1991: “Almond Doe”, Sacramento County
Known by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office as simply “Case 91-01205”, Almond Doe has languished in anonymity for 33 years. She was found in a field near the Blue Diamond Almond factory in Sacramento. Coordinates show she was located near Richards Blvd and North 5th St. Almond Doe’s death has been ruled a homicide.
Google maps view of the location of body. Red ‘X’ marks the approximate location Almond Doe was found. The building standing in that location was built in later years; this block was an overgrown field when she was discovered.
Sacramento County Coroner’s Office Case #91-01205
Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Estimated Age: Unknown
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 70 to 120 lbs.
Eyes: Unknown
Hair: Medium brown-reddish wavy approximately 12" to 14" long
Date Found: 4/10/1991
Date of Death: Unknown
Case Information: Found in a field north of the Blue Diamond Almond Factory. This case was classified as a homicide. She had dental work done in the past; x-rays on file.
Scars-Marks-Tattoos: Her left 1st rib showed that it had been fractured earlier in life and had not healed.
Clothing: Wearing a dark pink sweater, light colored cotton blouse, black string bikini style panties, a pair of blue jeans, white athletic socks and light leather “Reebok” brand shoes.
Jewelry: None
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: None
Sketch: No
Identified: No
Very little information can be found on this case, save for what is printed above. The only articles written after her discovery are disturbingly vague.
Sacramento Bee, April 11, 1991
Sacramento Bee, February 29, 1992
Almond Doe is characterized as white, between 20-40 years old, and 5’ 5” tall. She was fully dressed in a pink sweater and blue jeans, and had no distinguishing characteristics of note. She had a partially-healed rib fracture at the time of her death.
On May 21, 2024, her case information was submitted to the Doe Network.
Using the NamUs database and searching for certain parameters, the following results were found. They have been marked as ‘possible’ or ‘ruled out’, depending on specifics of the case.
Possible matches:
Paula Ann Pope, Fresh Pond, CA (Missing since 9/3/1972)
Paula Ann Pope, c. 1972
Courtesy of the Charley Project
She and her husband and their friends were camping at the Cripple Creek Campground OR the Ice House Reservoir Campground near Fresh Pond, in El Dorado County. It was Labor Day weekend in 1972. She had an argument with her husband. She wanted to go to a rock concert in Carson City, Nevada. Steve couldn't go because he was on parole and he couldn't leave the state. Paula stormed out of the camper. Her friend April went after her, but came back in to get her coat. It was raining. When she went out again, she couldn't find Paula. Paula went to the concert, a couple gave her a ride from the concert to an exit off of Highway 50, near the campground. No one has seen her since. Possibly seen with biker type people after she had been dropped off at the exit (NamUs MP21696).
Peggy Ann Reed, Santa Rosa, CA (Missing since 3/28/1974)
Peggy Ann Reed, c. 1974
Courtesy of the Charley Project
Peggy was last seen in the area of Guerneville Road and Coddingtown Mall in Sonoma County, California on March 1, 1974. She may have been hitchhiking at the time of her disappearance. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case (Charley Project).
Deanna Saccone, Marina Del Rey, CA. Missing since 11/13/1985
Deanna Saccone, c. 1985
Courtesy of the Charley Project
Per the mother, the missing person was last seen by a friend on November 13, 1985 at the Marina Del Rey "Holiday Inn." There was no other information regarding the friend nor is there a "Holiday Inn" in Marina Del Rey (NamUs MP17463).
Rule Outs:
Others fitting the parameters were excluded for things such as age, tattoos, or circumstances of disappearance:
Allegro, Cynthia Colleen, Independence, MO (tattoo)
Allen-Szabo, Brenda Joan, Chino, CA (tattoos)
Ludwig, Annabelle Marie, Cridersville, OH (age)
Norton, Carol Frances, El Cerrito, CA (circumstances)
Quinn, Sherry Lynn, Woodbridge, VA (arm fracture)
Stone, Sally Anne, Coeur d’Alene, ID (tattoos)
