A young girl was found face down near a tree approximately 25 feet from the highway along one of America's most crucial east-west corridors on Valentine's Day in 1982. A public health worker discovered her while searching for debris from an automobile accident. She was found wearing jeans with torn buckle loops, a white sweater with maroon stripes, but no shoes or socks were found nearby. She would soon become Valentine Sally. Investigators did not give up on regaining Valentine Sally's identity despite the length of time since this horrific crime. As of yet, the killer has not been identified.
In accordance with the results of an autopsy, the victim was estimated to be between 5 feet 4 inches and 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing approximately 120 to 125 pounds. Described as blonde or strawberry-blonde, with blue eyes. As a result of decomposition and animal activity, the medical examiner was unable to definitively determine the cause of death, however he believes that suffocation or asphyxiation was likely to be the cause. In a tooth cavity, a dissolved aspirin was found, indicating she had recently experienced dental pain.
One witness who was a student at a Norther Arizona campus claimed he had given her a ride. He picked her up near Cordes Junction. According to the witness, she told him she was formerly living in Phoenix with friends, and was trying to get east to New Jersey because of family trouble. She was hoping to hop a ride from a trucker at the Little America truck stop.
In Ash Fork, Arizona, on February 4, 1982, Patty Wilkins reported seeing a teenage girl matching the victim's description at the Monte Carlo Truck Stop. It appears that the girl was accompanied by an older man in his 50s, who was wearing a two-toned checkered leather vest and a black felt cowboy hat embellished with a peacock feather. The girl appeared to be experiencing dental pain, and Wilkins helped by applying crushed aspirin to the affected tooth. The aspirin was still present in the tooth when the body was discovered, suggesting that the girl died shortly after this encounter.
Case Updates: After decades of dead ends, investigators discovered that the young woman's body was indeed Carolyn Eaton of St.Louis Missouri. Coconino Country FB
There has been speculations that the older man with the feather felt hat, could be the person in question for her murder. However, there has never been any more leads.
References: Coconino County Sheriff's Office's Post
https://www.doenetwork.org/
A special thanks to the International Center for unidentified and Missing Persons.
Also to the efforts of the Coconino County sheriff's in AZ
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