OH BRENDA SUE BLACK: Missing from Vandalia, OH - 1 Jan 1980 - Age 25 *Found Deceased*

Brenda Sue Black

NamUs #MP28777 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)



Age last seen: 25 to 27
Age now: 63
Race: White female
Hair color: presumed to be brown
Eyes Color: presumed to be brown
Height: 60.0 to 65
Weight: 120.0 to 135
Clothing/Scars and Marks: Nothing

No photos disponible
Circumstances: Originally from Vandalia, Ohio, but moved to California after high school; her family has not seen her since about 1980 or 1981 (date last seen of 1/1/80 was put in NamUs as an estimate).

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BRENDA SUE BLACK has been missing from Vandalia, OH since 1 Jan 1980 - Age 25

Brenda Sue Black's family last heard from her in 1980 or 1981. Though she was reported missing out of Vandalia, Ohio, her family reported that she moved to California after high school; California is her last known location. A very vague physical...

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

After 40 years, Will County 'Jane Doe' has been identified

It's been over four decades since a woman's decomposing remains were found in New Lenox.

www.fox32chicago.com

After 40 years, Will County 'Jane Doe' has been identified​

It's been over four decades since a woman's decomposing remains were found in New Lenox.

Thanks to modern DNA technology, she's been identified as Brenda Sue Black — a missing woman from Ohio.

The Will County Coroner's Office hired Othram Incorporated to analyze the DNA evidence last year.

 

[Kimster]

After 40 years, Will County 'Jane Doe' has been identified

It's been over four decades since a woman's decomposing remains were found in New Lenox.

www.fox32chicago.com

After 40 years, Will County 'Jane Doe' has been identified​

It's been over four decades since a woman's decomposing remains were found in New Lenox.

Thanks to modern DNA technology, she's been identified as Brenda Sue Black — a missing woman from Ohio.

The Will County Coroner's Office hired Othram Incorporated to analyze the DNA evidence last year.

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There’s so much advertising on that page I couldn’t find whether or not they knew her cause of death?

 

[Guess Who]

There’s so much advertising on that page I couldn’t find whether or not they knew her cause of death?

I'm not seeing it listed. Here is the complete article

NEW LENOX, Ill. - It's been over four decades since a woman's decomposing remains were found in New Lenox.
Thanks to modern DNA technology, she's been identified as Brenda Sue Black — a missing woman from Ohio.
The Will County Coroner's Office hired Othram Incorporated to analyze the DNA evidence last year.

Sketch of Will County 'Jane Doe,' later identified as Brenda Sue Black.
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"Othram is the only lab purpose built to identify victims and perpetrators from evidence left at a crime scene," said Dr. Kristen Mittelman, Chief Business Development Officer at Othram, Inc.
In April 1981, Brenda Sue Black's skeletal remains were found off I-80 near Route 30. She was around 26-years-old at the time of her death.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Different article.

Local woman missing since 1980s identified in cold case death investigation in Illinois

DNA and genealogy technology used to identify the Buckskin Girl from Miami County in 2017 was credited with helping identify the missing woman.

www.whio.com

The cold case in Illinois stemmed from human remains found in April 1981 on Interstate 80 in New Lenox, which is about 40 miles south of downtown Chicago. Investigators found skeletal remains, however the cause of death was not clear based on the examination of the remains. Investigators later estimated the woman died about one year before the discovery of the remains.

Law enforcement in Illinois are continuing to investigate the death of Brenda Black.

 

[Mel70]

After 40 years, Will County 'Jane Doe' has been identified

It's been over four decades since a woman's decomposing remains were found in New Lenox.

www.fox32chicago.com

After 40 years, Will County 'Jane Doe' has been identified​

It's been over four decades since a woman's decomposing remains were found in New Lenox.

Thanks to modern DNA technology, she's been identified as Brenda Sue Black — a missing woman from Ohio.

The Will County Coroner's Office hired Othram Incorporated to analyze the DNA evidence last year.

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Oh wow. I remember her picture.

 

[Romulus]

Identified!

After 40 years, Will County Jane Doe (1981) is Identified

The Will County Coroner's Office and Othram Team to Identify a 1981 Jane Doe

dnasolves.com

 

[Kimster]

Am I reading this right? Her family thought she was in California but her remains were found in Illinois? I wonder if she ever contacted them from California once she got there, or did something happen to her along the way?

Her family said last they heard from her was 1980 or 1981. Her remains were found in 1981 and were likely there a for a year, so 1980. Sounds like she was killed (and I think she was killed due to clues found), not long after her family heard from her. I wonder if she told them she was ready to come home and was hitchhiking back? She was 26 when she died and moved to California after high school, so she very well may have been wanting to come home.