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Re: ALBANY COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 28-58, found in Fox Park, WY -
2 August 1999
By: Akoya Date: March 9, 2020, 3:47 pm
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Detective's probe into unidentified women means putting puzzle
pieces together
By JOSHUA ROBERTS
Monday, December 24, 2012
It's August 1999 and a Cheyenne man is hiking the area around
Fox Park, a small mountain town southwest of Laramie.
His walk unearths a startling discovery - a human skull.
It's September 2010, near Roger Canyon Road, when a sheepherder
working for an area livestock company stumbles upon the remains
of a woman's body.
Neither of the investigations yield much information.
A search of the scene for more about Jane Doe 1999 produces
additional skeletal remains, two rings, Reebok tennis shoes and
stray bits of clothing.
She's believed to be 5'2-5'4 inches tall, with a 36-38-inch
waist and anywhere from 24-58 years old.
Investigators believe she could have died as many as 10 years
before.
Jane Doe 2010 was believed to be smaller, 5'2-5'4, 105-120
pounds and between 30 and 50 years old. She could have died as
early as fall 2009.
Information dries up.
Time moves on.
The cases go cold, the women remain unidentified.
It's unlikely Bill Meyer, a detective corporal with the Albany
County Sheriff's Office, ever met either of the women, but it's
his job to learn everything he can about them.
He reopened the probes in March 2011, shortly after being
promoted to detective, looking for ways to fill downtime between
current cases.
Through his efforts, with assists from numerous other sources,
he said, he was able to identify Jane Doe 2010 as Rosella
Lovell, a former Laramie resident and University of Wyoming
janitorial staffer, earlier this year.
Jane Doe 1999's real identity remains unknown. Untangling who
she was presents more challenges than Lovell�s case, the
detective said.
I have no idea how to gauge it, he said. You look at the Lovell
case. I had done so much on that for over a year and that
doesn't include what took place with her in 2010. All it took
was a couple of tips.
I think this one's going to be a little bit harder because of
the timeframe. With this woman, we just don't know. She could be
from anywhere in the world.
But, challenging doesn't equal impossible.
When I reopened both of these cases, I came to the realism,
because of the time frame, the conditions of the bodies when
they were discovered and the lack of evidence, that I may not
solve a crime, but I might be able to at least identify them,
Meyer said.
If I had a loved one that was one of these women, I would want
to know.
Meyer, 31, a Laramie native, is a detective corporal with the
Sheriff's Office, a veteran of the agency since 2002 and its
sole investigator.
His career arc entails a two-year stint as a deputy at the
Albany County Detention Center, five years in patrol, a brief
period with a regional task force, back to patrol and eventually
to a landing spot as detective.
He's perhaps found his niche with investigations.
Immensely, he said when asked whether he enjoys his work. I like
the fact that with any case the whole goal is to take all the
puzzle pieces and make one big picture.
When you're doing the legwork and you're starting to get all
those pieces and you're forming the case and what took place,
it's rewarding and enjoyable to try and put all that together.
Meyer, a 1999 Laramie High School graduate, didn't initially
earmark law enforcement as a career, though the profession is in
his DNA, like a family trait.
As a high schooler prepping for college, he thought he'd become
a welder. A serious injury his senior year, however, made long
hours in a shop impractical.
He then turned to law enforcement.
His father, Bill, Sr., began his law enforcement career with the
Sheriff's Office before transitioning to the Laramie Police
Department. He retired in 2005.
The younger Meyer enrolled at Eastern Wyoming College in
Torrington and earned an associate's degree in criminal justice.
He has family members currently working for the Sheriff's Office
and LPD.
I fell into criminal justice, but I enjoyed all those aspects,
he said. It appealed to me and it's kind of been a way of life
for us.
A turning point in his career with the Sheriff's Office came in
May 2008, when he was detailed to the regional task force,
primarily working felony drug cases.
It gave me the ability to sharpen my skills with search
warrants, affidavits of probable cause, district court stuff,
federal court stuff, he said. It was in the realm of everything.
As soon as this investigator's position opened, I determined
that I enjoyed the stuff I did as a task force officer, I had a
lot of the skills, so I thought this was something I would
enjoy.
A Laramie product born and bred, Meyer said he's likely to stick
with the Sheriff's Office for the long haul, growing within the
department in whatever role he's most useful.
For now, investigations are a good fit, he said, offering a
variety of cases.
Outside of the Jane Doe probes, his current caseload includes
check fraud, suspicious death, sexual assault, felony animal
cruelty and digging into a recent marijuana seizure at Laramie
Regional Airport.
I don't know what's going to come down the road, but I've been
here (as a detective) for two years now and I am still enjoying
it, he said.
Inevitably, Meyer's work brings him back to the Jane Does.
The Sheriff's Office, like any law enforcement agency, has an
assortment of unsolved crimes, mostly in the way of larcenies or
burglaries, but Meyer describes the 1999 and 2010 women as the
most substantial.
There are investigative advantages this time around, he said,
edges that weren't available when they were originally probed.
I think a reason that these sat cold for a long time was because
all the resources were expended back then, Meyer said. I
realized, and this was all new to me, I was new to even being a
detective at the time, that things like (the National Missing
and Unidentified Persons System) were available and databases
and I was going to get DNA information.
Meyer, an avid outdoorsman, compares his investigative approach
on the Jane Doe cases to fishing.
The more bait dangled, the better the likelihood of getting a
nibble.
