that information. You can also contact:
Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse 800-346-3243 Note: You may
remain anonymous when submitting information. Agency Case
Number: U0310014 NCIC Number: U-940003426 Please refer to the
above numbers when contacting any agency with information
regarding this case.
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Princess Blue Articles:
Princess Blue found:
HOUSTON CHRONICLE ARCHIVES
Paper: HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Date: WED 09/12/1990
Section: C
Page: 11
Edition: 2 STAR
Human remains found
Staff
MANVEL - Brazoria County authorities Tuesday were trying to
identify human skeletal remains that were found near County Road
101 here.
The remains were found Monday by a person looking for bottles
and cans along the road, about a mile east of Texas 288,
authorities said. The remains were taken to the Harris County
medical examiner's office for examination.
Officials said they had not determined the sex, age or cause of
death.
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HOUSTON CHRONICLE ARCHIVES
Paper: HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Date: FRI 09/14/1990
Section: C
Page: 15
Edition: 2 STAR
Remains those of woman
Staff
MANVEL - Human skeletal remains found near here are those of a
young white or Hispanic woman between the ages of 16-22, police
Chief Tommie Tolson said Thursday.
The skeleton was found Monday by someone looking for bottles and
cans near a private trash dump on County Road 101, about a
quarter-mile east of Texas 288.
The dead woman had a silver ring with a turquoise unicorn on her
right hand and a pearlescent bead-type bracelet on her right
arm, authorities said.
A Harris County medical examiner's report also concluded that
she had knee problems, Tolson said. Tolson asked that anyone
with information about the woman's identity call Manvel police
at 489-1212 or the medical examiner's office.
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Ring is top clue:
HTML http://manvelpd.cityofmanvel.com/news/ring_top_clue.htm
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Please see
HTML http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48232
for our
discussion and complete details of this case.
Princess Blue on someoneknowsme.com:
HTML http://someoneknowsme.com/upload/index.php?showforum=2
Princess Blue's My Space Page:
HTML http://www.myspace.com/uidprincessblue
Princess Blue on Proboards:
HTML http://uidprincessblue.proboards80.com/
HTML http://someoneknowsme.com/upload/index.php?showforum=2
New Articles on Princess Blue dated June 7, 2007
HTML http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/p...n=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
HTML http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/4870484.html
HTML http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=6626525
HTML http://www.click2houston.com/news/13462498/detail.html
Burial:
Non-Cemetery Burial
Specifically: The skeleton is now at the University of North
Texas Health Science Center at Forth Worth
Created by: LoveToHelp
Record added: Apr 22, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 19045674
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Re: PRINCESS BLUE: F, 15-19, found in Brazoria County, TX - 10 S
ept 1990 - Robert E. Lee High School class ring
By: Scorpio Date: December 14, 2022, 12:18 am
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[img]
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A jeweler recently told investigators the ring was a size 9 1/2
and had been resized twice. The person it fit was probably about
175 pounds.
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