DOE ID 'Millie Doe' Ruth Waymire
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🗓️ 15 May 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
On June 20th, 1984, the dismembered body of a woman was found by a group of fishermen in the Spokane River in Spokane, Washington. It was clear to authorities that the woman had been murdered, and her killer went to great lengths to ensure she could not be identified removing her hands, feet, and head. Investigators had little to go on and few clues to work with. They knew that the woman they later called 'Millie Doe' had given birth to a child less than two years before she was killed, but not much else. Years later, Millie Doe's skull was found four miles away from the spot in the river where her torso had been discovered. A Sketch of Millie Doe was created and released to the public hoping someone would come forward to ID her, but it didn't happen. Years later in 2021, DNA & genealogy revealed that 'Millie Doe' was in fact, Ruth Belle Waymire who would was 24 when she died. Ruth's family had lost touch with her, but records showed that she had married a man named Trampas D.L. Vaughn in Wenatchee Washington who died in Sutter County, CA in 2017. There was no indication that Vaughn and Ruth ever divorced. Since Vaughn never reported Ruth missing, and because the killer went to great lengths to ensure that police could not ID her body, investigators believe that Trampas D.L. Vaughn could be Ruth's killer, but their investigation is continuing, and they need help filling in the blanks. Trampas D.L. Vaughn also went by David Lee William Vaughan. If you know anything about him, or Ruth, please contact Sgt Zac Storment at the Spokane Police Department at 509-242-TIPS
Millie Doe' finally has her name again; it's Ruth Waymire, and this is her story.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to DNAID. |
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| 0:05.3 | Be sure to check out some of the other great true crime podcasts from this network, |
| 0:09.7 | including The Murder in My Family, Missing Persons, Scene of the Crime, Zodiac speaking, |
| 0:16.4 | Beyond Bizarre True Crime, Citizen Detective, and Campus Killings. |
| 0:21.9 | All of these podcasts are available for you to binge on right now, wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 0:27.4 | Subscribe where you're listening to this podcast so you don't miss an episode. The On Wednesday, June 20, 1984, around 3.30 p.m., two fishermen were angling on the Spokane River's |
| 1:15.3 | south bank near the T.J. Meenock Bridge, when they saw something floating about 20 feet from the shoreline. |
| 1:21.7 | It appeared to be a human body. After receiving a call from the fishermen, the fire department |
| 1:27.1 | arrived and a boat crew fished the body out. |
| 1:30.3 | It was a nude woman. |
| 1:31.8 | She was missing her head, hands, and feet. |
| 1:34.8 | They were nowhere to be found. |
| 1:36.6 | There was no identification on the body, and very few distinguishing characteristics. |
| 1:41.8 | The only thing of note was a piece of tape that was partially |
| 1:44.9 | wrapped around one of her arms. Dr. Don Ray, a forensic pathologist from the King County |
| 1:51.8 | Medical Examiner's Office, was lined up to do the autopsy on Jane Doe. He was tasked not only |
| 1:58.1 | with trying to figure out how this victim died, but who she was. |
| 2:02.4 | Any scars, old medical procedures, broken bones, previous surgeries, and so on, |
| 2:07.8 | could be used to compare to missing persons' reports in the area. |
| 2:12.1 | At the autopsy, Dr. Ray noticed stab wounds at the base of the Jane Doe's neck |
| 2:16.9 | and deduced that she had possibly died |
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