Th e Bu l l eTin • Su n day, Ma r c h 21, 2021 A3
TODAY
LOCAL, STATE & REGION
State police review nearly
200 tips about girl’s remains
BY NOELLE CROMBIE
The Oregonian
Oregon State Police investi-
gators have combed through
at least 180 tips so far in their
effort to identify the remains
of a young girl found in De-
cember in the woods near a
rest area in Lincoln County.
Detectives have ruled out
matches with 61 missing chil-
dren nationally, agency offi-
cials said Thursday.
A DNA analysis is pending
and will yield key details about
the child, such as eye and hair
color, race and ethnicity, as
well as whether she had any
genetic conditions.
She was dressed, but inves-
tigators have declined to say
what clothing she was wear-
ing.
Investigators believe the
child was between 6½ and 10
years old and stood between
3-foot-10 and 4-foot-6. She
had long black or dark brown
hair.
The girl was discovered
midmorning on Dec. 10 by a
motorist who had stopped at
the rest area along the H.B.
Van Duzer Forest State Sce-
nic Corridor. Investigators
believe she died at least 30
days before her remains were
found.
The rest area is located
along a densely wooded
stretch of state Highway 18.
The child’s remains were
along the banks of the Salmon
River, about 75 to 100 yards
from the rest area parking lot
on the eastbound side of the
Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian
The still unidentified remains of a young girl were discovered in the H.B. Van Duzer Forest State Scenic
Corridor in Lincoln County.
highway.
The highway is a major
thoroughfare from the north-
ern Willamette Valley to the
Oregon Coast. An estimated
8,000 vehicles pass by the rest
stop each day, according to the
Oregon Department of Trans-
portation.
State police ask anyone with
information about her identity
or the circumstances of her
death to call them at 800-442-
0776 or *OSP (*677).
This sketch
was released
by Oregon
State Police
and shows
what the
child might
have looked
like.
Oregon State
Police
It’s Sunday, March 21, the 80th day
of 2021. There are 285 days left in
the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
In 2006, the social media website
Twitter was established with the
sending of the first “tweet” by
co-founder Jack Dorsey, who wrote:
“just setting up my twttr.”
In 1685, composer Johann Sebas-
tian Bach was born in Eisenach,
Germany.
In 1918, during World War I, Germa-
ny launched its Spring Offensive on
the Western Front, hoping to break
through the Allied lines before
American reinforcements could ar-
rive. Although successful at first, the
Spring Offensive ultimately failed.
In 1935, Persia officially changed its
name to Iran.
In 1945, during World War II, Allied
bombers began four days of raids
over Germany.
In 1963, the Alcatraz federal prison
island in San Francisco Bay was
emptied of its last inmates and
closed at the order of Attorney Gen-
eral Robert F. Kennedy.
In 1965, civil rights demonstrators
led by the Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr. began their third, successful
march from Selma to Montgomery,
Alabama.
In 1972, the Supreme Court, in
Dunn v. Blumstein, ruled that states
may not require at least a year’s resi-
dency for voting eligibility.
In 1981, Michael Donald, a Black
teenager in Mobile, Alabama, was
abducted, tortured and killed by
members of the Ku Klux Klan. A law-
suit brought by Donald’s mother,
Beulah Mae Donald, later resulted
in a landmark judgment that bank-
rupted one Klan organization.
In 1986, Debi Thomas of the United
States won the ladies’ title at the
World Figure Skating Championships
in Geneva, Switzerland, dethroning
Katarina Witt of East Germany.
In 1990, Namibia became an in-
dependent nation as the former
colony marked the end of 75 years
of South African rule.
In 1997, President Bill Clinton and
Russian President Boris Yeltsin
wrapped up their summit in
Helsinki, Finland, still deadlocked
over NATO expansion, but able to
agree on slashing nuclear weapons
arsenals.
In 2019, President Donald Trump
abruptly declared that the U.S.
would recognize Israel’s sovereignty
over the disputed Golan Heights, a
major shift in American policy.
Ten years ago: Syrians chanting
“No more fear!” held a defiant
march after a deadly government
crackdown failed to quash three
days of mass protests in the south-
ern city of Deraa. Grammy-winning
bluesman Pinetop Perkins died in
Austin, Texas, at 97.
Five years ago: Laying bare a
half-century of tensions, President
Barack Obama and Cuban President
Raul Castro prodded each other
over human rights and the long-
standing U.S. economic embargo
during an unprecedented joint
news conference in Havana.
One year ago: Negotiators from
Congress and the White House
held talks on a $1 trillion-plus
economic rescue package. During
a White House briefing, President
Donald Trump doubled down on
his support for the malaria drug
hydroxychloroquine as a possible
treatment for the coronavirus, while
Dr. Anthony Fauci said the evidence
was “anecdotal.” Italy announced
nearly 800 new deaths of people
with the coronavirus.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Kathleen
Widdoes is 82. Songwriter Chip Tay-
lor (“Wild Thing”) is 81. Folk-pop
singer-musician Keith Potger (The
Seekers) is 80. Actor Marie-Christine
Barrault is 77. Singer-musician Rose
Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) is
76. Actor Timothy Dalton is 75. Com-
edy writer-performer Brad Hall is 63.
Actor Sabrina LeBeauf is 63. Actor
Gary Oldman is 63. Actor Kassie De-
paiva is 60. Actor Matthew Broderick
is 59. Comedian-actor Rosie O’Don-
nell is 59. Actor Cynthia Geary is 56.
Hip-hop DJ Premier (Gang Starr)
is 55. Rock musician Jonas “Joker”
Berggren (Ace of Base) is 54. Rock
MC Maxim (Prodigy) is 54. Rock
musician Andrew Copeland (Sister
Hazel) is 53. Actor Laura Allen is 47.
Rapper-TV personality Kevin Feder-
line is 43. Actor Scott Eastwood is 35.
Tennis player Karolina Pliskova is 29.
Actor Jasmin Savoy Brown is 27. Ac-
tor Forrest Wheeler is 17.
— Associated Press