I realized all of it was a long shot, but the more things I had
that were reaching out, looking for other avenues, the higher
probability I had to identifying them, he said. Now it's kind of
a waiting game to see if what I threw out there in the world is
going to come back to me and give me a good lead or not.
Though Jane Doe 2010 has been identified as Lovell a memorial
service took place this fall in Laramie for her friends and
family to pay respect there remain unanswered questions about
the circumstances of her death.
Jane Doe 1999 is a complete mystery.
Meyer has the rings: they appear to be unique and one of them
includes the engraved initials, M.S.S. He has the tennis shoes:
the crime lab was able to determine the year they were
manufactured and sold.
He has a potential lead: a missing woman from Tennessee. She
fits the age range, shares the same initials on the ring and the
detective has asked for a DNA comparison.
The woman, her husband and their vehicle vanished in 1972, Meyer
said, and they were never heard from again.
And, he has technology, bait dangled into the far reaches of
cyberspace, a wide net waiting for the nibble that can make the
difference between Jane Doe and case closed.
We've done what we could with every little thing we have, he
said. With every little piece of evidence, we try to look at all
the avenues.
The Lovell case loosened when community members identified her
through a facial reconstruction published in the newspaper.
A small break is sometimes all it takes, Meyer said.
The day I got the tip on Ms. Lovell, I spent the next two days
and into the afternoons and nights following leads because they
felt like fresh leads, he said. You do an interview, you get a
lead. You do another interview, you get one more lead.
Within 24 hours, I learned it could be a woman named Rose. I was
able to build a victimology on her, I was able to get to know
her and what her life was. That's what I enjoy taking those
pieces and running with them.
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Re: ALBANY COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 28-58, found in Fox Park, WY -
2 August 1999
By: Akoya Date: March 9, 2020, 3:49 pm
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Albany detective seeks ID of remains found in 1999
Associated Press
LARAMIE An Albany County sheriff's detective whose investigation
identified a woman found dead in 2010 is trying to do the same
for another woman whose remains were found in 1999.
The 2010 victim was identified this year as Rosella Lovell, a
former Laramie resident, in part through a facial
reconstruction. The circumstances of her death remain a mystery.
Sheriff's Cpl. Bill Meyer said identifying the 1999 victim has
been more difficult.
Skeletal remains, two rings, athletic shoes and bits of clothing
were found southwest of Laramie.
One of the rings is engraved with "M.S.S," the initials of a
woman from Tennessee who has been missing since 1972. Meyer
asked for a DNA comparison.
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Re: ALBANY COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 28-58, found in Fox Park, WY -
2 August 1999
By: Akoya Date: March 9, 2020, 3:50 pm
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Found Items of Lost People
A CLOSER LOOK AT CASE # 1175 UFWY 1999 W 28 TO 58 YEARS
20NOV
TIME TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: With the hundreds of cases on this
site alone, it is too easy to overlook some of the items,
traits, or information that may help to identify him/her. As
time goes on, I will be recalling some of the cases and pointing
out some of the ‘clues’ that may help to solve the mystery of
who this person might be.
HTML http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1175ufwy.html
WHO: Who is this person that we must identify?
This person is a 28 to 58 years old white female who stands
about 5’2″ to 5’4″.with ‘blond, brown’ hair. Her
dentals information revealed that she had gold fillings and may
have worn braces.
WHAT: What was found with or on her?
She wore Bill Blass jeans (size 16) and Reeboks shoes (size 41
European 7.5 UK), US size 7). She also had a silver band
engraved with “M.S.S.” and a silver-colored rope style ring with
two clear teardrop-shaped stones.
WHEN: When was she discovered?
She was discovered on August 2, 1999 with her date of death
believed to be between the years 1989 to 1999. (VICAP has found
date as being 8-01-1999).
WHERE: Where was her body/remains located?
The victim’s partial skeletal remains were located in Fox Park,
Albany County, Wyoming. It appears that the bones had been at
the location for a long period of time.
HOW: How was her body located and the condition of the body?
The Albany County Sheriff’s Office recovered skeleton remains in
a wooded area near Fox Park, Wyoming. The remains had been there
from 2 to 10 years. The remains were not recognizable and were
partial skeletal parts only Torso, one or more limbs, and one or
both hands not recovered.
.For more information, please click here.
QUESTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS:
1) Seems like we are looking for someone who was mid-aged when
they went missing within the years 1989 to ’99.
2) Gold fillings and may have worn braces – C’mon you detectives
– here’s a great clue!
2) Of interest here is the European and UK sizing. Could these
jeans be from overseas? Also, size 16 jeans suggests someone a
bit ‘heavy’ rather than lean! (No offense intended).
3) Probably the most interesting clue is the silver band
engraved with “M.S.S.”. Could be her name or the name of a
‘significant other’?
4) At this point, I would be looking ‘across the pond’ for a
missing mid-aged woman who went missing anytime between 1989 and
1997. Might also help to look at women with the last name
beginning with S and, with good luck, a first name beginning
with letter M. She could have immigrated earlier and maybe her
‘gold fillings’ will not be mentioned. However, do take a look
at those with gold fillings and/or braces!
5) Fox Park Wyoming seems to be a part of the Medicine Bow
National Forest with a population of 22 in 2010.
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Re: ALBANY COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 28-58, found in Fox Park, WY -
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Re: ALBANY COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 28-58, found in Fox Park, WY -
2 August 1999
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Re: ALBANY COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 28-58, found in Fox Park, WY -
2 August 1999
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Re: ALBANY COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 28-58, found in Fox Park, WY -
2 August 1999
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