May 14th 2024.
Almost four decades ago, a discovery was made on a sandy shore in Florida - human remains were uncovered. After years of unanswered questions, authorities have finally been able to identify the remains as belonging to a woman who was last seen by her family in 1968. Her name was Mary Alice Pultz and she was only 25 years old at the time of her disappearance. Born and raised in Rockville, Maryland, she had two children and was in a relationship with a man named John Thomas Fugitt, according to the St Johns County Sheriff's Office.
The circumstances surrounding Pultz's disappearance were shrouded in mystery as she had become estranged from her family and left with Fugitt. Fast-forward to 1985, when construction workers discovered human remains while digging for a walkover on Crescent Beach. It was determined that the cause of death was homicide, according to the sheriff's office. The initial investigation revealed that the remains belonged to a white female between the ages of 30 and 50. However, the case went cold over the years and the remains remained unidentified.
In 2011, a facial reconstruction of the victim was created, providing officials with a few leads but ultimately leaving the case unsolved. However, last year, a major breakthrough was made when the remains were sent to a forensic genetic genealogy lab in Texas. With the help of advanced technology, potential relatives of the victim were identified, and after more DNA testing, the remains were positively identified as Pultz's.
Despite this long-awaited revelation, Pultz's homicide still remains unsolved. Fugitt, who also went by the name Tommy, was a person of interest in the case. He had an alias, Billy Joe Wallace, and while it is unknown if he had any involvement in Pultz's death, he was at the top of the list for authorities. Further investigation revealed that Fugitt had died while on death row for the murder of his roommate in 1981.
St Johns County, located on the northeast coast of Florida, was where the remains were found. Police are unsure if Pultz had moved to Florida with her boyfriend and have no records of her address or employment between 1968 and 1985. Pultz's son, Norman Jenkins, was only a child when she disappeared. He expressed his desire for closure, saying, "I would just like to know if anyone ever saw her or knew her." The sheriff's office also hopes that this new information will lead to a resolution for Pultz's family after all these years.
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