Skeleton Found In OR In 1978 Could Be Woman Missing From Idaho

The daughter of a woman missing since 1976 is pleading for help with having unidentified skeletal remains found two years later tested to see if they are a match. The cold case of Patricia Lee Otto is nearing 50 years of being unsolved and has included investigations by detectives in eastern Oregon and northern Idaho.

Patricia Lee Otto went missing from Lewiston, Idaho on September 2, 1976, according to details shared by her daughter on the Meta page, Have You Seen Me? Eastern Oregon Counties Missing People. Patricia's daughter has been trying to gain national attention for the case for years by submitting details to popular crime shows such as Dateline NBC.

If you have any information in the cases of Patricia Lee Otto or "The Finley Creek Jane Doe," please contact the Lewiston Police Department at 208-746-0171, or reach out to the Elgin City Police Department at 541-437-9771.

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The human remains of a female with striking similarities to Patricia Otto were found by hunters near Elgin, Oregon in 1978. Elgin is 130 miles southwest of Lewiston, Idaho, and the case of the Oregon skeleton has been dubbed the "Finley Creek Jane Doe."

Patricia was 5'3" and weighed approximately 140 pounds when she disappeared shortly after an argument with her husband 49 years ago, according to information provided by her daughter on the Meta page. The husband has since passed away and was never arrested in the matter.

If you have any information in the cases of Patricia Lee Otto or "The Finley Creek Jane Doe," please contact the Lewiston Police Department at 208-746-0171, or reach out to the Elgin City Police Department at 541-437-9771.