Saturday, April 24, 2021

Who Killed Princess Blue AKA Julie Gwenn Davis?

"That's the last thing I remember of her, her giving me a hug, telling me she loved me, and she broke down in tears and walked away, and that's the last time I saw her," Danny said.

Princess Blue AKA Julie Gwenn Davis' remains sat unidentified for over 30 years. Her bones had been found along County Road 101 in Manvel, Texas on September 10th, 1990. At the time it was a dead end road East of Highway 288. A man had gotten out of his car to relieve himself and noticed a pile of debris setting behind a barricade. Upon further investigation he discovered what was a human skull sitting inside of a tire, with the rest of her disarticulated skeleton laying underneath. The man and his wife then went and called police.

Police collected Julie's bones as well as the jewelry found along with them. There was no purse, no ID, no clothing and no hair found at the scene.

The medical examiner could not determine the cause or manner of her death. However, she was likely between 15 and 19 years old with  two fractured ribs, a "defect" on a bone beneath her left knee and an upper left front tooth had been surgically removed. Her height was estimated at 4'8" to 5'2 and there were no drugs found in her system. It is possible that her remains could have sat there for 6 months to a year before they were found.

The police circulated her description, where she was found and pictures of a turquoise unicorn ring as well as a pearl bracelet that had been found at with her remains.

The case went cold for 16 years until a new detective on the case went through what little evidence there was. 
He discovered a 1975 graduation ring from the class from Robert E. Lee High School in Houston, Texas. The ring had a big blue sapphire in it and the detective decided to name her "Princess Blue." 

A sketch was rendered of what Princess Blue might have looked like. DNA advances revealed that she was white with African American ancestry.

There was around 650 students that had graduated Robert E. Lee Highschool in 1975. Investigators armed with the sketch focused on those students. None of the classmates that were interviewed recognized the sketch of Princess Blue.

Princess Blue's bones were sent back to the lab for phenotyping, which can determine eye, hair, skin color and her genetic ancestry.

Julie Gwenn Davis was a teenager with blonde, curly hair. She grew up in Orange, Texas and went missing in the late 1980's after she had moved to New Orleans, Louisiana at the age of 18.

Since Julie's disappearance, her brother Danny has searched and wondered what happened to his sister. In 2019 Danny and his brother summited their DNA to state police in hopes of identifying a different missing woman. 6 months later, Danny's DNA was a match Princess Blue. It was a bitter sweet moment for Danny. He would never see Julie again, but could finally put her to rest.

Julie's parents both passed away never knowing what happened to their daughter. Danny believes that Julie was murdered. He along with the rest of Julie's siblings are on a quest for justice.

Danny was told by his sister, Shelly, that Shelly met Julie's husband at one point and she said he was from Houston. That could explain the ring from Robert E. Lee High School. Danny believes Julie got married at 18, shortly after she left home and headed for New Orleans. Danny was 17 years old at the time.
A silver ring with a scroll design, a gold ring with six clear stones and two silver rings(both rings were described as almost identical to one other.) had also been found with Julie's remains.

If you have any information in Julie's case, no matter how small, please contact the Orange County, Texas Sheriff's Office at 409-883-2612.

Hope Ann Moore Was Turning Her Life Around When She Disappeared.

Hope Ann Moore was born on January 3rd, 1967. She had a troubled past but was trying to change for her two sons.

In April, 1999, 32-year-old Hope was living with her boyfriend Clint Kent, and his older brother, Scott "Scotty" Kent on the 1600 block of Channelview Drive in Galveston, Texas.

Hope had been with Clint for four years and they had a son, but she was still legally married to another man whom she also had a son with. Clint was legally separated from his wife, but not divorced. Allegedly, Hope was also secretly seeing another man. And allegedly, after Scott joined the household, Hope had problems with him and claimed he'd tried to rape her.

Hope had a steady job at at the Bob Pagan Ford dealership and gotten a raise. She was a hard worker as well as passing every random drug test.

On the 26th, Hope didn't show up for work. Her boss thought this was odd because she had never done that before. The next day Clint showed up at the dealership, handed in Hope's keys and informed them that she wouldn't be back. The next day Hope's boss called police and reported her missing.

Clint said he was visiting his parents out of town on the day Hope disappeared. He claimed that he tampered with her brand-new truck before he left, because he didn't want her to be able to leave home. Clint refused to take a lie-detector test.

Scott claimed that Hope had came home on the 25th, in a pickup truck, packed some clothes and her checkbook, and left in an older model, dirty, beat-up Chevrolet Impala. 

Both Clint and Scott are considered possible suspects in Hope's disappearance. Scott had pawned two of Hope's gold rings eight days after her disappearance, and allegedly forged a check on her bank account for $345.52, which was the exact balance of the account. 

Hope has never been seen again and there has been no activity on her social security card.

Hope's eldest son was eleven years old at the time of her disappearance. She had sent him to stay at a children's home a few weeks before she went missing. Clint later told Hope's son that she'd abandoned the family. He now believes his mother met with foul play.

Authorities have always suspected Clint and Scott in Hope's disappearance and so has a private investigator.

At the time of her disappearance Hope was 5'0 - 5'1, 145 - 155 pounds with blonde hair and green eyes. She had scars on her left knee, between her eyebrows, and on her right elbow, as well as a burn near her right thumb.

She might have been wearing blue floral-print shorts and possibly garnet earrings, a rope necklace, and rings on all her fingers when she disappeared.

Hope would be 54 years old if she is still alive.

If you have any information, no matter how small, please contact Galveston Police Department at 409-765-3770 or 409-765-3766
League City Police Department at 409-797-3767

Friday, April 9, 2021

There is a blind guy who can ride his bike in traffic using his tongue!

Daniel Kish was born blind and figured out how to use echolocation by clicking his tongue and listening to the echoes. Daniel works with a non-profit organization known as World Access for the Blind to help train around 500 blind students in the technique he named “FlashSonar.” He has been nicknamed the “Real-life Batman”.

He enjoys various outdoor hobbies, including mountain biking and hiking.