The Spokesman-Review from Spokane, Washington • 6

T'--' Smdiy Cold Cases Color corrposites: i I ost Wanted Linda Lcbran? abduction 1 attempted murder arson Can) on County ID June June 20 1984 diimwbeftd body found this irti rp v' 5 id Mf18m4 i left I lun found inthairta 1L i i I April 19 1998 i I I i it 0r j- I tap The forensic artist Came Stuart Parks of Cataldo Idaho draws artwork for the Spokane Police Department and Spokane County Office Parks was the artist who examined the skull of and drew what the woman may have looked like nflPi-iawA C-2 SC'-E5 Tte Spc-esan Update: Arthur Haines P-e 87-year-c'd man fen rcti'1 Spc5'e as to death lyng in a pool of bc-od on bs oor on Feo 23 1993 A be bad tee-1 set mbs bed'oom in an aect to destny eveece a aoot bs ceatn vas pb' s'-ed T-e SpC'es'an-f'e ev on July 29 fre Pot ce Cepae'! has rece ted to ps Cre cae f'on a ra" a-o L-ed rear Ha es oe Ncrtn VVasb-gdon Stieet Tre nan te'd detect ves of a pe'son he eded raeo Edd Tre pster sa he once saw Edd locmg tvo-gn Ha Poas aP freugrt po' ce sP-Jd hm a 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knows her knows the killer The case Two young men were fishing by the Meenach Bridge on June 20 1984 when they discovered a body in the Spokane River She was missing her hands feet and head Police say she was likely dismembered by an ax a hatchet or a knife It is in murder cases for a body to have been dismembered said Spokane police Sgt Joe Peterson The naked body had been in the water for several days possibly weeks officials said Pinpointing the timeline is difficult The coroner noted the water temperature was 45 degrees and thought the body had been in the water for 48 hours or less said Spokane County Medical Examiner Dr Sally Aiken When Aiken reviewed the records however she determined the time was much longer bodies decompose quickly in low temperatures Identifying marks included two small moles on the front of the neck a faint scar over the right knee a faint quarter-inch scar on the right kneecap and a diagonal 3 scar on the left arm Officials determined the woman was 20 to 35 years old and about 5 feet 7 inches tall She had a medium build and blond body hair Forensic experts determined had at least one baby Giese said investigators found no other murders at the time matched the method of About a month after the body was discovered a dog brought home the decomposing left hand to a house in the connection In 2004 for example a woman from New South Wales called Giese because she thought Millie might be her missing daughter A DNA comparison showed she related skull was examined by a forensic dentist who worked up a profile and determined recently had dental work Tape found wrapped around one of arms was sent to the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab about a year ago Giese said Investigators hope to collect DNA from it that will identify the killer A drawing of what Millie may have looked like has been posted at wwwdoenetworkorg along with hundreds of unidentified men women and children On the Web site she is known as Case File 296UFWA Dozens have been interviewed in pursuit of the killer Giese said information has been submitted to Washington State Missing and Unidentified Person database and has been entered into the National Crime Information Center a computerized index of criminal justice information overseen by the FBI fairly certain a missing report in some drawer that will settle it for Giese said always going to have friends family or co-workers who will miss a For the drawing of what Millie may have looked like the skull was taken to Carrie Stuart Parks a certified forensic artist in Cataldo Idaho Parks a commercial artist started working Rimrotk area near the bridge police said The hand was sent to the FBI in Washington DC where officials retrieved fingerprints Then on April 19 1998 a woman walking a dog discovered a human skull with two vertebrae still attached in a vacant lot at Seventh Avenue and Sherman Street The spot had been a neighborhood dumping site for years After the skull was found the lot was excavated but no other remains or evidence were found At that time the case was assigned to Giese who took the skull to a forensic anthropologist in Western Washington His daughter a fifth-grader at the time accompanied him Along the way the two stayed in a moteL While Giese and his daughter were watching TV his little girl said: we have another person in the room we should name her call her Since then when detectives discuss the murder the Millie case Giese said To aid the anthropologist's work officials exhumed the body discovered 14 years earlier which had been buried at Fairmount Cemetery in Spokane They extracted a tissue sample and through DNA analysis determined the body and the skull were a match Giese said information was submitted to international national and state databases The FBI is now working further on the DNA so profile can be added to a Canadian missing persons database If any family members come forward DNA profile will be used to prove a for the North Idaho Crime Lab in 1981 doing courtroom exhibits and helping measure crime scenes In 1985 she attended the FBI composite art school in Virginia and in 1988 she began teaching forensic art She has been doing drawings derived from skulls since 1986 and is the primary artist used by Spokane Police Department and the Spokane County Office may get a skull every year or the 55-vear-old said The goal is to give enough information to create a resemblance but to avoid exaggerated details Parks said For example the tip of the nose really know what it looked she said a nose turn up can give a very different look and turning it down is the A random hairstyle was picked from a 1984 magazine In general drawing exact science but it gives people an idea a starting Parks said The medical examiner "When we get an unidentifiable body a challenge to said Aiken the Spokane County medical examiner we know going to be tough we say but we give Millie is one of those difficult cases When the medical examiner receives an unidentified body a complete autopsy is performed to look for diseases and evidence of surgeries Next a full body X-ray scans for bone breaks or fractures bone abnormalities and age-related factors Staff also examine the nasal passages which can discern the ethnic background Staff catalog clothing and photograph the teeth In recent years Hegewald has examined unidentified cases to make sure files were as complete as possible In some cases she found information or evidence been entered into the file gone through each of these cases asking ourselves what we Hegewald said The medical office in 2004 submitted several DNA samples to the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab from cases involving unidentified people cases where we have DNA Aiken said the way DNA is going taking less and Another challenge is the lack of a comprehensive nationwide law enforcement database The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children focuses on people 25 and younger The North American Missing Persons database is for cases since 1996 and The Doe Network is for cases from before 2006 but neither network is tied to law enforcement They complete and are difficult to navigate officials said And even with a good national database descriptions of missing people can vary got tattoos but I describe Hegewald said you say exactly how tall your brother Hegewald spends hours trying to identify those found in Spokane searching Web sites databases and talking to other investigators in her field about their successes in identifying someone Millie's case haunts her know she had at least one Hegewald said she was 20 to 24 her child would be at the age of which they are wondering about their Jody Lawrence-Tumer can be reached at (509) 459-5593 or jodylspokesmancom Cold Case is an occasional series focusing on the region's unsolved homicides and missing persons The case: Carrie Stuart Parks created the likeness of for the unidentified female body pulled from the Spokane River in 1984 It is surrounded by dental records and photos from the recovery sites At right: The skull was discovered in this vacant lot at the northwest corner of Seventh and Sherman in Spokane The area has been a neighborhood dumping site but is now under construction Artwork photo atov? courtly the Spcwr Owrtmpnt rnv.