The Iowa Cold Cases April 12, 2010 blog about missing person Naomi Pollard Wilson caught the eye of a volunteer for The Doe Network—which performs research and provides information to law enforcement about unexplained disappearances and unidentified victims.

Naomi Wilson, who disappeared April 12, 1981 from Cedar Rapids, Iowa

He saw similarities to a woman listed in the Texas Missing and Unidentified Persons Clearinghouse Online Bulletin—a female homicide victim found on Peach Street in Houston, Texas, on August 7, 1981.

A likeness of the unidentified Houston, Texas victim

Her height, weight, age, and other physical characteristics matched those of Naomi Wilson, who disappeared from Cedar Rapids on Sunday, April 12, 1981 and whose car was found in that city two days later.

The Doe Network volunteer submitted the possible match to the Texas Department of Public Safety, which contacted the Iowa DPS Missing Person Information Clearinghouse and the Cedar Rapids Police.

Cedar Rapids has no dental records or fingerprints nor DNA for Naomi Wilson, who was childless, to compare to the Texas body.

Iowa Cold Cases provided the Doe Network volunteer with family information that put him in touch with Naomi Pollard Wilson’s two surviving brothers, who will provide their DNA.

The Pollard family is encouraged. Even if the DNA fails to match the Texas victim, it will now be in the system for future comparisons to other unidentified bodies that might be their loved one.

If you have any information about the unidentified woman found in Houston on August 7, 1981, please contact the Texas Department of Public Safety in Austin, Texas at (512) 424-5074 or (800) 346-3243. You may also contact The Doe Network at 931-397-3893.

If your information is about Naomi Pollard Wilson, contact the Cedar Rapids Police at (319) 286-5375 or the Iowa DPS Missing Person Information Clearinghouse.