New to NamUs - Maudie Smith MP #42828

Update: Maudie Smith was found deceased. The body that was found that was mentioned in this article ended up being her's.

 Related news.

 Maudie Smith's NamUs profile was added yesterday, March 29th, 2018.  She has not been seen since February 22nd of 2017, making the gap between her last-seen time and profile-created time mid-lengthed.

Maudie Smith

  • She is a white female
  • She was 37 years old at the time of her disappearance
  • She is 5'4" to 5'6"
  • She is between 130 to 140 pounds
  • She has brown hair and blue eyes
  • She has an "Austin" tattoo on her left arm in black letters
  • She has her daughter's name on her left leg
  • She also has a Leo zodiac sign and a Chinese symbol in purple on her neck
  • They do not have DNA at the time of writing, meaning any Jane Doe profile is a potential match provided it can't be ruled out in other ways
  • According to NamUs she was last seen in Viper, Kentucky walking on Bear Lane* on the right fork of Maces Creek (some Google Map images of that area are below).

*might actually be Bears Lane

There are a few details to clear up from her NamUs profile. They list her as 37 to 38 years old at the time of her disappearance. According to her Facebook profile, she was born August 3rd, 1979 which would make her 37 and not 38 at the time of her disappearance in February of 2017. Also "Bear Lane" might actually be called "Bears Lane." The Google Maps coordinates are 37.163718, -83.179434 for the spot where she was last seen and the area is heavily forested. As far as I can see there are two possibly distinct roads called "Bears Lane" but maybe they are connected through the forest. You can't drop down to street level in this area.



Looking at her Facebook profile


The following details can be found at her Facebook profile, one that is still active at time of writing.


  • She had a "single" status
  • Her nickname was Blue
  • She may associate with the last name "Couch" (the URL for her name is http://facebook.com/maudiecouch)
  • She only lists Hazard, Kentucky as a place where she has lived
  • If you hover over the last-posting time at her account it shows a posting to the Facebook profile at 8:34pm on February 22nd, 2017; however, someone I spoke to through social media that was close to the missing person said that more than one person had access to her Facebook profile and the posts may not have been manually made by Maudie

They did find human remains in the area of Bears Lane on April 16th, 2017.  They know few details of this Jane Doe except that she was a female, she was 30-50 years old, and she was white. This Jane Doe is NamUs UP #16583. They have the Jane Doe's DNA so a DNA sample from Smith or a family member may help crack this case.




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