In Loving Memory

"Precious Doe"

UPDATE!!! "Precious Doe" Has Been Identified As:

An artist's conception of what Precious Doe may have looked like.

CASE IS PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION

Facts about the Precious Doe case:

Reward fund now at $33,000
The body of a small African American girl was found
April 29, 2001, estimated to be 4 to 6 years of age.
At the location of 59th & Kensington Kansas City Missouri.
The girl was decapitated.
Her head was found nearby three days later.
An artist's drawing was released to help identify her.
The community began calling her Precious Doe and have built a temporary shrine near where the body was found.
A sculpture was created by renowned forensic artist, Frank Bender, from Philadelphia.
Over 850 leads have been followed but she is still not identified
April 30th 2002, a story in the Miami Herald about
Rilya Wilson, missing for 15 months
April 30th 2002, a palm print of Rilya Wilson is overnighted to KCPD to be matched with palm print of “Precious Doe.
Handprints from a missing Miami girl do not match those of Precious Doe's.
DNA Testing is currently being conducted.

Precious Doe timeline

Precious Doe Timeline

April 28, 2001: During a search for a missing elderly man, police come across the naked body of a headless girl in the woods near 59th Street and Kensington Avenue. Police have not said how she was killed or whether she was sexually assaulted.

April 30: Police try to identify the girl but have little to go on beyond a crescent-shaped birthmark on the girl's left shoulder. They investigate missing-children cases across the metropolitan area and talk to residents of the area where the girl's body was found. Community activists offer a reward.

May 1: Billy Stegall, a retired Army security officer, combs the woods near where the girl's body was found. He finds a plastic bag wedged between a tire and a rock. The girl's head is inside the bag.

May 2: Police release a computer-generated likeness of the girl, hoping it will prompt someone who knew her to come forward. Leads pour in.

May 11: Homicide detectives express frustration. After pursuing more than 100 leads, they still do not know the girl's identity.

May 12: "America's Most Wanted" features a segment on Precious Doe. The show generates 59 calls.

May 23: After sending the trash bag that held the head to Canadian authorities for special fingerprint testing, police announce the test yields no clues.

Aug. 31: Police unveil a modified image of Precious Doe. They hope the three-dimensional bust will prompt more calls.

Sept. 6: The FBI adds $15,000 to the Precious Doe reward fund, bringing the total to $33,000.

Dec. 8: Hundreds of mourners attend a church funeral for Precious Doe, who is buried in a Kansas City cemetery.

April 28, 2002: In a year, detectives have checked 580 leads and have 231 left to check. The FBI followed leads, even sending an agent to Jamaica. Someone in Kansas City thought a girl in a photograph taken in Jamaica resembled Precious Doe. The agent found that the girl was still alive.

May 1: Kansas City police announce that Precious Doe's palm prints do not match those apparently belonging to Rilya Wilson of Miami. Detectives continue the search for Precious Doe's identity and her killer.

Found in the woods of Kansas City, MO.

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PLEASE contact:

Calvin Willford (816) 531-0000

The Kansas City Missouri Police Department

The Secret Witness Hotline (816) 753-1111

Forever Young

by Renee 'nay' Kristen Kristen

Trapped in the glorious years
within the memory of belief, lost of all grief.
Take the reasons,
which once seemed so clear,
but never mind, you have nothing to fear.
For you my friend will be, forever young,
Forever in the heart of memories.

Lost in the glory of all time,
the wisdom was there within that smile,
You see you could have told us,
there within lies the mystery.

So shed a smile, and grin a tear,
For you my friend, will be,
Forever young, Forever young.
Forever in the heart of memory,
We see not through or misery.
Forever young, forever young.
There's a new angel tonight.

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