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Mysterious bones are found in vacant house in Trigg County Per the Associated Press Linton, Ky. (AP) Investigators are trying to determine if bones found in a vacant house in Trigg County belong to a woman who lived in the home before she disappeared 12 years ago. A leg bone and a foot bone were found Saturday morning inside the house on Linton Road. The home belonged to Desi Taylor who was 91 when she disappeared. Coroner John Vinson estimated the bones to be between 12 and 13 years old and said "They possibly could be those of Taylor", who disappeared in August 1992. Vinson said Taylor has no known blood relatives alive, so it makes DNA testing more difficult. "She was a 91-year-old woman then." Vinson said. "As far as I know, she doesn't have any (blood) relatives left." In 1992, a home nurse noticed Taylor was missing and police searched her home. Comments?
 
First let me say that I've always been a you-want-it-done-right-you-do-it-yourself kinda guy.

The first time I called 911 (it was because I was watching some big guy beating the heck outta his girlfriend) I was put on hold for 12 minutes. 12 minutes!

I sure as heck ain't gonna wait for the cavalry to bail me out.
 
The first time I called 911 (it was because I was watching some big guy beating the heck outta his girlfriend) I was put on hold for 12 minutes. 12 minutes!
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That's because 911 is a government service. This is the way I see it. If the government were giving out free cars, what kind of quality do you think they would be? How about shoes? Do you think free government shoes would be high quality?

Most people would agree that the market does a better job of creating cars and shoes. Is protection any different? Not really. That's why all the politicians and stars have private guards. You think the governor has to wait for 911? Or Britney Spears? THEY don't get government 'shoes', they get the real deal.

Why do we as a society seem to understand that the market does the best job with cars, refrigerators, and shoes, but we entrust the MOST IMPORTANT things (education of our children, protection) to a socialistic system?

I don't know what the solution is. Well, actually I do, and it goes by the name of Smith and Wesson. As far as education goes, I don't have kids so that's not my problem. I went to a good government school because I grew up in a well-to-do school district. I was lucky. So many others are not.
 
I have no idea why the thread is titled "Too late for 911) and how it is that mikikanazawa's experience with 911 fits the story about the old woman.

Sir William, you asked for comments. Comments about what? Are you wanting comments on how the bones could belong to the old lady, how the police could have missed her in the search of her home, or what?

First, unless the Coroner has some sort of additional information beyond that just of the bones, there is no way s/he could determine that the bones were 12 or 13 years old by simple examination. There are methods such as radiocarbon dating, but that would not give a very reliable determination for something this young. So the Coroner's comments seem fishy.

How could the police have missed her the first time? She wasn't home when they searched. She then returned sometime later and died.

Why just a leg and foot bone? My guess is that the home is not sealed. Scavengers may have carried off other parts of the skeleton. Then again, given the inability of many coroners to be able to identify the bones of non-humans, I would not be surprised if the bones were from some other animal such as a bear or deer.

With no blood relatives left, how will they determine if the bones belonged to the old lady? Obviously, DNA is out of the question without exhuming any of the dead relatives. Otherwise, about all that could be done is to measure the leg bone (assuming it is in sufficient condition) to get an estimate on the height of the person to whom it belonged as see if it is about the same as that of the old lady. It may even be possible on the foot bone, but even so, the measurements would only help determine if the match is possible, nothing more.
 
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