The Clark County Sheriff's Workplace is asking for the general public's assist in fixing a Seventies chilly case involving a youngster as soon as often known as the "Fly Creek Jane Doe." Detectives are hoping the general public can present them with extra details about Sandra (Sandy) Renee Morden, who they mentioned disappeared when she was 16 years previous.
The case started when unidentified stays had been present in 1980. The stays had been recognized as Morden in 2019 via DNA evaluation of samples supplied by her members of the family, the sheriff's workplace mentioned in an announcement.
Detectives have realized up to now that Morden was born in San Francisco on April 29, 1962 to oldsters Andrew Bain Morden and Kathryn Irene Morden.
Following a 1971 divorce, Andrew was granted major custody of his daughter, officers mentioned. However on account of Andrew's job tasks as a deckhand on tugboats that required him to be away for as much as every week at a time, his daughter was typically positioned within the care of others. She lived with varied households all through the Seventies, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.
Morden would have been 16 on the time of her disappearance, officers mentioned. She has been described as being tall with lengthy darkish hair, showing older than her true age and loving animals. Morden "actively sought out horse ranches" and owned a canine named Rusty across the time she went lacking, officers mentioned.
Each of Morden's dad and mom have since died. The Clark County Sheriff's Workplace has requested anybody with data to return ahead.