Montana Cold Case: Womanâs remains identified after 36 years
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and last updated 2021-05-10 14:44:42-04
MISSOULA â An announcement has been made in a Montana cold case investigation that goes back 36 years.
The Missoula County Sheriffâs Office announced Monday that âit is with both great pride and sadnessâ that a name has been given to the unidentified remains previously known as âChristy Crystal Creekâ.â
Her name is Janet Lee Lucas. The skeletal remains of the 23-year-old woman from Spokane were found by a bear hunter near Crystal Creek on Sept. 9, 1985. The remains were not able to be identified when they were discovered.
Montana cold case victim identified as Spokane woman 36 years after remains discovered This is now a cold case homicide investigation and we need your help, Missoula County Sheriff s Detective Captain Dave Conway said. Author: Megan Carroll Updated: 11:16 PM PDT May 10, 2021
MISSOULA COUNTY, Mont. Thirty-six years after a woman s remains were found in Missoula County, Montana, authorities have identified her as 23-year-old Janet Lee Lucas from Spokane.
A bear hunter came across the skeletal remains of Lucas near Crystal Creek in Montana on Sept. 9, 1985, according to the Missoula County Sheriff s Office. Following an investigation, her remains could not be identified and she became known as Christy Crystal Creek. Despite decades of forensics work and hours of scouring missing persons databases in Canada and the United States, her identity remained a mystery to authorities for more than three decades.
Cold Case: Womanâs remains identified in Missoula County after 36 years
The Missoula County Sheriffâs Office announced Monday that the human remains previously known as âChristy Crystal Creekâ have been identified as Janet Lee Lucas.
By: MTN News
and last updated 2021-05-11 10:41:13-04
MISSOULA â The Missoula County Sheriffâs Office announced Monday that the human remains previously known as âChristy Crystal Creekâ have been identified as Janet Lee Lucas.
The skeletal remains of the 23-year-old woman from Spokane were found by a bear hunter near Crystal Creek on September 9, 1985. The remains were not able to be identified when they were discovered. âDespite decades of work with forensic anthropologists and a forensic odontologist, and hours of research scouring missing persons databases here and in Canada, her identity remained a mystery,â the news release
Cold Case: human remains found in Missoula County identified after 36 years
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The skeletal remains of Janet Lee Lucas of Spokane were found in Missoula County in September 1985.
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The Missoula County Sheriffâs Office announced Monday that the human remains previously known as âChristy Crystal Creekâ have been identified as Janet Lee Lucas.
The skeletal remains of the 23-year-old woman from Spokane were found by a bear hunter near Crystal Creek on September 9, 1985. The remains were not able to be identified when they were discovered. âDespite decades of work with forensic anthropologists and a forensic odontologist, and hours of research scouring missing persons databases here and in Canada, her identity remained a mystery,â the news release
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