Patricia Agnes Gildawie biography: 10 things about Fairfax, Virginia girl

Patricia Agnes Gildawie was a resident of Fairfax, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. Her mother Jacqueline Marseille Douchet was born in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France. Her mother married Leon Jerome Rosenberg before John Everette Bradford.
2. She was born in France. Her mother nicknamed her Choubi, which means little cabbage, because her head was round.
3. She was 18 months younger than her half-sister Veronique Gildawie.
4. In October 1958, she came to the U.S.
5. In the early 1970s, she moved to Fairfax.
6. On February 8, 1975, she visited Veronique’s place in Fairfax. After leaving, she went missing. At the time, she was dating a man in his 30s who was working at an upholstery store in Vienna, Fairfax County.
7. On August 10, 1981, her sister Veronique married Charles Duperly of Zepp, Shenandoah County, Virginia. Veronique and Duperly live in Owings, Maryland, USA and have three daughters namely Heather Duperly, Holly Duperly and Hillery Duperly.
8. On September 27, 2001, a construction crew found her skeletal remains in McLean, Fairfax County. Initially, investigators believed the remains belonged to an African American female in her late teens to early 20s who was fatally shot in the back of the head.
9. In 2016, her mother died in Loudoun, Virginia at the age of 80.
10. On September 26, 2022, Fairfax County Police Department detectives announced that the remains found in McLean on September 27, 2001 belonged to her.

After nearly 50 years, police confirmed remains found in Virginia are Patricia “Choubi” Agnes Gildawie. The 17-year-old teenager went missing in 1975. A construction crew found Gildawie’s remains near a ditch behind an apartment complex.

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