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Ruth Belle Waymire (April 16, 1960 – c. June 1984), formerly known as Millie Doe, was a formerly unidentified female murder victim whose dismembered body was found in Spokane, Washington in 1984. Her body was recovered from the Spokane River on June 20, 1984, and was missing the hands, feet, and head. 14 years later, in 1998, a skull was found elsewhere in Spokane that was later determined as belonging to Waymire. While transporting the skull for forensic analysis, the detective responsible for the case was accompanied by his young daughter, who said "Since we have another person in the room, we should name her. Let's call her Millie". She was identified on March 29, 2023 by Othram. Background Ruth Belle Waymire grew up in Spokane. Both Ruth and her younger sister Deborah were born while their parents were still married. Deborah has described her relationship with Ruth growing up as "real close", with Ruth having been a protector figure in Deborah's life. Waymire's father was a furnace operator and her mother was a stay-at-home mom until they divorced when Ruth was in high school. Ruth and Deborah lived with their mother and a local family while their father paid child support. Upon remarrying, Waymire's father ceased financially supporting his first family, around which time Waymire's mother was diagnosed with cancer, causing multiple stays in the hospital. Waymire's mother died in 1981, soon after which both Waymire sisters dropped out of school. Ruth was described as leading a "vagabond" lifestyle. Ruth married her first husband soon afterwards, and their marriage ended several months later. Shortly afterwards, Ruth began dating Travis Vaughn, born 1945. Despite concerns from Deborah about the speed of their relationship progression, Ruth and Vaughn were married several months later in Wenatchee, Washington, and moved away from Spokane, causing the Waymire sisters to become estranged and lose contact with each other. Discovery and investigation of the body On 20 June 1984, the nude and dismembered body of a woman was found floating in the Spokane River near Spokane Falls Community College and the T. J. Meenach Bridge by two young fishermen. The victim, who would come to be known as "Millie", was missing her head, hands, and feet, none of which would be recovered from the original scene. Initial estimates by Spokane County Medical Examiner Sally Aiken placed Waymire's post-mortem interval at 48 hours, however, upon noting that the temperature of the river when she was found had been 48 °F (9 °C), Aiken later changed the original estimate to anywhere from several days to several weeks, due to the cold potentially inhibiting decomposition. Waymire's body showed clear signs of sexual assault with a blunt object to both the vaginal cavity and rectal cavity, indicated by a bruise on the vaginal area and a tear in the rectum. A piece of tape was also found wrapped around one of Millie's arms. Due to the intensity of the efforts taken to prevent identification (the dismemberment removing the possibility of dental identification, fingerprint analysis, or facial identification), investigators theorized that Waymire's killer was likely someone she knew, who might be under suspicion for her murder if she was identified. Additionally, it is theorized that Waymire's killer had killed before, since dismemberment is not typically considered part of a first murder. However, no other murders committed around Spokane around the time of Waymire's murder showed similar enough methods to be considered correlated. Prior to her identification, it was incorrectly believed that Waymire was not local to Spokane, perhaps not even from Washington, as it was considered unlikely that someone would not have eventually recognized her if she was. Despite happening in the same state as the Green River Murders and containing sexual assault, Waymire's case was never suspected to be connected to Gary Ridgway. A medical examiner from King County came in to Spokane to perform Millie's autopsy. Notable physical characteristics on Millie's body included a scar on each knee, a scar on her left bicep, and two moles on the front of her neck. Initial age estimates placed Millie as between 30 and 40 years old, however these were eventually changed to between 25 and 35 years old. It was estimated that Waymire likely stood 5'7'', weighed 130 pounds (59 kg), and had a medium build. Body hairs found with the body indicate that Millie was likely blonde, with possible Scandinavian ancestry. Examination of the dismemberment wounds indicated that they had likely been inflicted with a hatchet, axe, or knife. The autopsy also indicated that Millie had given birth before at least once in her life. The body of Debbi Finnern, a local woman who had also been murdered, was found in close proximity to Millie's body only a few days apart, and is often mentioned in conjunction with Millie's case, however, they have never been considered related. A month after the recovery of Waymire's body, a dog in nearby Rimrock brought home a decomposing, severed human hand, which was initially suspected to be Millie's, and was sent in to the FBI in Washington, D.C. for fingerprinting. However, the hand being Waymire's was later disproven through genetic testing. The hand was also lost during the process of testing, eliminating the possibility of reexamining it. Discovery and investigation of the skull On 19 April 1998, at approximately 7 in the evening, a local resident of Spokane was walking her dog near a vacant lot at the corner of Seventh and Sherman street. The resident saw what appeared to be a human skull among debris at the bottom of an embankment at the northwest corner of the lot. Police were called and the lot was sealed, and investigation of the lot began April 20. Police excavating the lot found other bones, but it was unsure if they belonged to the same body as the skull. It was later proven that the other bones found at the lot did not belong to the skull. The skull had also not immediately been determined to be male or female, nor had an age or a cause of death been determined. However, the circumstances of the recovery prompted police to investigate the case as a homicide. Initially it was thought to be another victim of serial killer Robert Lee Yates, who was active in Spokane at the time. If the skull was determined to be female the case would potentially be turned over to the serial killer task force. The lot where the skull was discovered had formerly been home to the Sharon Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, which had been demolished in 1989 after several years of vacancy. Initially, investigators were unsure if the church had housed a cemetery, and if the skull could potentially belong to a body interred there. After the church was demolished, the lot fell into disrepair, and the spot quickly became a favorite location of play for children in the surrounding neighborhood. The north side of the lot in p.... Discover the Carrie Stuart Parks popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Carrie Stuart Parks books.