When a mother went to the hospital and never came back, her children went on a mission to find the answer, but only 30 years later did they find out what had happened to their mother.
Myrtle Brown died at the age of 35 while visiting friends in New York in 1990; Her fate was unknown until her brother, Robert Brown, met by chance on a television special about unidentified bodies.
The cold case, which has been going on for over three decades, was resolved by a chance encounter with a newsreel, but before the TV segment, the Brown family had suffered for 32 years with constant worry about where their mother might be.
Myrtle Brown died in 1990 in New York at the age of 35; His fate was unknown until his brother Robert Brown got into a television episode.
The cold case, which has been going on for more than thirty years, was resolved after a chance encounter with a news organization about unidentified bodies.
Robert (Myrtle’s daughter, Eboney, pictured on the left) thought the identified woman he had seen on TV was his sister and called the cold case team, who discovered it wasn’t her.
While Myrtle was visiting friends in New York, her wallet containing her epilepsy medications was stolen.
After her wallet was stolen, she wanted to call her then 13-year-old daughter, Eboney Brown, and the rest of her family to explain what had happened and let them know that she was on her way to the King’s County Hospital in Brooklyn to pick her up. above. to supplement drugs.
In an interview with NBC, Eboney said, “He finally went alone and that was last minute, you know, we heard about him once.”
Mrytle’s family searched for her up and down, visiting local police stations and hospitals, but never found her mother.
“I never thought he was dead.
“I thought maybe you just wanted something different, maybe from life. I didn’t know, to be honest, I was just confused and upset,” she said.
The family wondered what would happen to their loved ones for 32 years, until one day Robert turned on the TV and started watching NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.
At the time, there was a special section on cold cases and a discussion of the human team investigating these unsolved mysteries dating back decades.
One of the team members, Dr. Angela Soler, deputy director of forensic anthropology, said the team handled about 1,250 cases of unidentified individuals.
The cold case team set to work by searching two weeks of unidentified case records over a two-month period (photographed with Myrtle family)
Robert and Eboney revealed that their beloved sister and mother said she was last going to the hospital to replenish her epilepsy meds after her wallet was stolen.
Robert saw an image on a poster of a missing person from facial reconstruction, a tool used by the cold case team to reconstruct the facial structure with a clay model.
As Robert watched, he saw a missing person poster image of facial reconstruction, a tool used by the cold case team to reconstruct facial structure and features with a clay model to capture the attention of the audience.
“I saw a young woman who may or may not be my sister.
“And I said to myself, ‘Wow, could it be that,’ Robert told NBC.
Two days after the clip was released, Robert and his wife called the coroner, hoping to find his sister.
While the woman Robert saw wasn’t his sister, Soler and his team had everything they needed to get to work uncovering the truth about what had happened to Myrtle.
Soler said, “I looked at the remake and realized, okay, I’m probably looking for a middle-aged black woman.
“Everything matched what the family had told us, and we were also told she was missing in May 1990. So I knew exactly where to start looking.’
Soler looked at more than two weeks of records labeled as “unknown not verified” over a two-month period.
He began his research by looking at death dates on May 1, 1990, and eventually reached a person who died on May 17, 1990.
“In this case, the contextual information included the date of death.
“She died in Brooklyn, matching family who said she was receiving medical treatment in Brooklyn.
“He had a suspicious name that matched, a suspicious birthdate that matched, and the family provided some medical information about the missing loved one that also matched what was on file,” Soler told NBC.
32 years after Myrtle Brown’s disappearance, her brother and daughter, Eboney Brown, received a call saying they had found a match (photo of Myrtle)
The Browns learned that their mother had died of a seizure while waiting for the hospital emergency room, but after all the questions she finally found peace.
The Brown family was able to hold a virtual memorial service for Myrtle (pictured) and noted their gratitude to Soler for helping unravel the mystery of their beloved sister and mother.
Soler called Robert and gave him the news he had been waiting for over thirty years.
Soler explained to Robert and Eboney that he believed he had found his sister and mother.
Eboney asked for her photo to confirm whether the deceased was Myrtle.
Although it took a second for Robert to realize it was Myrtle, Eboney immediately realized this and felt transported back in time.
“As soon as you saw the picture … you just, you know, knew it was him,” Eboney said.
The family finally learned the truth about what happened to Myrtle.
Myrtle was never admitted to King’s County Hospital, but Robert and Eboney learned that he was expecting an emergency, had a seizure and died.
Myrtle had given the hospital only her name and date of birth.
The Browns were able to hold a virtual memorial service for Myrtle, and after learning what had happened, they finally realized they were at peace.
While the playtime Robert saw wasn’t Myrtle, Soler said it highlights the importance of people coming forward and encouraging other families to do the same.
“Even though he wasn’t the one the recess was based on after all, he helped us solve a case.
‘It made a difference. And that’s the point… to get people to stop and think for a moment and keep looking for us.”
Source: Daily Mail
