{"id":2245075,"date":"2024-05-15T12:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T16:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remains-identified-as-maryland-woman-who-vanished-in-1968\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T12:26:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T16:26:47","slug":"remains-identified-as-maryland-woman-who-vanished-in-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remains-identified-as-maryland-woman-who-vanished-in-1968\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity of Maryland Woman Missing Since 1968 Finally Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fremains-identified-as-maryland-woman-who-vanished-in-1968%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2245075&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In 1985, remains discovered in \u200dFlorida belong to Mary\u200b Alice Pultz, \u200ca Maryland resident missing since 1968. Her boyfriend, John Thomas Fugitt, later convicted of murder, was linked to \u2063her disappearance. \u200bDecades later, Othram lab\u200b used DNA evidence to identify\u200b her, showcasing advancements in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sonny-boy-saunders-laid-to-rest-in-texas-80-years-after-pearl-harbor-welcome-home-and-god-bless-you\/\" title=\"\u2018Sonny Boy\u2019 Saunders Laid to Rest in Texas 80 Years After Pearl Harbor: 'Welcome Home and God Bless You'\">forensic technology<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-dozens-of-nations-execute-most-sophisticated-crime-sting-ever-800-arrested-100-saved\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Dozens Of Nations Execute \u2018Most Sophisticated\u2019 Crime Sting Ever, 800+ Arrested, 100+ Saved\">cold cases<\/a>. \u200cIn 1985, the remains found in Florida were identified as Mary\u2062 Alice \u200bPultz, a Maryland resident \u2064missing since 1968. \u200cHer boyfriend, John Thomas Fugitt, convicted\u2062 of murder, was \u200cconnected to her disappearance. Years later, the Othram \u2064lab utilized DNA evidence to reveal her identity, highlighting advancements in forensic technology \u2064for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-of-gilgo-beach-serial-killer-suspect-reacts-to-arrest-shocked-embarrassed-and-disgusted\/\" title=\"Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Suspect's Family \"Shocked, Embarrassed, and Disgusted\" by Arrest\">unsolved \u200bcases<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Remains found in Florida in 1985 have been identified as a Maryland native who went missing in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Alice Pultz was born in Rockville, Maryland, in 1943, but left with her boyfriend in 1968 and lost contact with her family, the St. John\u2019s Sheriff\u2019s Office (SJSO) said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sjso.org\/detectives-announce-a-major-development-in-a-decades-old-homicide-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a press release<\/a>. Her boyfriend at the time, John Thomas Fugitt, would go on to murder his male roommate in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Fugitt, who also went by the alias Billy Joe Wallace, was sentenced to death for the murder but died in prison before he could be executed.<\/p>\n<p>On April 10, 1985, some construction workers in St. Augustine, Florida, found the remains of a white woman in a shallow grave on Crescent Beach. An initial investigation put the woman\u2019s age between 30 and 50 years old at the time of her death, and due to the circumstances of where her body was found, her death was ruled a homicide.<\/p>\n<p>The case quickly went cold. In 2011, the woman\u2019s skull and mandible were sent to the University of South Florida\u2019s Institute for Forensic Anthropology and Applied Science. Experts were able to create a graphic using facial reconstruction to show how the victim may have looked. While the image generated some leads, nothing led to her identification, and the case went cold again.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, part of the remains were sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/othram.com\/\">Othram<\/a>, a Texas-based lab that specializes in forensic DNA evidence and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-texas-police-found-holly-marie-clouse-40-years-after-her-disappearance\/\" title=\"How Texas Police Found Holly Marie Clouse, 40 Years After Her Disappearance\">forensic genetic genealogy<\/a>. Othram has been responsible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/her-remains-were-found-in-a-garment-bag-in-1978-she-was-just-identified\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">identifying<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/skeletal-remains-identified-as-boy-who-went-missing-in-2003-police-expect-charges-soon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">victims<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/a-4-year-old-girl-was-found-dead-in-1960-authorities-just-identified-her\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numerous<\/a> cold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/her-remains-were-found-in-1985-now-shes-finally-been-identified\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cases<\/a> over the past few years, including the identification of the Golden State Killer.<\/p>\n<p>Othram was able to develop a DNA profile for the victim, which was then sent to consumer genealogy databases such as 23andMe to find potential relatives of the victim. A match was found, so Sgt. Gene Tolbert of the SJSO\u2019s major crimes unit traveled to North Carolina to meet with the possible relatives. In January 2024, detectives confirmed that the relatives matched the deceased and identified the remains as belonging to Pultz.<\/p>\n<p>An examination of the remains revealed three surgical burr holes in her skull, which would have been created to relieve pressure on the brain during a brain bleed or other fluid buildup. After interviewing her family, detectives learned that those holes must have been made after she left in 1968. Detectives believe she must have been involved in a traumatic event that required hospitalization, such as a car crash.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1715771734791000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3RAccFxpm5CI2m5KR1E_Ul\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Wendolyn Sneed, Chief Medical Examiner for the District 23 Medical Examiner\u2019s Office in St. John\u2019s County, examined the remains recently and found \u201cmultiple fractures of the nasal bones, healed fractures of multiple ribs, and healed fractures on the lower legs.\u201d These injuries, Sneed advised, were in line with severe trauma, such as from a car crash or being struck by a vehicle. These injuries are not considered to be related to her cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis investigation is a powerful example that we will never give up,\u201d St. John\u2019s County Sheriff Rob Hardwick said in the press release. \u201cThe combination of highly skilled detectives and advanced DNA technology has given Mary Alice\u2019s family some answers about her disappearance close to 40 years ago. Our Major Crimes detectives are some of the best in the business and I am proud of their dedication to be a voice for homicide victims and their families as we seek closure for loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Detectives are still investigating the murder of Pultz, and while Fugitt is considered a person of interest, police have not ruled out other possibilities.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Alice Pultz, a Maryland native who vanished in 1968, has been identified through remains discovered in Florida in 1985. The St. John\u2019s Sheriff\u2019s Office revealed that she was born in Rockville in 1943 but lost contact with her family after leaving with her boyfriend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2245076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-15-at-10.35.07-AM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2245075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-15-at-10.35.07-AM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2245075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2245076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2245075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2245075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2245075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}